Alan Rapp

Cross – Hero Complex

  • Title: Cross – Hero Complex
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Cross - Hero Complex

I really want to like this new Amazon series starring Leverage‘s Aldis Hodge as James Patterson‘s super-sleuth Alex Cross but I’m finding it quite hard to become emotionally invested in the story of a great detective getting the runaround by not one but two uncatchable serial killers in separate storylines that only somewhat overlap. My issues have more to do with Patterson and the structure of his work, always focusing on making the killers as genius and unstoppable as possible (and here throwing in two!) than Hodge or any member of the cast which also includes short appearances from Alona Tal who I would happily watch more of.

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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Mortal Vibes Only

  • Title: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Mortal Vibes Only
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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place - Mortal Vibes Only

The second episode of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place is a by-the-numbers episode of Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown) screwing up with magic, accidentally revealing their father’s magical past to Milo (Max Matenko) and Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and then making half of each invisible, all while attempting to fit in leading to various shenanigans. Meanwhile, in attempts to cover up everything,  Justin Russo (David Henrie) lies to his wife (Mimi Gianopulos), badly. 

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Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #4

Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #4

Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #4 offers three more tales of Spider-Man in his black costume, although none of the trio of stories collected in the fourth and final issue include the symbiote. My favorite of the stories, “Past Lives,” takes place long after Peter’s time with the symbiote and his return to the classic red and blue costume. However, when he needs to break into the Latverian embassy and doesn’t feel right doing it in his classic colors, he reprises the black look once more while also hitting up Black Cat for help harkening back to a specific time in Peter Parker’s life.

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