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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

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  • Title: The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
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While more successful than The Star Wars Holiday Special, there’s not all that much to The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special other than a holiday message, reworking a character’s backstory to create a familial relationship where none existed before, and bringing the oft-mentioned Kevin Bacon into the MCU when the actor is kidnapped by Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) as a Christmas gift to Peter (Chris Pratt). Bookended by some animated sequences, the budget of the special is quite noticeably less than the Guardians features (especially where Groot is concerned), but fans may get some mild enjoyment from the modest proceedings.

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NCIS: Hawai’i – Curtain Call

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  • Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – Curtain Call
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The death of a sailor who was involved in top-secret training videos for the Navy leads NCIS to discover he isn’t the only one who has been killed in recent days as another actor and the director of a safe house video both turn up murdered as well. With Lucy (Yasmine Al-Bustami) having left for her new job as agent afloat, Alan (Danny Kang) shows up as her temporary replacement. He’s not the only familiar face as Charley 1 (Linc Hand) also shows up on the trail of the killings looking for one of his former students who he believes is responsible.

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Leverage: Redemption – The One Man’s Trash Job

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  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The One Man’s Trash Job
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The team targets a plastic exporter (Joshua Bitton) who has been dumping waste in local waters and threatening local fishermen who attempt to bring his crimes to light. Rather than targeting his wrongdoing, or attempt to bring it to light, the script gets a bit overly-complicated and takes a hard right turn after the discovery that our baddie of the week is also smuggling high-end antiquities. (Why not just make him a smuggler to begin with rather than adding the dumping storyline which feels like a tacked on feel-good bookend to the story which is, at best, only marginally connected?)

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Empty Fireworm Nest

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Empty Fireworm Nest
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After returning from the Fire Realm, Alex (Aimee Garcia) discovers a small Fireworm dragon has stowed away in her pack and is discovered by her mothers. With the rest of the swam looking for its missing number, the team split up with Alex and Jun (Ashley Liao) looking to free the dragon before anyone else on ICARIS sees it and uncovers the truth about dragons, and Tom (Jeremy Shada) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner) stay behind in an attempt to corral the rest of the swarm. Jin also has to deal with Eugene (Vincent Tong) whose suspicions about dragons have been aroused and Buzzsaw (Haley Joel Osment) continuing to snoop around the facility, thankful both continue to be largely inept in their attempts to prove dragons exist.

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Be Careful When You Order Off The Menu

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  • Title: The Menu
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Taking a few good-natured jabs at foodie culture and the cult-like culture inside a chef’s kitchen, The Menu offers us a look into an exclusive dining experience in a dark comedy that may not always work as well as intended but is so damn bizarre it’s certainly not easily forgettable. Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the last-minute replacement date for molecular gastronomy nerd Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) for a dining experience so exclusive it has its own island.

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