Parthenope

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  • Title: Parthenope
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Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino‘s film examines the life of a young woman (the stunning Celeste Dalla Porta) in Naples, highlighting various moments in her life (some of which sequences work better than others). Jumping forward in bursts, the film begins with Parthenope’s birth, then jumping forward to her flirtateous and incestuous relationship with her brother (Daniele Rienzo) and his best friend (Dario Aita), her years in college, various romantic troubles, a short acting stint, and a return to academia.

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Transformers #27

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What Transformers #27 lacks in terms of story progression or action it certainly makes up for in jamming as many Transformers into a single issue as possible. Spending a couple of pages with various characters at a time, the most notable takeaways from the issue are the Autobots returning to something resembling full strength for the first time in the comic and getting a new recruit in the first Decepticon to switch sides and join their ranks.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians – I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals

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  • Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians – I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals
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Created more as obstacles than people, I had forgotten how aggravating all the supporting characters of Percy Jackson and the Olympians could be whether they be friend or foe. The DNA of these stories is that no one is capable of taking on the challenge outside of our hero and his friends, mostly through neglect, casual disinterest, or sheer stupidity. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is back, and little has changed.

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Rabbit Trap

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  • Title: Rabbit Trap
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Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen star as Darcy and Darcy Davenport in writer/director Bryn Chainey‘s horror flick. After moving to the wilderness, the married couple accidentally discover and disturb something deep in the forest. Although the film gets off to a promising start, the faerie mythology at its heart is often underwhelming and the film runs out of gas lacking both the necessary tension for psychological horror and the thrills for a basic monster movie.

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