Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival

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Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). “Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival” offers another unusual murder for Monk to solve. While working through his reinstatement hearing, Monk agrees to help Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) with a death at the local carnival involving a cop (Stephen McHattie) known to shade outside the lines. The pro quo assumes Stottlemeyer will recommend Adrian for reinstatement, something he struggles with in front of the committee and eventually balks under the justification Monk isn’t ready to carry a gun (this will be an argument suggested against Monk’s reinstatement over the series, although the possibility of reinstatement and giving him desk duty, effectively solving the problem, is never discussed).

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Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2

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Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2

Continuing the layout of the first issue, and ignoring the established structure of previous black and white anthology series, Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2 offers us another single standalone tale featuring Darth Maul. Set on the slowly dying remote colony in the Outer Rim known as Moonbender run mostly by former bounty hunters and soldiers of fortune, the locals receive an unexpected guest with orders for every single member of the colony to leave the system. A guest who will not take no for an answer.

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Doctor Who – Dot and Bubble

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Doctor Who - Dot and Bubble

“Dot and Bubble” is problematic. An episode that focuses more on its guest-stars rather than The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) can work, and work spectacularly in “Blink,” but it does require those guest-roles to be strong enough to carry the episode. Unfortunately the thinly-veiled sermon against overuse of social media, presented with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, centers around a twat. And the rest of her planet turn out to be no better. Thankfully the tension in the episode works, despite the odd setup, and there’s enough interesting visuals to carry us through events eventually offering a hard lesson to the new Doctor.

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Comic Rack

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Comic Rack

It’s time for the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls! Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this month from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, IDW, Image Comics, and others.

This month includes Ahsoka, Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Birds of Prey, Blood Hunt, Catwoman, Conan the Barbarian, Darth Vader, Flash, Grim, James Bond 007, Kaya, Nights, Profane, Red Sonja, Transformers, Wonder Woman, the first issues of Batman: Gotham by Gaslight – The Kryptonian Age, Destro, Grendel: Devil’s Crucible–Defiance, My Little Pony: Maretime Mysteries, Scarlett, Scarlet Witch, Zatanna: Bring Down the House, and the final issues of Black Widow & Hawkeye and Jackpot and Black Cat.

Enjoy issue #303

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Wicked Little Letters

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Wicked Little Letters

Inspired by true events, Wicked Little Letters takes us back to the seaside town of Littlehampton in West Sussex which was turned upside down in the 1920s by a barrage of hate mail to a local spinster (Olivia Colman) whose controlling father (Timothy Spall) blames on their Irish immigrant neighbor (Jessie Buckley) known for her bawdy behavior and near-constant swearing that is mirrored in the letters. While most are willing to believe the worst of Rose (Buckley), despite any real evidence, a few in the town, including the sole police woman (Anjana Vasan) and even some of the victim’s friends (who, like others in the town eventually become targets of the letters) dig a little deeper to discover the truth of the situation.

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