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The Hangover Part III

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  • Title: The Hangover Part III
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The Hangover Part IIIWith The Hangover Part III, fans of The Hangover series will get to see one more misadventure concerning Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) in a script by Todd Phillips and Craig Mazin that returns to the lingering consequences of the Wolfpack’s original Vegas vacation while largely ignoring the events of The Hangover Part II. (In fact, other than a cameo by Jamie Chung as Stu’s wife and one or two quick mentions of the trip to Bangkok, the events of the second film are completely ignored.) The result is an adequate final chapter hell-bent on providing audiences with its share of both laughs and groans.

On the plus side the series breaks from tradition by giving us a new story rather than simply recycle the same storyline used in both the first two films involving the threesome slowly piecing together events from a hazy night while searching for a missing friend. Once again Doug (Justin Bartha) is left out of most of the chicanery as the trio are forced by a pissed of Vegas mogul (John Goodman) to find Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) and the millions in gold bricks the maniac stole from him during the threesome’s original trip to Vegas.

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The Shadow #13

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The Shadow #13After enjoying several issues of writer Victor Gischler‘s take on the character the series brings in a new creative team with writer Chris Roberson and artist Giovanni Timpano taking over the reigns of The Shadow and introducing a new a new figure of “The Light,” a mysterious shimmering woman with a knack for slicing up sinners with a pair of swords.

While investigating four seemingly unrelated murders, and calling on the help of his vast web of eyes and ears around the city, The Shadow comes upon the spectral figure about to dispense more justice. The Shadow #13 does a good job of presenting a new mystery for the character to solve (even if the back-up story strongly hints as The Light’s true identity), although the comic comes to an end just as our hero meets the city’s self-appointed angel of death.

It may not be quite as good as the last few issues of the series, but it’s still worth a look for fans of the character. It will be interesting to see how complex The Light’s motivations truly are, and how she views another “soul stained by darkness and shadow.” For fans.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Psych – Dead Air

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  • Title: Psych – Dead Air
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Psych - Dead Air

When their favorite DJ (Brent Chapman) is murdered on the air, and the station is in jeopardy of closing down without their #1 money maker, Shawn (James Roday) and Gus (Dulé Hill) go undercover as “Santa Barbara’s newest and most potent morning show” and “The Playa Gus” to find the killer. Suspects include the DJ’s producer (Haig Sutherland) and former partner (Dale Wolfe), the station manager (Garcelle Beauvais), who has a little thing for Gus, and another radio personality (Dale Wilson), all of whom had motives for wanting the man dead.

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How I Met Your Mother – Something New

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  • Title: How I Met Your Mother – Something New
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How I Met Your Mother - Something New

The show’s Eighth Season finale opens on the eve of Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney’s (Neil Patrick Harris) wedding as the pair decide to break-up an annoying couple (Keegan Michael Key, Casey Wilson) at a restaurant after they steal Robin and Barney’s table. Meanwhile, Marshall’s (Jason Segel) takes an emergency trip back home to Minnesota with baby Marvin after his mother (Suzie Plakson) learns Marshall and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) are moving to Rome for a year and no one bothered to tell her.

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Superman: Unbound

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  • Title: Superman: Unbound
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Superman: UnboundBased on the 2008 Superman: Brainiac arc by Geoff Johns, DC’s latest animated feature introduces Superman (Matt Bomer) and Supergirl (Molly Quinn) to a redesigned version of Brainiac (John Noble) for the first time when the Collector of Worlds heads to Earth to add Metropolis to a collection that already includes the Kryptonian city of Kandor. The result is a solid entry into the DC Animated Universe whose main issues come more from the original source material rather than the adaptation.

Given her role in the film this could easily have been titled Superman/Supergirl: Unbound as much of the emotional weight of the straight-to-DVD animated feature falls on Superman’s younger cousin. Screenwriter Bob Goodman also increases the role of Lois Lane (Stana Katic) and makes some intriguing parallels over the course of the film between how both Brainiac and Superman try to control those of interest to them.

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