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Wonder Man – Matinee

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  • Title: Wonder Man – Matinee
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Continuing to search for more periphery Marvel Comics characters to add to the MCU, Disney+ offers up longtime hero, and sometimes West Coast Avenger, Wonder Man. Opening with an old movie featuring an actor playing the larger than life movie character with an extra dash of Flash Gordon thrown-in, in a pretty comic-accurate costume, we soon jump to the young boy in the audience who grows up to be a struggling actor with a burning desire to play his childhood hero on the big screen.

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Phineas and Ferb – Lord of the Firesides

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  • Title: Phineas and Ferb – Lord of the Firesides
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There are no shenanigans from Phineas (Vincent Martella) and Ferb (David Errigo Jr.) in “Lord of the Firesides.” Although the pair make a brief cameo, the story is set around Perry being forced to help Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire) and the villain’s latest invetion being accidentally turned on and triggering trouble at teh Fireside Girl Lodge.

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I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not

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  • Title: I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
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The worst kept secret in Hollywood is that Chevy Chase is an asshole. No stranger to documenting complicated men, director Marina Zenovich never shies away from the topic while also struggling to show a softer side to the comedian turned actor. I don’t know that there’s any big revelation in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, except perhaps even when attempting to be on his best behavior Chase can’t help but use comedy as a weapon to cut deep as the man who loves to be celebrated chafes at being critiqued or asked to be introspective.

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Will Trent – Studio 4B

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  • Title: Will Trent – Studio 4B
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Everything appears back to normal in “Studio 4B” with no apparent aftereffects following Will’s (Ramón Rodríguez) kidnapping. The murder of he week involves a model killed in an empty apartment by her photographer, but the most interesting aspect of the case involves the return of Julia Chan as Ava Green who gets hot-and-heavy with Will before leaving on a trip to London. However, the show does leave the door open to explore a possible relationship later in the season, and she also helps Will on the case both in eliminating their creepiest suspect and developing the film of the killer.

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Paws in the City

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  • Title: Paws in the City
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Adapted from Stefanie London’s novel The Dachshund Wears Prada, Paws in the City has more bark than bite. The TV-movie casts Emeraude Toubia as failed social media consultant Issa, whose downfall we see early in the film. Needing a job and running into the new CEO of a publishing house whose grandmother left him a troublesome dachshund Camilla who seems to take to Issa, Theo (Carter Jenkins) hires her on the spot (despite his hatred of publicity in general and social media especially).

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