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The Dark Knight Rises

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  • Title: The Dark Knight Rises
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dark-knight-rises-posterJoel Schumacher killed Batman, at least in the movies, and at least for the better part of a decade. In 2003 the Caped Crusader was still in limbo six years after the theatrical debacle known as Batman and Robin. (One word: Bat-nipples.) Enter Christopher Nolan.

Batman Begins would hit theaters two years later followed up by the critically acclaimed The Dark Knight in 2008 featuring the Oscar-winning performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker. Four years later Nolan releases the third, and final, movie of his Bat-trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, which brings the story of Nolan’s version of Batman full circle.

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The Newsroom – I’ll Try to Fix You

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  • Title: The Newsroom – I’ll Try to Fix You
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On New Year’s Eve Mackenzie’s (Emily Mortimer) boyfriend Wade (Jon Tenney), an Assistant US Attorney, comes clean with Will (Jeff Daniels) about the government’s unwillingness to fund the prosecution of white-collar crime, and Maggie (Alison Pill) is mortified when Don (Thomas Sadoski) attempts to set-up Jim (John Gallagher Jr.) with Maggie’s roommate Lisa (Kelen Coleman).

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Leverage – The (Very) Big Bird Job

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  • Title: Leverage – The (Very) Big Bird Job
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To take down a shipping CEO (Cary Elwes) responsible for a plane crash the Leverage team comes back together after their separate vacations to run an elaborate con involving Howard Hughes‘ vintage aircraft, the Spruce Goose. The team also has mixed feelings about moving into their new Portland headquarters, in the back of a microbrewery, following the events of last season’s finale that left their former home base burned and staked out by several members of law enforcement.

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Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2

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before-watchmen-2-coverWriter and artist Darwyn Cooke’s look at the early days of the Minutemen continues as Nite Owl auditions for membership in the newly formed group. After a little training and planning the group sets out on their first mission which ends disastrously but with a few lies and the right press spin the story makes a name for the group as national heroes.

Through Hollis Mason’s memories we also see the internal struggles of the group and infighting between the more publicity focused members, those with internal struggles like Hooded Justice, and those like Nite Owl and Silhouette who honestly just want to do some good.

When the others don’t seem interested in helping Silhouette with her cause to end a child trafficking ring (because it’s not the kind of positive prestigious case to help them make a name for themselves) Nite Owl and Mothman agree to help but they’re too late to do anything but stare in horror as to what they find. Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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Franklin & Bash – Voir Dire

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  • Title: Franklin & Bash – Voir Dire
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After skipping the morning partners meeting Jared (Breckin Meyer) and Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) find themselves defending a chop shop mechanic (Gino Anthony Pesi) who brutally beat several other members of the crew in self-defense after the others refused to let him leave to start a new life and save a witness (Colleen Foy) to one of the crew’s robberies. Besides having almost no legal merit to stand on things get even trickier when an Assistant D.A. (Brian Howe) with a grudge against Peter, and plans on running for District Attorney, takes over the high profile case.

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