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The Freemaker Adventures – The Embersteel Blade

Alan Rapp / August 4, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – The Embersteel Blade
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Needing specific hard-to-come-by parts to create Rowan‘s (Nicolas Cantu) vision of the Arrowhead, the Freemakers go undercover at an Imperial auction hoping to use the limited Rebel credits to get their hands on an old shuttle. When and over-zealous Zander (Eugene Byrd) bets on the wrong ship and familiar faces like Graballa, Wick Cooper, and others show up at the auction things get complicated – even more so when Graballa kidnaps Kordi (Vanessa Lengies) believing her to be a princess he can ransom to pay for his resort.

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Danger Man – Time to Kill

Alan Rapp / August 3, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Danger Man – Time to Kill
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Our Throwback Thursday post takes us back to the good old days of black-and-white Cold War spycraft. John Drake‘s (Patrick McGoohan) latest assignment sends him from Paris into Austria to bring in international assassin Hans Vogeler (Derren Nesbitt). The carefully-laid plans are destroyed by the unexpected interference of a Swiss schoolteacher on holiday. Cuffed to Lisa Orin (Sarah Lawson), Drake makes the best of his situation (and the woman’s bad timing) to complete his mission and get out of Austria in one piece.

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Samurai Jack – Episode VII: Jack and the Three Blind Archers

Alan Rapp / August 3, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Samurai Jack – Episode VII: Jack and the Three Blind Archers
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the adventures of the time-displaced samurai and his quest to make his way home. Noble sacrifice is a common theme in Samurai Jack, and in “Episode VII” Jack (Phil LaMarr) must decide between travelling home or freeing those trapped under the curse of Aku (Mako). Learning about the Well of Ozric, a portal with the ability to send the samurai home, Jack heads for the tower but finds the three archers more than enough to stop an entire army in its tracks. What hope does the samurai have?

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Shadowhunters – Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen

Alan Rapp / August 2, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Shadowhunters – Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen
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“Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen” pushes events forward to the show’s looming season finale in two weeks. First, after an attack on Max (Jack Fulton), Jonathan (Will Tudor) is forced to push up his timetable and attempt to steal the Mortal Mirror before they young boy can awake. Second, despite the recent turmoil, the return of a rival, and the drama over a mundane being turned into a wolf, Luke (Isaiah Mustafa) reasserts his dominance over the pack (although tipping off his partner about the dark world underneath the surface). And last, given an ultimatum by the Seelie Queen (Lola Flanery), Magnus (Harry Shum Jr.) must balance his feelings for Alec (Matthew Daddario) against doing what is best for the Downworlders.

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Preacher – Pig

Alan Rapp / August 2, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Preacher – Pig
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“Pig” offers a short respite for our weary travelers. Putting the search for God on hold, Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), Tulip (Ruth Negga), and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) take time to con themselves into a drunken night which leads to Cassidy waking up in the morgue and Jesse noticing the first inkling of something between his two friends.

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