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Sherlock – The Lying Detective

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  • Title: Sherlock – The Lying Detective
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Sherlock - The Lying Detective TV review

There are times Steven Moffat can be too clever for his own good. That said, he can also give us near perfect moments at the same time. A step-up from “The Six Thatchers,” but built entirely on the rift between Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) caused from the fallout of the previous episode, Sherlock delves into a part of the detective Elementary has spent far longer mining – his addictive personality. The episode has two main points. The first is to introduce a popular celebrity who enjoys murdering in his spare time. The second is to bring the detective and doctor back together again.

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It’s Always Sunny – The Gang Goes to a Water Park

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  • Title: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – The Gang Goes to a Water Park
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - The Gang Goes o a Water Park TV review

Things don’t go according to plan for anyone when the gang decides to hit the local water park. Charlie (Charlie Day) and Frank (Danny DeVito) make out fairly well by jumping the line of every ride by pretending Frank has AIDS (but not the gay kind – as Frank is quick to point out), but it doesn’t end well for Frank as his attempt to go down the not-yet-opened giant slide ends in pain (for him) and terror (for everyone else). The day is even more brutal for Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Mac (Rob McElhenney) whose attempt to fit into a kid’s ride gets them stuck in a pipe for most of the day.

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Elle

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  • Title: Elle
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Elle movie review

Isabelle Huppert is marvelous as the sixty-something head of a successful video game company who is raped in her apartment by a stranger in a ski mask. Refusing to tell the police, Michèle instead continues on as if nothing happened even as she begins to suspect that one of her resentful employees may be her attacker. Filled with mostly depressed and confused characters, somehow the film is never as bleak as its subject matter might lead you to believe.

Despite being raped in the movie’s opening scene, Michèle is anything but a victim; she’s smart, successful, and in complete control of both her company and libido. Elle isn’t a revenge fantasy or a drama focused on our protagonist coming to terms with the attack. Director Paul Verhoeven, no stranger to erotic or psychological thrillers, has something much different in mind in screenwriter David Birke‘s adaptation of Philippe Djian‘s novel. And Michèle is no angel, sleeping with the husband (Christian Berkel) of her best friend (Anne Consigny), and lusting after her neighbor (Laurent Lafitte) despite their age difference and his wife (Virginie Efira).

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Green Arrow #14

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Green Arrow #14 comic reviewIn a packed football stadium and framed for the murder of the star quarterback during the middle of the game, Green Arrow #14 reveals the identity of the latest villain to torture Green Arrow to be the Dark Archer Malcolm Merlyn. The pair’s fight around the packed stadium may clear the Emerald Archer’s name for now, but with Merlyn still at large there’s likely to be plenty of more carnage to come.

Aside from Merlyn’s return, Green Arrow #14 is memorable for two things. First, an undercover Black Canary gets pushed into action as a member of the Seattle Police Department while snooping for evidence of Oliver being framed for murder. The second is the high body count Merlyn inflicts while fleeing from his adversary (including stabbing football players in their eyes with arrows).

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Nova #2

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Nova #2 comic reviewSam Alexander meets Richard Rider. Nova #2 brings the youngest Nova into contact with the recently resurrected one as the pair meet while fighting off an alien of unknown origin (who apparently isn’t so much defeated as forgotten about). After a short stopover at Sam’s place, the pair head out for a little space action which leads them Knowhere and an encounter with an old friend.

While the first-ever meeting between the pair isn’t all that memorable, Nova #2 does have its fun with the Novas’ interaction with Cosmo and writer Jeff Loveness’ lighthearted stab at Marvel and their level of ridiculousness while continuing to change the universe to make it all but unrecognizable for a character that hasn’t actually been gone all that long.

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