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Planetary #6

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Fantastic Four Week is the perfect time to return to adventure of the Archaeologists of the Impossible as Planetary #6 is notable for introducing the WildStorm Universe’s version of the Fantastic Four as the greatest villains of the world. Giving a chance for Elijah Snow to put his money where his mouth is and do some real good with Planetary, Jakita Wagner introduces the grumpy codger to the story of “The Four,” a group sent to the moon as part of the super-secret Artemis project while Apollo grabbed the headlines. Returning to Earth changed, the four (already morally-questionable individuals) used their gifts to grow their power on Earth soon running Artemis and later getting their tendrils into every crevice of the world.

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Jaws

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  • Title: Jaws
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Released 50 years ago, Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws forever changed what a summer movie was and what horror movie was capable of. Far more successful than anyone could hope, Jaws captured the hearts and minds of audiences making it the most profitable movie ever released in theaters (at least until a certain sci-fi fantasy hit theaters two years later). Despite it’s troubled production, including a mechanical shark that often wouldn’t work as intended, Spielberg delivered by suggesting the shark’s presence through most of the first-half of the film relying heavily on his human actors and John Williams‘ famous score to set the mood of the film.

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The Great Films – My Neighbor Totoro

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  • Title: My Neighbor Totoro
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Universally regarded as one of the best animated films of all time, 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro follows 10 year-old Satsuki Kusakabe (Noriko Hidaka | Dakota Fanning) and 4 year-old Mei Kusakabe (Chika Sakamoto | Elle Fanning) on an amazing adventure after the move to the countryside with their father Tatsuo (Shigesato Itoi | Tim Daly). Shortly after arriving, the girls discover their new home is different finding dust spites in the house. Mei later follows two more unusual characters through the woods where she encounters the slumbering Totoro who more fascinates the young girl than scares her.

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Wonder Woman #18

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Walking through explosions, threats, and would be rivals, Wonder Woman arrives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and proceeds to, quite literally, kick the door down. The time of reckoning has come. The inevitable confrontation between Diana and the Sovereign looms throughout the issue, although it saved for at least another month. What we do get is Wonder Woman fighting past the would-be soldiers and even a new General Glory, with a little surprise for Grail, while the Wonder Girls remain at home taking care of Diana’s daughter allowing Wonder Woman to make the stand on her own (well, with a little help from a friend).

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The Great Films – The Third Man

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  • Title: The Third Man
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Set in post-WWII Europe, director Carol Reed‘s cinematic masterpiece begins with the arrival of American pulp writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) in occupied Austria only to learn the friend he had come to visit on his last dime, Harry Lime (Orson Welles), is dead. Despite everyone he meets telling him he should return home, Holly sticks around the city playing amateur detective hoping to learn more about how and why Harry died.

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