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Percy Jackson (Double Feature)

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  • Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief / Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
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Percy Jackson (Double Feature)Based on the young adult novels of Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and its sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters come off as Harry Potter-lite with a Clash of the Titans-level understanding and use of various mythological elements.

Centered around Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) – the son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), and his fellow demi-gods Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), both films feature the threesome embarking on some kind of quest to both learn about themselves and retrieve a powerful mythological weapon which has been stolen.

In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (read the full review) Percy learns of his true parentage and sets with his two new friends to retrieve the stolen lightning bolt of Zeus (Sean Bean). In the second movie (read the full review) the group must retrieve the Golden Fleece and stop the resurrection of Kronos (Robert Knepper) and the Titans.

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Once Upon a Dream

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  • Title: Sleeping Beauty
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“Not in death, but just in sleep, this fateful prophecy you’ll keep.  And from this slumber you shall wake, when true love’s kiss the spell shall break.”
 

Sleeping BeautyThe classic tale of a princess cursed by witch who falls into deep slumber on the night of her 16th birthday only to be awakened by love’s first kiss is, in many ways, one of Walt Disney‘s most amazing accomplishments. However, most people don’t remember that initially Sleeping Beauty was a box office disappointment. The film which took six years and cost $6,000,000 wasn’t an immediate hit in theaters and the overruns had even Walt Disney wondering if feature animation would continue to be a profitable enterprise.

Using new sound and visual technology, the film was the first Disney film to be created in Super Technirama 70 increasing the size and scope of the negative which called for more detailed backgrounds and artwork than ever before.  It’s also the first of the Disney films to put everything on screen in focus allowing the viewer’s eye to move freely between the lush sets and brightly colored characters.

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Hawaii Five-0 – The Complete Fourth Season

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  • Title: Hawaii Five-0 – Season Four
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Hawaii Five-0 - The Complete Fourth SeasonThe Fourth Season of Hawaii Five-0 would see some change, most notably the introductions of Chi McBride as the head of the Hawaii Police Department’s S.W.A.T. team and pain in McGarrett‘s (Alex O’Loughlin) butt and Jorge Garcia as a conspiracy nut who helps 5-0 on a handful of cases, the departure of Catherine Rollins (Michelle Borth), and a subplot involving Kono (Grace Park) going into hiding (itself designed to hide Park’s pregnancy and absence from a large portion of the season).

Highlights from the season include Grover’s daughter being kidnapped, a 70 year-old murder during Japanese interment on the island, the discovery of an Al-Qaeda cell on the island, McGarrett and Grover hunting Grover’s old friend in the jungle, Danny (Scott Caan) and McGarrett getting trapped in the rubble of an explosion, murder at Chin-Ho‘s (Daniel Dae Kim) high school reunion, Chinese spies after a crashed satellite, Chin-Ho at the mercy of a serial killer, the murder of a secret service agent, a complicated bank heist planned by a young hacker (Nick Jonas), and the murder of Catherine’s partner.

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Castle – The Complete Sixth Season

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  • Title: Castle – Season Six
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Castle - The Complete Sixth Season

Slowly working its way to Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett‘s (Stana Katic) wedding day in the season finale, the Sixth Season of Castle features Beckett’s victory over Senator Bracken (Jack Coleman), the return of Castle’s father (James Brolin), and a special episode filled to the brim with 70s style.

Opening with three episodes of Beckett working for the Attorney General’s office (before getting fired), highlights of the season include ninjas, a time traveler, telekinesis, intricate serial murders whose victims were made to look like members of the NYPD, the murder of a professional skateboard artist, a case involving Captain Gates‘ (Penny Johnson) estranged sister (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), Castle’s biggest fan, Beckett getting in over-her-head on an undercover operation, a confession to a murder that couldn’t have happened, murder at a fashion magazine, an arsonist who latest burning building traps Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Esposito (Jon Huertas) in the burning wreckage, and Castle investigating the case of a murderer on death row for Alexis (Molly C. Quinn).

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Season Two

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  • Title: Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Season Two
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Season TwoAlthough the First Season collection of Batman: The Brave and the Bold certainly has its moments, the Season Two collection is where the show begins to hit its stride and fully embrace the Silver Age zaniness which would become its trademark.

Collected on Blu-ray for the first time, the Second Season set includes not one but two Captain Marvel stories, the classic recreation of the comic story of Batman confronting Joe Chill, a Crisis-inspired tale involving all three Flashes, Aquaman’s family vacation, Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle together again, the sidekicks getting their own episode, a Birds of Prey episode written by Gail Simone, a space race between heroes and villains, and Batman being split into three separate personalities (including one who eats nachos). Unless you already own the episodes on DVD, it’s an easy recommendation for Bat-fans everywhere. Sadly, the set includes no extras.

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