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American Made

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  • Title: American Made
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American Made movie posterWe’ve seen this all before. And even if we’ve seen it done better at times (see Charlie Wilson’s War, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Short, American Hustle, and others), American Made certainly entertains. Director Doug Liman and screenwriter Gary Spinelli come together with star Tom Cruise to offer us another one of those stories too crazy not to be true.

Cruise is in fine form. I’ve remarked before that I have always enjoyed the movie star more when he’s able to unleash a bit of the crazy. And American Made certainly has enough crazy to go around. The film is based somewhat loosely on the real experiences of former TWA pilot Barry Seal (Cruise) who went to work for the CIA in the late 70s and 80s running clandestine reconnaissance missions in South America while also working on his own making money smuggling drugs into the United States from Columbia. After introducing us to his Seal, his wife (Sarah Wright) and the CIA agent (Domhnall Gleeson) who enlists him and funds the dubious enterprise, the insanity begins in earnest. What makes things work is Seal is just smart enough to know when to take advantage of the situation and just dumb enough to not know when he’s over his head.

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The Big Bang Theory – The Complete Tenth Season

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  • Title: The Big Bang Theory – Season 10
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The Big Bang Theory - The Complete Tenth Season Blu-ray reviewThe tenth season of The Big Bang Theory marks a major change for the nerds as Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) begin living together apart from newlyweds Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco). Over the season the guys will work on a project for the Untied States Air Force (with mixed success), Leonard and Penny will re-do their I Do’s for family and friends, Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) will give birth, and Sheldon and Amy’s relationship will be tested leading into a surprise proposal to close out the season.

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The Librarians #1

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The Librarians #1 comic reviewDynamite Entertainment brings TNT’s adventure series The Librarians to comics beginning with The Librarians #1. For those unfamiliar with the premise, the Librarians are a group of talented archaeological heroes and their Guardian Eve Baird who keep the world safe from magical artifacts and groups who would use them for evil. Appearing to be set sometime during or after the show’s Second Season, which saw a more hands-on involvement by original Librarian Flynn Carson, the first issue of the series involves the group heading to the film festival of an archaeological hack who is murdered on stage by a mysterious wooden weapon by his longtime partner.

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The Good Place – Everything Is Great!

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  • Title: The Good Place – Everything Is Great!
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The Good Place - Everything Is Great! TV review

After the shocking reveal to end last season, “Everything Is Great!” resets The Good Place as Michael (Ted Danson) erases the memories of the four humans and reintroduces them to a heaven that is really anything but. There’s a bit of redundancy in the two-part premiere as the show gives us the perspectives of each of the main characters over the course of the first day in The Good Place. Despite his best efforts to separate the quartet, Michael watches despondently as his reboot doesn’t have the effect he had hoped. But when you fail, try, try again.

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Babylon 5 – And the Sky Full of Stars

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  • Title: Babylon 5 – And the Sky Full of Stars
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Babylon 5 - And the Sky Full of Stars television review

Our Throwback Thursday post takes us back to the space station of humans and aliens all alone in the night. “And the Sky Full of Stars” delves a little deeper into the relationship between humans and Minbari while also revealing what really happened to Sinclair (Michael O’Hare) during the war. Kidnapped by xenophobic Earthers, Sinclair is put into some sort of hallucinogenic virtual reality where his captor (Christopher Neame) hopes to discover what happened during the Captain’s missing 24 hours and how it relates to the Minbari choosing to surrender on the eve of victory. Knowing where Sinclair’s journey will eventually lead him, both figuratively and literally, the episode offers a little more for those viewing it for the first time.

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