Person of Interest – Prisoner’s Dilemma

  • Title: Person of Interest – Prisoner’s Dilemma
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Person of Interest - Prisoner's Dilemma

Carter (Taraji P. Henson) works to keep Special Agent Donnelly (Brennan Brown) from discovering Reese’s (Jim Caviezel) true identity while agreeing to interrogate the four suspects to find the man in the suit. Left to his own devices, Finch (Michael Emerson) relies on the help of Detective Fusco (Kevin Chapman) to protect the latest number from The Machine (supermodel Karolina Kurková) while Finch looks for options to get Reese out of prison before his cover is blown.

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Detective Comics #16

detective-comics-new-52-16-coverBy far the best issues of Death of the Family have kept the Joker at arms length. Last month’s issue of Detective Comics provided an intriguing tale of Clayface and Poison Ivy that was the best issue of the comic I’ve read since the reboot. This month takes on the Joker’s reign of terror more directly but, thankfully, the Face-Off version of the Clown Prince of Crime never makes an appearance.

Detective Comics #16 features Batman working overtime stopping all the Joker gangs and cults which have sprung up since the madman’s return. Some these include only dumb kids, but some, like the new “League of Smiles,” are leaving a trail of bodies. The back-up story features more of the self-proclaimed Emperor Penguin putting together his own criminal empire by killing the competition in a way that makes it look like nothing more than part of the Joker’s latest craziness.

I’m not sure about the reveal of the Merrymaker, the villain apparently pulling the strings of the League of Smiles, but this is again a really good Batman comic – something in short supply since the launch of the New 52. Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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The Bakersfield Expedition

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The Big Bang Theory - The Bakersfield Expedition

While on a road trip to a comic convention in Bakersfield with Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar), Leonard’s (Johnny Galecki) car is stolen leaving the foursome stranded in the middle of nowhere dressed as Star Trek: The Next Generation characters.

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GQ believes Beyoncé is still Bootylicious

For it’s February cover story GQ names the “100 Sexiest Women of the 21st Century” beginning with singer-songwriter/actress Beyoncé. In her interview with Amy Wallace, Beyoncé discusses her 16 Grammys, her comeback after giving birth to her daughter Ivy, performing at halftime for this year’s Super Bowl, her upcoming HBO documentary, Destiny’s Child, the the official Beyoncé archive, her sister Solange, touring, and her new endorsement deal with Pepsi. You can find the pics from the photoshoot inside.

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Zero Dark Thirty

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The Best Movie of 2012
Three years ago director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Marc Boal collaborated on The Hurt Locker which won them both individual Academy Awards as well as taking home the coveted Oscar for Best Picture. With Zero Dark Thirty the pair reunite to examine the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden.

The project was not with pitfalls or controversy. Bigelow and Boal were about to start filming an entirely different script when news hit that American forces had found and killed the man responsible for the attacks on 9/11. Scrapping their initial project, Bigelow and Boal refocused to examine the work that went in to finding America’s most wanted.

The film’s detractors (almost none of whom have seen the film) attack it for what some believe is a pro-torture stance, the filmmakers access to classified information surrounding the search for bin Laden, and some have even argued against what they (wrongfully) believe is a pro-Obama propaganda piece. None of these allegations are true. What is true, however, is Zero Dark Thirty is the best movie of 2012.

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