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Once Upon a Time – Witch Hunt

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time – Witch Hunt
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Once Upon a Time - Witch Hunt

As with last week’s episode, “Witch Hunt” is split equally into current events in Storybrooke and those from one-year ago following the actions of the characters returned to the Enchanted Forest. In both storylines attacks of flying monkeys lead Regina (Lana Parrilla) to eventually discover who her unseen enemy is, although it takes far longer is Storybrooke (where characters keep disappearing) than it did in the Enchanted Forest.

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Dirty Little Secrets

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Dirty Little Secrets
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Dirty Little Secrets

Unable to come to an agreement on how best to proceed to stop Jafar (Naveen Andrews), the Knave (Michael Socha) and the Red Queen (Emma Rigby) enlist the help of The White Rabbit (John Lithgow) to help them put together an army to save Wonderland while Alice (Sophie Lowe) and Cyrus (Peter Gadiot) search for the portal to the Well of Wonders and the only creature able to remove the curse on Cyrus’ two brothers (Raza Jaffrey and Dejan Loyola) who remain in the genie lamps in the sorcerer’s possession.

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Once Upon a Time – New York City Serenade

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time – New York City Serenade
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“We’re back.”

Once Upon a Time - New York City Serenade

Split between two storylines, the Enchanted Forest immediately following the second curse and New York City one year later, Once Upon a Time returns with Hook‘s (Colin O’Donoghue) repeated attempts to get Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) to remember her past. Given her happy and uncomplicated life with Henry (Jared Gilmore) and a would-be fiance (Christopher Gorham), and the crazy story which Hook presents her with, it takes more than a little convincing.

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Nothing to Fear

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Nothing to Fear
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Nothing to Fear

Returning from the show’s mid-season finale the roles of several characters are changed. Cyrus (Peter Gadiot) is free of both the Red Queen (Emma Rigby) and the bottle but only because the Knave‘s (Michael Socha) wish trapped him as the new genie. Alice‘s (Sophie Lowe) quest to find the man she loved may be over, but she will have to put off a happy ending with Cyrus and work alongside the Red Queen to save the Knave before Jafar (Naveen Andrews) gets his hands on the genie’s lamp.

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Journey Double Feature

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  • Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth / Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
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Journey Double FeatureRe-released together as a two-disc set on both DVD and Blu-ray, 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island star Josh Hutcherson as a young protagonist who discovers truth behind the writings of Jules Verne while looking for missing members of his family.

Of the two films, the first (co-starring Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem) featuring the group’s discovery of a secret world in the center of the Earth holds up better than its sequel (co-starring Dwayne “It’s Okay to Call Me The Rock Again” Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán, and Michael Caine) and the discovery of a secret island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Family friendly, the effects of the two films and the magical settings of each might provide enjoyment for younger viewers and even interest them in Verne’s original works (not a bad thing), but adults aren’t likely to come back to either film too often.

[New Line Home Video, Blu-ray $19.98 / DVD $12.97]

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