Alan Rapp

Superman & Lois – Bizarros in a Bizarro World

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  • Title: Superman & Lois – Bizarros in a Bizarro World
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“Bizarros in a Bizarro World” is a fever dream of an episode as Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) arrives on Bizarro Earth in an attempt to prevent Ally Allston (Rya Kihlstedt) from merging with her other half. Slowly weaking on the cube world with a red sun, Superman’s mission fails in part when he is betrayed by family as Ally gets exactly what she wants and sends her disciple back to Earth to follow in her footsteps. We get multiple vignettes here exploring the Bizarro version of these characters including a noble Tal-Rho (Adam Rayner) and a murderous Jonathan (Jordan Elsass). The episode ends a cliffhanger threating to turn the Jonathan of Earth into a far more interesting character.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #4

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Part 2 of “Blood Wings,” Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #4 opens with Miyamoto Usagi captured by the Komorai Ninja as the rabbit ronin attempts to dissuade them from attacking the gold shipment. Usagi’s bluff that the village knows of their attack gains him the necessary time to escape and Usagi decides to warn the village rather than the caravan carrying the gold who he is already too late to save.

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The Wheel of Time – The Dragon Reborn

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  • Title: The Wheel of Time – The Dragon Reborn
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“The Dragon Reborn” introduces the most interesting character of the show’s First Season, who sadly will be dealt with all too soon. Believing himself to be the Dragon reborn into this life, the powerful Logain Ablar (Álvaro Morte) has drawn an army of followers to his side. Captured by the Aes Sedai who are using all their power to keep him caged and hidden from his army, eventually Ablar will break free offering exactly the situation Liandrin Guirale (Kate Fleetwood) giving the more militant member of the group the ability to deliver justice to Ablar in the field rather than return him for trial.

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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  • Title: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is insane, in mostly good ways. I’m not sure it’s the most Nicolas Cage movie ever, but it’s not from lack of trying. Nicolas Cage stars as himself in a ridiculous adventure comedy that finds the actor during a downturn in his career accepting $1 million to attend a fan’s (Pedro Pascal) birthday party only to become pulled into a kidnapping case by the CIA.

Cage, playing a larger-than-life version of himself selfishly driven to be a movie star at the cost of his marriage to his ex-wife (Sharon Horgan) and his strained relationship with his estranged daughter (Lily Mo Sheen), is terrific here. Pascal is an inspired choice for the super-fan who, despite the warnings from the CIA, quickly becomes Cage’s best-friend as his undercover mission becomes all the more complicated. A celebration of Cage’s career and eccentricities with nods to numerous films, one could argue it’s the most professional fan film ever produced.

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The Endgame – Beauty and the Beast

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  • Title: The Endgame – Beauty and the Beast
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The plans of Elena Federova (Morena Baccarin) have serious repercussions in “Beauty and the Beast” as the CIA search for the missing gold (whose real location is teased in a connection to the prison), Val (Ryan Michelle Bathe) searches for evidence implicating Federova’s latest target, and the Secret Service take control of Fort Totten allowing President Andrew Wright (Sasha Roiz) to torture Federova for information. The penultimate episode of the show’s first (perhaps only?) season doesn’t provide much movement on Sergey (Costa Ronin) and Owen Turner’s (Kamal Angelo Bolden) escape plans leaving quite a few loose ends to dealt with in the season finale.

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