Black Doves – Go Bang Time

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  • Title: Black Doves – Go Bang Time
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While suggesting there’s something more keeping Sam (Ben Whishaw) from killing Hector (Luther Ford), who he lets go again, the raid does snag the missing Kai-Ming (Isabella Wei) who sadly can shed no light on who killed her father or Helen’s (Keira Knightley) lover Jason (Andrew Koji). There’s plenty of carnage in the shoot-out, but its the maneuverings and the bits of info that begin to trickle out in the rest of the episode where things start to pick up. Given a new assignment, in getting the CIA Agent (Finn Bennett) out of the American Embassy for Mrs. Reed (Sarah Lancashire), Helen also hopes to get the answers she seeks. However, very little goes according to plan.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

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  • Title: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
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Director Johan Grimonprez‘s film is an unusually structured documentary blending music, soundbites, interviews, archival footage, and narration from different sources to examine jazz, decolonization, subversion, autonomy, political assassination, and Cold War clashing ideologies all through the lens of the murder of prime minister Patrice Lumumba of the newly independent Congo which was unwittingly aided by Louis Armstrong in his role as an ambassador to Africa.

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West Coast Avengers #2

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The second issue of West Coast Avengers features the team taking on some gun runners who turn out to be the Sovereign Sons led by Flag-Smasher. Spider-Woman gets a bit of a highlight here as the point woman with the others jumping in as the battle heats up. By putting a cruise ship at risk, our baddie manages to escape (after going toe-to-toe with the team without having to break a sweat). I’d expect to see Flag-Smasher again, although a new antagonist is revealed at the end of the issue.

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Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leo Nardo Stands Alone

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  • Title: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leo Nardo Stands Alone
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Taking place in the same universe as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the new series starts after the events of the movie and the first few episodes involve the separation of the Turtles who walk into a trap. As you might expect from the title, “Leo Nardo Stands Alone!” focuses on Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu) separated from his brother and hunted by a Mechazoid. Unable to find his brothers, Leo turns to April (Ayo Edebiri) providing the funniest moment of the episode in which Leo describes recent interactions with his brothers to her. 

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