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Moon Knight #11

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moon-knight-11-coverStill reeling from the death of Echo, Moon Knight contacts Maria Hill for helping tracking down Madame Masque who has stolen the head of Ultron for her father Count Nefaria. Despite her concerns, Hill agrees to help locate Masque and allow Moon Knight to take her down.

The majority of the comic features the battle between Moon Knight and Madame Masque who appear to be equally matched. And it appears that Echo may not be gone completely as she emerges as another aspect of Marc Spector’s increasingly crowded personality.

I’m going to be sad to see this series go away. Writer Brian Michael Bendis turns in another strong issue that still finds a way to incorporate the comic’s trademark quirky nature even with the dark turn the title has undertaken the past couple of months.

This issue gets most of the storylines wrapped up with what’s sure to be a can’t miss final issue next month as Moon Knight goes out Nefaria one more time. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

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  • Title: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
  • IMDb: link

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Adapted from the novel of the same name by Paul Torday, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is the kind of quirky reserved British romantic comedy that won’t knock your socks off, but, when it’s not getting in its own way, will deliver an enjoyable time at the movies.

Ewan McGregor stars as Dr. Alfred Jones, a scientist for the National Centre for Fisheries Excellence who is pressured by his boss (Conleth Hill), the British Prime Minister’s Press Secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas), and the representative (Emily Blunt) of a Yemeni sheikh (Amr Waked) into helping the sheikh in his rather absurd dream to introduce salmon fishing to the deserts of Yemen.

Despite his incredulity at a project he believes impossible, Alfred finds himself in a situation where money is no object and the British Government, hungry for a good PR story, are willing to do anything to see the project succeed. And the longer he spends on the project the more Alfred becomes won over by the sheikh’s dream and Harriet (Blunt).

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Breaking In – Game of Jones

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  • Title: Breaking In – Game of Jones
  • tv.com: link

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When Molly (Erin Richards) senses a scam, Oz (Christian Slater) tries to prove the existence of Contra Security’s non-existant top international salesman. Jealous of the attention the firm’s fictional hero is receiving, Veronica (Megan Mullally) enlists the help of Cameron (Bret Harrison) to help make friends in the office which leads to poorly thought out “karaoke-luau-fondue-murder-mystery-cirque-du-so-game-night, and also comedy roast.”

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Batman #7

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batman-new-52-7-cover"After his hallucinatory drug-induced experience in catacombs of Gotham City, Batman finally makes it back to the Bat Cave and immediately goes to work dissecting the body of Talon for answers into the secrets of the Court of Owls. What he founds, however, only leads to more questions.

On examining the body Batman discovers the man turned into a killing machine is actually Dick Grayson‘s great-grandfather. He also uncovers the fact that Dick was handpicked by the Court of Owls to be one of them but his parent’s death, and his adoption by Bruce Wayne put a crimp in their plans.

There was no real reason to tweak Dick’s to include the Court of Owls (which is further explored in this week’s Nightwing #7), but it’s how Batman informs him (by backhanding him so hard he looses a tooth and nearly conciousness) that I found troubling. Like much of this story arc, the latest issue of Batman is a mixed success with many more Court of Owls stories on the way. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Carnage

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  • Title: Carnage
  • IMDB: link

carnage-blu-rayAdapted by director Roman Polanski and writer Yasmina Reza from Reza’s play God of Carnage, Carnage gives us two couples (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet) discussing a recent altercation between their sons when one strikes the other with a stick in the park.

What starts as civil discussion of the events soon leads the couples turn on each other and then their own spouses as all pretense is washed away. Think of it as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Lite.

The story would probably have worked better for me on stage where the characters are forced to remain on stage in the apartment where the audience can continue to watch the action unfold. The attempts at civility used to keep both couples together don’t work as well on film where we know the camera can follow them out, and there are more than a couple of moments that should bring events to a close.

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