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Once Upon a Time – Going Home

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time – Going Home
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“I’d risk my life for two things: love and revenge.”

Once Upon a Time - Going Home

As Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) casts the curse to put Storybrooke under his control, Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) works on a plan to save the town by switching Henry (Jared Gilmore) and Pan back into their rightful bodies using the Black Fairy’s wand. Not only is Tinker Bell (Rose McIver) able to trap Pan’s Shadow and retrieve the wand, but proving herself she earns her wings back and becomes a fairy once more. Sadly, Rumpelstiltskin’s confrontation with his father doesn’t go nearly as well.

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Legends of Red Sonja #2

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Legends of Red Sonja #2The second issue of the latest Red Sonja mini-series isn’t as strong as the first, offering only two tales of Red Sonja’s exploits for the Grey Riders with not much in the way of pushing their hunt for Sonja forward in he segments in-between by Gail Simone and artist Jack Jadson.

Although it ends with a nice twist, the tale of Red Sonja’s cowardice and ineptitude from a fellow adventurer didn’t do much for me. The second tale of Sonja taking on the protection of a young girl and her mother is a bit hit-and-miss as well, although once again the tale does find a way to offer a nice wink to the reader at the expense of the villains. I also didn’t think the various styles of the three artist meshed as well this time around.

Undeterred from the tales of the She-Devil with a Sword’s heroics in the first issue, which weren’t having the desired effect, Sonja sets out to pull back on the legend a bit in hopes that the group may overconfidence when their paths finally do meet on the battlefield. For fans.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Home

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Home
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Home

Heading into it’s winter break, and not scheduled to return again until March, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland offers up it’s mid-season finale which will finally reunite the star-crossed lovers Alice (Sophie Lowe) and Cyrus (Peter Gadiot). But before journeying to the edge of Wonderland for their reunion, Alice drags Knave (Michael Socha) on a side-trip to find the White Rabbit (John Lithgow) and, after learning about the fate of his family, agree to rescue the Rabbit’s wife (Whoopi Goldberg) and children.

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The Desolation of Smaug

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  • Title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Desolation of SmaugThe quest of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his dwarves to reclaim the lost kingdom of Erebor under the Lonely Mountain continues in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Captured by elves, attacked by orcs, and journeying into the depths of the lost kingdom, the sequel is more successful than The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey but still suffers from director Peter Jackson taking his damn sweet time with unnecessary subplots and a host of new characters to introduce.

Of all the new faces in the second of three films needed to adapt a 300-page children’s book, Evangeline Lilly stands out. In Tauriel we finally get a prominent female elf who is more warrior than ethereal plot device (Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler). The plot thread of Tauriel forced to balance here duty to her king (Lee Pace) and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) against her unexpected feelings for a dwarf (Aidan Turner) is one of the film’s most-successful storylines.

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Once Upon a Time – The New Neverland

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time – The New Neverland
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Once Upon a Time - The New Neverland

Reunions are the big theme of “The New Neverland” which begins with Ariel (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) and Eric (Gil McKinney) finally finding each other and the return of the Jolly Roger and its crew to Storybrooke. Wendy Darling (Freya Tingley) is finally reunited with her brothers John (Matt Kane) and Michael (James Immekus) and Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) returns home to Belle (Emilie de Ravin). Despite being relieved to be home, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) can’t shake the feeling there’s something wrong with Henry (Jared Gilmore) and becomes even more concerned after Pan’s Shadow, who only obeys Peter Pan (Robbie Kay), begins killing members of the town.

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