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Morning Glories #24

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morning-glories-24-coverThe latest super-sized issue of Morning Glories centers around Ike‘s relationship with his estranged father Abraham. Over the course of the issue we’re shown several flashbacks of Ike and his father including the first time the young man murdered him.

With Abraham now a prisoner of Mr. Gribbs, the Morning Glories Academy stooge tries to pressure Ike into killing his father again (this time a little more permanently) by threatening the life of Jade should he refuse. By the end of the issue Ike’s cunning wins out, but it also leaves both Jade and his father in a precarious situation as the young man demands the answers to questions that have been kept from him his entire life.

Although Morning Glories #24 doesn’t answer any of the big questions the series has kept under wraps for two years it does provide some background to Ike and one hell of a cliffhanger that should promise real answers whenever the comic returns to this storyline. Worth a look.

[Image, $3.99]

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Worlds’ Finest #9

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Worlds' Finest #9When Karen Starr‘s private island is invaded by a group of masked thieves it falls on a wounded Huntress to suit up and stop them from stealing her best friend’s technology.

The main story works well, but the flashbacks to earlier adventures of Helena and Karen are only slightly tied to the new tale and don’t add anything of significance other than to take up several pages which could be used for the main story. And once again it takes several artists to take over half the artist duties from the missing Kevin Maguire. The result of which are better than last month but still more mixed than I’d like.

Things do pick up in the end with the arrival of Power Girl and the reveal of who the thieves are actually working for. Although the prospect of Mr. Terrific showing up doesn’t do much to excite me, it is a nice twist and it looks like the comic is finally ready to deal with Karen Starr’s relationship to the hero whose pretty much disappeared from the New 52 since his book was cancelled. For fans.

[DC, $2.99]

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Flight

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  • Title: Flight
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flight-blu-rayDenzel Washington stars in the character study of an airline pilot whose heroic actions save the lives of an entire commercial flight of passengers, but when his history with alcohol and drug abuse sees the light of day new questions begin to be asked about that fateful day.

The screenplay by John Gatins is pretty straightforward. Washington’s Whip Whitacker is your basic hero with feet of clay who is unwilling and unable to admit or address his own demons. As such there are really only two possible outcomes to the film. Either Whitacker will get away with flying drunk the day of the crash or he’ll finally admit his problem with alcohol and drugs.

Robert Zemeckis gets the best out of his actors, paticularly Washington and Kelly Reilly as a recovering heroin user who tries to help Whip get and stay clean, but the themes of the film often feel too simplistic and it’s all too easy to see where Whip’s journey will eventually end.

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The Spoiler Alert Segmentation

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  • Title: The Big Bang Theory – The Spoiler Alert Segmentation
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The Spoiler Alert Segmentation

A fight between Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) forces Leonard to leave the apartment and move in across the hall with Penny (Kaley Cuoco) who doesn’t have the heart, or words, to tell her boyfriend she’s not ready for such a big step. On hearing the news Amy (Mayim Bialik) proposes to a stunned Sheldon that she take Leonard’s spot as his new roommate.

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Arrow – Betrayal

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  • Title: Green Arrow – Betrayal
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Arrow - Betrayal

As Thea (Willa Holland) begins her 500 hours of community service in Laurel’s (Katie Cassidy) law firm, Oliver (Stephen Amell) confronts his mother with the list of names Walter (Colin Salmon) was snooping into before his disappearance. Although he’s less than thrilled with Moria’s (Susanna Thompson) explanation of the list, Oliver continues to argue with Diggle (David Ramsey) that his mother is not mixed up in the the list or the lies that killed his father. Green Arrow also has his hands full with the release of sociopath Cyrus Vance (David Anders) from prison who plans to take over all of organized crime in Starling City by taking down the city’s masked vigilante.

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