News and Notes

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News and NotesUSA Today is reporting Wally West will race into the New 52 Universe later this Spring in The Flash Annual #3 which follows the confirmation that Stephanie Brown will also make her first New 52 appearance in Batman: Eternal #3

Variety is reporting that A24 has purchased the distribution rights to Laggies after its premiere at Sundance this weekend. The film starring Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Sam Rockwell should see release later this summer

The Playlist has a review for writer/director Richard Linklater‘s Boyhood starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette which was filmed over the course of 12 years and should receive at least a limited theatrical release from IFC Films later this year

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True Detective – Seeing Things

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  • Title: True Detective – Seeing Things
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True Detective - Seeing Things

As the investigation into the bizarre ritual murder stalls the second episode as “Seeing Things” takes time to fill-in the back story of Detective Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) including the tragedy of losing his young daughter and his extended stay as a Narcotics undercover officer which left him with a drug habit and occasional visions (for which the episode gets its name). We also get a closer look at Detective Hart’s (Woody Harrelson) relationships with both his wife (Michelle Monaghan) and mistress (Alexandra Daddario) as the episode showcases the pressure on Hart and Cohle to find a suspect for the murder of a local prostitute.

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Uncanny X-Men #16

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Uncanny X-Men #16Crossover-free, the latest issue of Uncanny X-Men deals with ongoing theme of Magneto‘s relationship with Cyclops‘ team of X-Men and just how trustworthy the former super-villain truly is. After talking with Dazzler (who isn’t really Dazzler) at a pro-mutant rally, a frustrated Magneto takes her advice in checking out the goings on in Madripoor where mutants have set up a new home.

In the foreign country once ruled by HYDRA, Magneto will find old friends, the temptation of a new home, and learn Mystique‘s secret. Over the first fifteen issues of the series the idea of Magneto betraying Scott Summers and the X-Men has loomed large. However, Magneto’s response to Mystique and her offer is far from expected.

Lost in the various discoveries Magneto makes is an offhand remark Mystique makes to her old friend (while in the role of Dazzler) suggesting the death of Charles Xavier may have damaged Magneto far more than anyone suspects. With the character getting his own series it will be interesting to see how this will be explored in the coming months. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Sherlock – The Empty Hearse

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  • Title: Sherlock – The Empty Hearse
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Sherlock - The Empty Hearse

Two years after giving us the deaths of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott), Sherlock returns with three new episodes. The first mainly concerns Sherlock’s return from the dead, an idea which takes Watson (Martin Freeman) more than a little while to warm up to. Of course, showing up dressed as a waiter the night Watson had chosen to propose to Mary (Amanda Abbington) might have been a bit of a miscalculation on the detective’s part (which leads to the episode’s best sequence of Watson continually attacking Holmes over and over as his friend explains what he’s been up to since).

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