Comic Rack

/ / Comics

Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, Dynamite Entertainment, Devil’s Due Publishing, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes BtVS Season 8, Dynamo 5, Green Lantern, Midnighter, Moon Knight, Nightwing, The Ride: Die Valkyrie, Savage Tales,  and the first issues of Cable, Logan and Young Liars.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including Aliens Omnibus Volume 3, Cable Classic Vol. 1, The Highwaymen, Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle, newuniversal: Everything Went White, Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 6, Ultimate Power, and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #62

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Soaring Through the New Frontier

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  • Title: Justice League: The New Frontier
  • IMDb: link

“We need our heroes to stand up and show us what this country is supposed to mean.”

Although I’m a huge fan of the Justice League animated series I wasn’t too thrilled with their first big feature film Superman: Doomsday (read that review).  On hearing their next project would be an adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s DC: The New Frontier, I was a tad skeptical about what the finished project might look like.  I shouldn’t have worried; this time they get it just right.

Set i the 1950’s, an age of distrust and the height of McCarthyism, the film opens with the end of the Korean War and test pilot Hal Jordan (David Boreanaz) ill-fated final mission.  It’s appropriate the film (not counting the pre-credit sequence) opens with Jordan, because he more than any other character is asked to carry the film.

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Words & Music

/ / Music News & Reviews

Hey folks!  Here’s a look at new music and new books hitting the shelves today from your pals here at RazorFine!  Today’s new books include the third book of the Inheritance Cycle, something new from Anne Rice, and much more.  Today’s new music includes the new album from The Black Crowes, a re-release of some Seasame Street favorites, Lynyrd Skynyrd celebrating an anniversary, and new albums from Alan Jackson, Flogging Molly, and Jackson Browne.  Check out the full list inside the Full Diagnosis!

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Semi-Pro

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  • Title: Semi-Pro
  • IMDB: link

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I’m not a huge Will Ferrell fan.  I usually prefer my Ferrell in small SNL skits or films which aren’t built entirely around him acting as silly as possible (check out my review for Stranger Than Fiction).  There are exceptions to this rule however as I though Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was a very strong comedy.  Semi-Pro, to me, isn’t as good a film, but for those who enjoyed Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and/or Blades of Glory this one should be right up your alley (oh wait, that’s bowling).

The movie centers around the Flint, Michigan Tropics, a struggling ABA team and their owner/player/coach Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell).  Moon is hit with the news that the ABA is disbanding and only four teams will make the transition to the NBA.  Trading the team’s washing machine for a washed-up point guard (Woody Harrelson), Jackie tries to will his team into fourth place, and into the NBA, before the end of the season.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

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  • Title: The Other Boleyn Girl
  • IMDB: link

“Our daughters are being traded like cattle for the advancement of men.”

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The story centers around the two Boleyn girls.  The older, more conniving Anne (Natalie Portman) and the sweeter, though simpler, Mary (Scarlett Johansson), are thrust into a world of societal intrigue and deception for which neither is prepared.

The bond between the sisters is put to the test when their father (Mark Rylance) and uncle (David Morrissey) ask Anne to attempt to seduce King Henry VIII (Eric Bana) and become his new mistress, only to discover he prefers the attentions of the other Boleyn girl – Mary.

What follows are schemes upon schemes, plotting, lies and deceptions which will leave England a far different country, and the Boleyn girls far worse for wear.

The story was adapted by Peter Morgan (The Queen) from the historical novel by Philippa Gregory.  Although the novel became a best seller, the film always seems to be grasping for what made the story work on the printed page.

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