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Covert Affairs – Lady Stardust

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  • Title: Covert Affairs – Lady Stardust
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“This is a mistake, but at least we’ll make it together.”

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In the Third Season finale Annie (Piper Perabo) calls on the help of Auggie (Christopher Gorham) and one of Barber’s local assets to help free Eyal (Oded Fehr) who is being held by Khalid (Haaz Sleiman) in Amsterdam. In order to get the information Khalid demands in exchange for Eyal’s safe return, Annie gets herself beaten and breaks into the U.S. Consulate to retrieve confidential information about CIA assets working undercover in Khalid’s operation.

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Life of Pi

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  • Title: Life of Pi
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life-of-pi-posterBased on the bestselling novel by Yann Martel, Life of Pi is the tale of an impossible adventure of a young man named after a swimming pool who rebrands himself on the mathematical constant Pi (Suraj Sharma) and his journey of survival after a shipwreck and 227 days alone on a life boat with a Bengal tiger as his only companion.

Much like the book, the movie hinges on the audience being able to accept the tale of the unreliable narrator, an older Pi (Irrfan Khan) recounting his adventure years later, despite all logic that tells us the young man’s journey would be impossible.

The film is beautiful to behold, and with only a few exceptions (most notably the odd depiction of Pi’s uncle) the CGI elegantly renders the animals and stark environment the young zoo keeper’s son finds himself. After a brief introduction, and discounting the later events of the older Pi sharing his story to a struggling writer (Rafe Spall), nearly the entire movie takes place on the small lifeboat in the middle of an empty ocean.

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Atomic Robo: The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #4

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atomic-robo-flying-she-devils-4-coverWhen we last left our robot scientist-adventurer Atomic Robo had managed to get himself captured by the Chokaiten, the secret organization created by the brightest scientist and military minds of Japan, who have no intention of losing the Pacific. While a prisoner Robo learns a little more about the organization, and their plans to attack the United States with “Earthquake Bombs,” before our intrepid hero gets himself fried and almost loses his head to a pair of Chokaiten scientists.

When we last left the She-Devils of the Pacific the group was reorganizing after the surprise attack by the Chokaiten made the jet-pack wearing, gun-toting, ladies of the Pacific abandon their secret island. Looking for a little payback, the She-Devils hit a Chokaiten base, rescue and reactivate our hero, and help him decipher the villains’ plans to attack San Francisco in five days time.

Issue #4 sets up the events of next month’s series conclusion, reunites Atomic Robo and the She-Devils, and provides tons of action and a couple of very amusing moments. In other words, exactly what you’d expect from Atomic Robo. Worth a look.

[Red 5, $3.50]

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The Mentalist – Red Sails in the Sunset

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  • Title: The Mentalist – Red Sails in the Sunset
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Unable to reach Lorelei (Emmanuelle Chriqui) on his own, Jane (Simon Baker) calls in a favor from Bret Styles (Malcolm McDowell) and gets the cult leader’s assistance in breaking Red John’s assistant out of a Maximum Security Federal Prison. The hunt for Lorelei and the missing, and presumed abducted Jane (given evidence he planted before picking Lorelei up from prison), is led by Robert Kirkland (Kevin Corrigan) of Homeland Security and Lisbon’s (Robin Tunney) team at the CBI.

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Burn Notice – Over the Line

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  • Title: Burn Notice – Over the Line
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Picking up right where last week’s two-hour premiere left off, Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) must face the consequences of killing Card (John C. McGinley) as he and Sam (Bruce Campbell) try to to escape the building before the CIA’s full tactical team led by Olivia Riley (Sonja Sohn) discover Card and Gray’s (Seth Peterson) bodies and begin searching for the killer. Although Michael is able to make his own exit, the CIA finger him as the shooter and Sam gets pinched before he can make a clean getaway.

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