Once Upon a Time – The Bear and the Bow

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“I knew you wouldn’t face your fear unless you had no choice.”

Once Upon a Time - The Bear and the Bow

Belle (Emilie de Ravin) and Merida (Amy Manson) play central roles both in flashbacks to Camelot, where the young queen enlists the help of Belle to help save her younger brothers from her enemies, and in Storybrooke were the archer is forced by Emma (Jennifer Morrison) to help turn Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) into a hero by threatening the life of the woman he loves. “The Bear and the Bow” marks a turning point in the season as Emma’s plan proves successful. Rumpelstiltskin overcomes his cowardice to become a hero worthy to pull Excalibur from the stone. It also begins the former Dark One’s own heroic journey as the season continues to play topsy-turvy with the roles of heroes and villains.

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The Librarians and the Drowned Book

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The Librarians and the Drowned Book

After months of working separately around the globe retrieving artifacts for The Library, all the Librarians are brought together in New York City where a convergence of unusual items each brought to the attention of one of the Librarians, a pair of fictional characters brought to life by some unseen force, and an unusual storm all converge on a museum. The Second Season opener brings the cast back together, reminding both themselves and the audience that they all work better as a group (even if they do get on each other’s nerves). The choice of fictionalized villains, such as Prospero and Moriarty (David S. Lee, who comes close to stealing the episode), and the reminder that magic is very much alive in the world after the events of Season One, works to raise the stakes of what may be possible in the show’s Second Season.

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Spy

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SpyMelissa McCarthy stars as a CIA analyst forced into the field when an arms dealer (Rose Byrne) with knowledge of all the CIA’s operatives acquires a nuclear bomb and plans to sell it on the black market. I’m far from McCarthy’s biggest fan whose poor script choices have made me more than once refer to her as the female Kevin James. However, with Spy the comedienne’s talents are put to good use by writer/director Paul Feig which is odd because the script shares quite a bit in common with the far-less enjoyable Get Smart reboot from a few years back. Along with McCarthy, Feig balances the talents of Byrne, Jude Law, and a very funny Jason Statham as the alpha-male spy who is his own biggest fan in a comedy far funnier than I was expecting.

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Star Wars Rebels – Always Two There Are

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Star Wars Rebels - Always Two There Are

Searching an abandoned Old Republic post for valuable medical supplies, Ezra (Taylor Gray), Chopper, Sabine (Tiya Sircar), and Zeb (Steven Blum) run into not one (Philip Anthony-Rodriguez) but two (Sarah Michelle Gellar) Inquisitors who want to ask the young padawan about the whereabouts of Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Although the group manages to escape with the supplies, “Always Two There Are” reminds viewers about the dark days ahead for the burgeoning Rebellion until the day a farm boy will journey from his desert home in search of a princess in need of his help.

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