Castle – Swan Song

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Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) must deal with the intrusion of a documentary crew who decide to make the pair their new stars when the NYPD is called in to investigate the murder of the lead guitarist (Hunter Jackson) of the band they were covering. As Esposito (Jon Huertas) and Castle nearly trip over themselves to play to the camera, Beckett worries what else the crew might get wind of the longer they cover the case.

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The Alluring Keira Knightley

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In her interview for the cover of the December issue of Allure actress Keira Knightley sat down with Judy Bachrach to discuss her upcoming wedding to musician James Righton (keyboardist for the Klaxons), being the total opposite of her fiance where music is concerned, her level of comfort and rules with nudity in her movie roles, British newspapers printing she was anorexic in 2007, dealing with the paparazzi, and taking time off to travel across Europe. You can find pics from the cover shoot inside.

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The Shadow #7

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the-shadow-7-coverThe new creative team of writer Victor Gischler and artist Jackson Herbert take over the pages of The Shadow with a single-issue adventure featuring Lamont Cranston‘s return to Nepal. Seeking answers after his power to read the soul of evil men falters, Cranston travels back the the masters who trained him only to discover the temple has been destroyed by another former pupil.

The Shadow may not get the answers he seeks but he does get justice for the slain masters by confronting Red Raja who has used his powers to make himself an opium overlord in the region. This, of course, leads to an escalating level of bloodshed before the two men, whose powers to cloud the minds of men won’t work on each other, do battle in the city streets.

I’ve always been a fan of The Shadow, but Garth Ennis‘ six-issue run to launch the new series from Dynamite Entertainment wasn’t enough to keep my attention. Given the new creative direction here I decided to give The Shadow a second chance. I’m glad I did. Worth a look.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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G.I. JOE #19

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gi-joe-19-cover“Target: Snake Eyes” continues as the Arashikage attack Cobra‘s cargo ship full of the hard currency they are using to buy their own country. And waiting for Snake Eyes and the ninja to show up are Scarlett and her team of JOEs ready to take down every target on the ship, including their friend.

G.I. JOE #19 reaches its climax when, amidst all the chaos on-board the ship, Scarlett comes face-to-face with Snake Eyes. Although she’s unable to either kill him or bring him in, she gets her answer on whose side the JOE is really on when he kills one of the ninja to save her life. Unfortunately for Snake Eyes, Scarlett isn’t the only one who witnessed what went down. When events are reported back to Storm Shadow that Snake Eyes is truly working against, not for, the good of the clan he’s less than pleased.

Writer Chuck Dixon delivers another strong issue full of action (and tons of dead ninja and Cobra soldiers) as the the crossover reaches its tipping point now that Storm Shadow finally knows the truth about Snake Eyes’ agenda. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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The Mentalist – If It Bleeds It Leads

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The CBI is called in to investigate the death of a television reporter (Jennifer Peo) who was working on a story involving black market auto part sales before her car was tampered with causing it to go over a cliff. Lisbon (Robin Tunney) fights off the producer’s (Amir Arison) attempts to get her on camera while Jane (Simon Baker) gets the dirt on the victim from the weather girl (Mircea Monroe), as well as a slap in the face.

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