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Almost Human – Simon Says

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Almost Human - Simon Says

With Dorian (Michael Ealy) fighting anger-control issues and mood swings caused by temporary departmental issues allowing none of the androids to be charged to full power, Kennex (Karl Urban) and his robo-pal search for a killer (David Dastmalchian) who gets his kicks by attaching explosive collars on victims (Alessandro Juliani, Crystal Lowe) who he believes have wronged him in the past, forcing them to commit crimes, and broadcasting the entire event live on the Internet.

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The Crazy Ones – The Face of a Winner

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The Crazy Ones - The Face of a Winner

After being inspired one late night by his latest downloaded app, Simon (Robin Williams) decides to flip the firm’s accounts giving the spa client to Zach (James Wolk) and Andrew (Hamish Linklater) while assigning an important Call of Duty style video game launch to Sydney (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Lauren (Amanda Setton).

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Red Sonja #6

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Red Sonja #6I’ve got to admit I found the conclusion of “Queen of Plagues,” the opening arc of Dynamite Entertainment’s new Red Sonja series, to be more than a little anticlimactic. After teasing us for five issues of an epic battle between Red Sonja and the brutal (and completely insane) Annisia writer Gail Simone throws a curveball by throwing in a common enemy of both women who is the puppet master behind the entire plague storyline.

The arc comes to an end with the death of both Annisia and Bazrat meeting their doom, but neither at the hands (or blade) of our Sonja. Although Red Sonja dispatches quite a few soldiers in a rage, her only memorable kill is beheading a kneeling, and defenseless, scientist. Hrm.

The comic also apparently says farewell to Sonja’s loyal bodyguards Nias and Ayla who won’t be accompanying the She-Devil on her journey onward (although they do get to kick some ass in their final appearance). I think the comic may be hurt without their humor and interactions with our heroine. Hit-and-Miss.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Prisoners

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  • Title: Prisoners
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PrisonersPrisoners is an infuriating movie that wastes the strong set-up of the raw emotions of families going through the kidnappings of their young daughters in favor of a descent into average thriller territory that continues twists and turns long after you’ve given up caring. Had the film stayed with the themes of emotion and loss and how far one will go for answers when the lives of their children are at stake, rather than force an unnecessary whodunit twist ending involving puzzles, complicated motives, and elaborate reveals, director Denis Villeneuve‘s film would have been much better off.

Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard star as fathers who face the hard reality of their daughters disappearing on lazy weekend afternoon. Although convinced the police have the right man in custody, a mentally-retarded Paul Dano, Keller Dover (Jackman) becomes increasingly agitated when the police release the man from custody.

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Atlantis – Twist of Fate

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Atlantis - Twist of Fate

“Twist of Fate” (which could just as easily have been titled “Three Atlanteans and Baby”) begins with Jason (Jack Donnelly), Hercules (Mark Addy), and Pythagoras (Robert Emms) returning to a city with a small baby abandoned in the woods. Jason and Pythagoras return to the woods looking for signs of his identity, leaving the child in the care of Hercules and Medusa (Jemima Rooper) who accidentally overhears just how much Hercules cares for her. Delivering several of the expected men with babies moments, eventually the three heroes will be called on to put their own lives on the line to save his life.

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