A sequel of sorts to the 2013 film which offered a fantastical take on the true events of the Akō incident, Blade of the 47 Ronin takes place hundreds of years later with an evil wizard (Dan Southworth) coming to power and looking to kill off the last descendant of the original 47 Ronin who alone is destined to destroy him and prevent his rise to power.
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Adapted from a young adult fantasy novel (because of course it is), The School for Good and Evil gives us the odd tale of two friends Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie) transported to the paired magical schools for Good and Evil after Sophie makes a wish. Be careful what you wish for as Sophie ends up in the Evil School despite her princess-style. And Agatha, who just wants to go home, ends up in the Good School full of bitchy mean girl princesses.
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Magic offers a homecoming of sorts as characters are drawn to the abandoned Wayne Manor, not only Batman but an apparently very much alive Alfred Pennyworth. The setup of the oversized issue pitting an out-of-control Damian against his father (and perhaps also his mother) with the help of mystical benefactors (or puppet-masters?), allows for the return of Alfred who, although it takes much of the issue, Bruce Wayne comes to realize is quite real.
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In a reality where the government tests for sociopaths as children and puts them to work as killers comes The Ninjettes #1. Um, okay? The comic opens with a group of young women dumped in an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere and told by a kid’s video mascot that only three of them have positions waiting for them. Let the carnage begin.
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The Fast & Furious‘ Elsa Pataky stars in this braindead action-thriller as U.S. Army Captain J. J. Collins who nearly single-handedly defends a remote Interceptor station somewhere in the Pacific which is the only thing that can prevent a smug monologuing terrorist (Luke Bracey) who won’t ever shut up from nuking half of the United States. In it for money, which likely won’t be worth anything after the global economy collapses, our rich bad boy otherwise seems to be prepared for anything he encounters, except Captain Collins.
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