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Person of Interest – Bad Code

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  • Title: Person of Interest – Bad Code
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The search for Finch (Michael Emerson) leads Reese (Jim Caviezel) and Carter (Taraji P. Henson) to Texas to look into the case of a missing girl from the early 1990’s that may shed some light on the past of the girl who grew up to become the computer hacker known as Root (Amy Acker). With Finch still her hostage, Root continues to search for the location of The Machine by torturing a White House lawyer (Cotter Smith) for information.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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  • Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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“Welcome to the Island of Misfit Toys.”

the-perks-of-being-a-wallflowerStories of loners searching for their place in the world are hardly new, and there are certainly more polished films which tackle the subject, but for its flaws The Perks of Being a Wallflower gets the emotion more right than most.

Taking on teenage suicide, closeted homosexual relationships, drug use, teenage sex, unrequited love, the complex psychological problems of an anxiety-riddled teen, and one or two other major themes I won’t give away here, the movie certainly doesn’t shy away from tackling hard issues and forcing its characters to deal honestly with both their choices and consequences.

Written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, who adapted his own novel of the same name for the film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower centers around Charlie (Logan Lerman), an awkward, introverted high school freshman who has seen too much pain in his young life. The brainy introvert starts high school all too aware old friends have moved into new cliques without him and is ill-equipped to make new ones.

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Castle – Cloudy with a Chance of Murder

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  • Title: Castle – Cloudy with a Chance of Murder
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On Beckett’s (Stana Katic) first day back on the job she and Castle (Nathan Fillion), with the still feuding Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Esposito (Jon Huertas), look into the murder of a local weather girl (Candice Mann) while attempting to hide their relationship from Gates (Penny Johnson), Lanie (Tamala Jones), and the other members of the precinct.

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The New Guy

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  • Title: Green Lantern: The Animated Series – The New Guy
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All isn’t sunny for Hal Jordan (Josh Keaton) in Green Lantern: The Animated Series‘ Second Season premiere as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 returns to Earth after stopping the Red Lantern invasion only to find he has been fired from Ferris Air, his relationship with Carol (Jennifer Hale) is in shambles. and a replacement Green Lantern (who everyone but Hal seems to love) has taken over his duties in Hal’s absence.

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Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow #17

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snake-eyes-and-storm-shadow-17-coverCobra and the Arashikage Clan have declared war on each other and now the new Cobra Commander has loosed Serpentor and his private army known as the Coil to strike in the name of Cobra and eradicate the ninja.

The Coil successful capture the Soft Master (although the comic suggests they may have bitten off more than they can chew with the devious and deadly old man), but Snake Eyes and a group of Arashikage ninja are able to prevent the same fate from befalling the Hard Master and his latest student, even if it means letting the ninja know the old man still lives.

With the war between Cobra and the Arashikage heating up, the choices Snake Eyes makes further blur the lines between right and wrong. Next month turns up the flames as Snake Eyes’ old G.I. JOE teammates, realizing their pal is alive and has gone back to the ninja who trained him, get into the action as well as the crossover “Target: Snake Eyes” begins. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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