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Jack Ryan – Old Haunts

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  • Title: Jack Ryan – Old Haunts
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Jack (John Krasinski) relies on the help of a couple of old friends while on the run from the CIA, local police, and Russian Intelligence. There’s not yet a plan of action for Jack as the second episode into the season is simply staying one-step ahead of pursuers, something which Tony (Numan Acar) helps him with giving Jack time to later sneak out of the country with Mike (Michael Kelly). Elsewhere we also get Russian politics, the squeeze of the Czech Republic, and a bit of the odd pairing of Greer (Wendell Pierce) and (Betty Gabriel) looking for Jack but, like the Russians, ultimately going home empty-handed. The second episode is also notable for an expected tease suggesting the identity of the source of Jack’s intelligence. A solid episode that keeps its tension high before moving Jack on to set up the next stage of the season.

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

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  • Title: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
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Arguably the best thing to come out of the Shrek franchise, the legendary hero Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) returns for a sequel to his 2011 solo film. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is exactly what you’d expect. Opening with a big action sequence, the script then sets up the main plot of the movie with Puss in Boots being down the the ninth, and last, of his nine lives. After a bit of hiding, the character reemerges learning of a wish that could restore his lives and his courage.

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Jack Ryan – Falcon

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  • Title: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – Falcon
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Jack Ryan’s (John Krasinski) big brain gets him into more trouble in the first episode of the show’s Third Season which centers around a defunct Soviet weapons plan to expand the USSR to the Rhine. Part of that plan involved the Sokol Project, an untraceable prototype Soviet nuclear tactical weapon, the manufacturing of was shut down with extreme prejudice decades ago but has been pulled out of mothballs. Heading out into the field with a small unit to find proof of his hunch, Jack will end up running for his life with the realization that the 50 year-old Soviet plan has already been put into motion and he has no idea who he can trust.

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National Treasure: Edge of History – I’m a Ghost

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  • Title: National Treasure: Edge of History – I’m a Ghost
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More inspired by than adapted from the National Treasure films, the first episode of National Treasure: Edge of History introduces us to twenty-something puzzle solver Jess Valenzuela (Lisette Olivera) and her group of unimpressive friends. Although Jess has a familial tie to treasure, which we see in the opening scenes taking place two decades earlier, she’s completely unaware of them and lacks decades of yearning to see a quest completed. For her, the adventure begins when her boring day job leads her to cross paths with former FBI Agent Peter Sadusky (Harvey Keitel) who starts her on a quest involving an ancient treasure protected by the Freemasons.

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Batwheels – Secret Origins of the Batwheels

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  • Title: Batwheels – Secret Origins of the Batwheels
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Created for preschool viewers, with plenty of merchandise to sell based on its characters, Batwheels brings the Batmobile and several other vehicles to life in an odd Batman meets Cars mashup. The first three episodes of the series give us Batman, Robin, and Batgirl along with several Bat-villains the trio put in jail. However, with the heroes lured away, a break-in at the Batcave calls for unorthodox security procedures by the Bat-Computer which brings the Batmobile to life. Over the course of the episode more Bat-Family vehicles will be brought to life as will the vehicles of the villains we saw in the opening.

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