My Mother’s Wedding

  • Title: My Mother’s Wedding
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Released without much fanfare, I can’t remember seeing a single trailer for this film (which is saying something in this day and age), the directorial debut of Kristin Scott Thomas (who also co-wrote the script) stars Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, and Emily Beecham as the grown daughters who return home for their mother’s (Kristin Scott Thomas) wedding. While all three of the daughters have their own relationship issues, Johansson gets the biggest role here that ties into both her career in the Royal Navy and memories of the pair of lost fathers the girls suffered (both who died in the line of duty when they were children) which is shown through some simple, but effective, animation. 

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Wednesday – Here We Woe Again

  • Title: Wednesday – Here We Woe Again
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After a glimpse of her summer vacation, which included capturing her favorite serial killer, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) returns to Nevermore Academy to find herself a celebrity due to her actions that saved the school at the end of the First Season. This time Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) joins her as well (who will end up having his own unexpected adventure in accidentally raising the dead while investigating the school’s most famous ghost story). While struggling with her sudden fame, the idea that her mother (Catherine Zeta-Jones) might be sticking around to help with the school’s upcoming gala, and uncertainties over the school’s new principal (Steve Buscemi), Wednesday will also stumble upon new mysteries to solve.

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Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #1

In the new mini-series from writer Greg Rucka and artist Nicola Scott we get Cheetah hitting up her old pal Cheshire for help on a job. Looking to break the curse that looms over her, Cheetah has come up with a plan to rob the Justice League Watchtower and recruits an at first reluctant Cheshire to help her. Initially refusing, Cheshire is enticed by the item Cheetah says she is after (whether that is true or not we’ll just have to wait and see).

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The Accountant 2

  • Title: The Accountant 2
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Pretty much the entire cast from The Accountant returns for its sequel with the notable absence of Anna Kendrick. Following the death of her mentor Ray King (J.K. Simmons), Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) enlists the help of Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) who pulls in his brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal) making the sequel more of an odd couple buddy action-comedy. The mystery involving the death of Ray is a bit of a convoluted mess involving an amnesiac killing machine (Daniella Pineda) and a family fleeing El Salvador that eventually our protagonists will unwind.

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The Sandman – Season of Mists

  • Title: The Sandman – Season of Mists
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“Is the rescue of a single soul worth risking your entire kingdom?”

Making reference to several events from the show’s First Season,  the Second Season of The Sandman opens with a summoned meeting of the Endless called by his brother Destiny (Adrian Lester). Despite the sequence being a bit stilted, and the characters hilariously awkardly dressed, things go progress thanks to Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) who, unintentionally goading him into it, will lead Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) back into Hell with, or without, Lucifer‘s (Gwendoline Christie) permission. It seems the warning Destiny received from the Fates portending upheaval and change for the Endless has begun as the show kicks off its second, and final, season.

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