Power

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Power

Director Yance Ford‘s documentary examines the history and historical impact the rise of police power has had in the United States. While not all of the various threads work equally well, the film does a solid job in explaining the genesis of police in terms of methods of stability and control of the status quo which have almost always been at odds with the needs of the disenfranchised. The film pulls in interviews from several authors and experts on the subject, including spending time on the job with an African-American police officer, as well as making us of various archival footage.

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Abominable and the Invisible City – Tales from the Fox’s Tails

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Abominable and the Invisible City - Tales from the Fox's Tails

When people across the city report their prize possessions being stolen by a creature they can only hazily remember, Yi (Chloe Bennet), Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), and Peng (Ethan Loh) go in search of the Nine-Tailed Fox who has a hypnotizing effect to distract and trick its victims and steal items they believe they need. After stealing an important textbook from Jin, and injuring Everest, the fox distracts Yi forcing Peng to go to Burnish (Alan Cumming) for help.

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Rush Hour

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Rush Hour

The late 90s and early 2000s were the time for Hollywood to pair up Jackie Chan with a more comedic American co-star. Rush Hour gave us Chan as Chief Inspector Lee who is brought to the United States by Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma) after his daughter (Julia Hsu) is kidnapped. The FBI, not wanting Lee to get in the way, enlist mouthy LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) to babysit Lee and keep him out of the investigation. That doesn’t go well with neither happy about their limited role in the investigation.

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Bob’s Burgers – Butt Sweat and Fears

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Bob's Burgers - Butt Sweat and Fears

As a family activity of building something in the basement out of trash leads to a late-night burger speakeasy, Tina (Dan Mintz) is excited about a boy-girl party with dancing hoping to earn a little “upper butt action” from Jimmy Jr. (H. Jon Benjamin). While neither hits it out of the park, both storylines are solid with Bob (Mintz) and Linda (John Roberts) getting dragged into an odd, but ultimately fun, situation by their kids, and in this case Teddy (Larry Murphy), while Tina’s comedy of errors leads to a different night than she had planned.

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #306

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #306

Despite his prominence on the cover, Snake Eyes doesn’t get a big role in G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #306. In fact we only get the Joe on a training course shooting some targets with an even shorter cameo from Scarlett. That’s indictive of the rest of the issue as well with jumps around quite a bit, almost like a checklist making sure to hit several plot points that may play off at a later date.

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