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Tales of the Underworld – The Good Life

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  • Title: Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld – The Good Life
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With the Asajj Ventress arc complete, the show turns its attention to a new character from The Clone Wars. “The Good Life” acts as a backstory for Cad Bane (A.J. LoCascio) who we meet as a child living on the streets with his best friend Niro (Eric Lopez). The pair are taken advantage of by the leader of a gang (who looks an awful lot like who Cad Bane will grow up to be) who entices them to help out on a heist starting one’s life in crime while the other is caught by authorities. Fans of Cad Bane looking for information on where the character started are likely going to enjoy this one the most, although it’s certainly still serviceable for those of us a bit perplexed by the choice of characters for this series.

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Tornado

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  • Title: Tornado
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Set at the end of the 18th Century in a mostly desolate stretch of wilderness, Kōki stars as our titular protagonist who chooses to help a young boy (Nathan Malone) foolish enough to rob a band of ruthless outlaws, temporarily distracted by the puppet show Tornado was putting on with her father (Takehiro Hira). The puppet show showcased a bloody battle between good and evil which Tornado’s own story will soon mirror as her decisions to try and keep the gold will soon cost her everything.

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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

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  • Title: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life isn’t what you might expect. It’s more of a throwback art house character-driven story than trashy Hollywood romcom. And, despite the title, Jane Austen‘s writing is celebrated throughout. The film introduces us to Agathe Robinson (Camille Rutherford), a lonely middle-aged bookseller obsessed with Austen who works in a local shop with her best friend (Pablo Pauly). Without her knowledge, Félix submits her writing in a contest winning a two-week writers retreat at the Jane Austen Residency. However, the road to the retreat is fraught with anxiety, kissing Félix on a whim, a broken-down car, and insulting Austen’s descendant Oliver (Charlie Anson) who Agathe immediately dislikes. 

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The Wheel of Time – A Question of Crimson

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  • Title: The Wheel of Time – A Question of Crimson
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As the journey of Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) and the others towards the Ariel Waste moves slowly, largely drama free (other than bad dreams) before arriving at the edge of the Wastes at the close of the episode, there’s more drama elsewhere. Following the events at the White Tower, Morgase Trakand (Olivia Williams) arrives with plans of removing her daughter Elayne (Ceara Coveney) and returning her home. Elayne convinces her mother to stay, although she also leaves behind a few new faces in the tower in her sons and Siuan‘s (Sophie Okonedo) old rival Elaida (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Meanwhile, Siuan gives Elayne and Nynaeve (Zoë Robins) a new assignment within the Tower to root out any others in league with the Black Ajah. And Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) and the others arrive back at the Two Rivers only to discover it isn’t the home he remembers now plagued by both Trollocs and Whitecloaks (the latter of which have deemed him an enemy).

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Batman • Superman – World’s Finest #39

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The “We Are Yesterdays” which has crossed over to the Justice League Unlimited series continues here as one set of Batman, Superman, and Nightwing meet a time-displaced younger Robin and then we get more time-traveling shenanigans the older Batman, Superman, and Nightwing are thrown a few years into the past and their younger versions join Robin in the future. Got all that?

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