3.5 Razors

Cars 2

  • Title: Cars 2
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cars-2-posterLet me get this out of the way first, for those who might not know, I absolutely loved Cars. How much? Enough for the Pixar film to top my Best Movies of 2006 list. I know some who would argue that it the original Cars isn’t among Pixar’s best. They’re wrong. Very, very wrong.

Even though I adore the original, I had a fair amount of misgivings when I heard it was getting a sequel. Face it, the message of the first film was pretty well played out. Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) had made a few new friends and learned something about himself during his short stint in Radiator Springs.

Cars 2 is the biggest shift in story of any of the Pixar’s sequels. The simple story about a star finding peace in a small town is replaced with a level of action and adventure that even puts The Incredibles to shame.

Let’s start with the positives. The film looks great. The different locales (including London, Paris, and the Mediterranean) are expertly rendered. I especially loved how the cars glistened in the bright neon streets of Tokyo.

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White Collar – Deadline

  • Title: White Collar – Deadline
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White Collar - Deadline

Here’s a peculiarity, an episode that doesn’t revolve around either Neal (Matt Bomer) or Peter (Tim DeKay), but on Diana (Marsha Thomason) who finds herself sent undercover as an assistant to a difficult journalist (Jayne Atkinson) on the verge of expose that will likely get her killed. And you know what? It’s pretty darn good.

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Covert Affairs – Bang and Blame

  • Title: Covert Affairs – Bang and Blame
  • tv.com: link

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When a CIA trainee’s name is leaked Joan (Kari Matchett) sends Annie (Piper Perabo) back to the Farm undercover to expose the leak who they believe to be the weapon’s trainer (Tim Guinee) at the CIA training facility. However, Annie soon learns her second stint as a trainee isn’t as easy she remembers.

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Power Girl #25

power-girl-25-coverThe second half of “We Can Be Heroes” may not be quite as good as the first, but writer Judd Winick finds a way to wrap up Rayhan Mazin’s storyline in more than satisfactory fashion. It’s too bad the DC reboot is looming and we won’t get to see what this character might have become.

Mazin fights off both Batman and Power Girl, causing storms across the city, in an attempt to get to his father’s death bed for a few final moments together. Power Girl goes to the skies in an attempt to control the weather unleashed by Mazin’s anger by doing her “Meteorological Girl Thing.” Heh. Batman’s attempts to slow down Mazin in the hospital are less effective.

The final scene between Mazin and his father works well, as does Power Girl’s conversation with the hero branded a terrorist (even if it does feel slightly rushed). However, Kara’s final pages with Batman feel a little awkward and don’t flow nearly as well as similar scenes she had with Dick Grayson a few issues back. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Darkwing Duck #13

darkwing-duck-13-coverAs Darkwing Duck continues to search for answers to Morgana‘s disappearance by visiting every psychic and palm reader within the city limits a new villain takes St. Canard by storm. A former relief pitcher known for never throwing the same thing twice has gone, well, screwball.

Under the guise of of One-Shot, the town’s newest super-villain, armed with a mysterious magic overcoat from which he can pull objects from other dimensions, throws everything he’s got (literally) at the city’s populace (but only once). Distracted by Morgana’s disappearance, Darkwing’s first attempt to stop the new evil-doer doesn’t go quite as planned.

Never fear! Darkwing manages to pull himself together and save the city (and Gosalyn, who has gotten herself captured by the crazy former pitcher). Our hero also decides on a questionable new course of action that may prove to be his downfall. Worth a look.

[Boom, $3.99]

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