Once and Future #19

Once and Future #19 comic reviewFairies are bastards. Seriously, you do not want to fuck with these things in the Once and Future universe, as our heroes learn.

Things in the British Isles have gone to hell. With magic and monsters revealed, Duncan, Rose, and Bridgette fight for their lives. Merlin and Zombie Arthur begin their move. And, in a clever twist that allows events to continue spiraling out of control, the outside world has no clue about what madness has been unleashed. No matter how bad things get, no help is coming and our heroes are trapped in the world of their making.

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Invincible – Here Goes Nothing

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Invincible - Here Goes Nothing television review

With his father in the hospital, apparently another victim of whoever killed the Guardians, the second episode of Invincible focuses on expanding the world and giving Mark (Steven Yeun) his first real action as a hero working alongside Teen Team to fight off an alien invasion. Don’t worry, he’ll get better at the whole super-hero thing. Several of the teen heroes will get larger roles as the series continues, including Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) who Mark discovers goes to his high school and becomes the first person he can talk to about the unusual path his life has suddenly taken. The episode is also notable for the first appearance of Allen the Alien (Seth Rogen) testing the planet to see if its heroes are up to snuff. As with the Flaxans, we’ll see Allen again before the end of the season.

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Val

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Val movie reviewNarrated by his son Jack Kilmer, Val takes a look at the life and career of Val Kilmer offering glimpses throughout his career with the self-shot footage Kilmer has collected for decades. The documentary also explores the personal side of Kilmer’s life, his fight with throat cancer, and his current struggles doing what he can to keep his career alive through appearances at conventions. It’s something to behold, and not always easy to watch.

Given the amount of footage and the film being framed by Kilmer’s own words, read by his son, and the glimpse inside of his day-to-day life, we get quite an intimate take on the ups and downs of the actor’s career. We see instances of the reputation earned for being hard to work with (such as his time on The Island of Dr. Moreau and why John Frankenheimer called the actor “impossible” to work with), and the Juilliard trained actor’s struggles to find meaningful roles in Hollywood. Some of his films get larger mentions then others, but for any fan curious about Val Kilmer’s life and often troubled career, Val provides an intriguing look into his world and the actor whose artistic nature caused him to often be his own worst enemy.

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