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Person of Interest – Firewall

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  • Title: Person of Interest – Firewall
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In the season finale Reese (Jim Caviezel) tries to protect the latest number from the Machine, a psychologist (Amy Acker) in danger from one of her patients, while staying one step ahead of Special Agent Donnelly (Brennan Brown) and the FBI who are starting to close in on him. His job is complicated when he learns the heads of HR, whom Detective Fusco (Kevin Chapman) has finally met, have accepted a contract to go to whatever lengths necessary to makes sure the woman he’s attempting to protect is dead within 48 hours.

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Community – Digital Estate Planning

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  • Title: Community – Digital Estate Planning
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What happens when you take the cast of Community and digitize them as 8-bit characters and then let them loose upon a computer generated world? A awful lot of fun! Pierce (Chevy Chase) shows up with the study group to meet Gilbert (Giancarlo Esposito), his father’s longtime assistant and executor of his will who informs he before his death Pierce’s father created an old school 8-bit video game for Pierce and seven friends. Whoever wins the game will become the heir to the Hawthorne fortune.

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Avenging Spider-Man #7

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avenging-spider-man-7-coverThis comic was a hell of a lot of fun. I haven’t been picking up Marvel’s new version of Marvel Team-Up featuring Spider-Man and a current and former Avenger co-stars but the pair of Spidey and She-Hulk in this issue was too good to pass up.

After the pair take down a giant sewer monster Spidey follows She-Hulk to the Egyptian Exhibit of a local museum hoping for a free meal and some nerdy fun. When he sees some mysterious hooded figures entering the museum the wall-crawler springs into action. And that’s where the fun really begins.

The story has to do with a mystical cat statue, a cult of cat worshipers, and Bastet (the goddess of cats). It also includes She-Hulk growing a tail and Spidey putting on a cow’s head and impersonating a god. Yeah, you gotta pick this one up.

She-Hulk has been far underused in the Marvel Universe of late and any time she’s game to show for another issue here I’ll be sure to pick it up. Must-read.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Castle – Always

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  • Title: Castle – Always
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“Every morning I bring you a cup of coffee just so I can see a smile on your face because I think you are the most remarkable, maddening, challenging, frustrating person I’ve ever met.”

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The Fourth Season comes to a close as Beckett’s (Stana Katic) investigation into the death of a former thief and Army veteran leads to a connection with Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) and her mother’s murder and Castle (Nathan Fillion) is forced to decide how much to keep from the detective to keep her safe especially after the conspiracy’s mystery man (Geoff Pierson) calls Castle strongly suggesting he keep her under control.

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The Avengers

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  • Title: The Avengers
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the-avengers-posterWell done Joss Whedon. Ensemble casts aren’t always the easiest to deal with, especially when you’ve got stars of several franchises who all need to be showcased. Not only does the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer succeed in giving each hero their own moment to shine, but he crafts what is inarguably one of the best super-hero movies of all-time. I don’t know if The Avengers is going to be the best movie of the summer, but if it’s not I can’t wait to see what could possibly top it.

One thing Whedon and the numerous special effects experts used on the film get just right is scale. From the first time we see the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier to the film’s final battle (which can only be described as epic) the size and breadth of it are awe-inspiring. I viewed the film in IMAX 3D, and while I think a regular screening will still be quite good, the IMAX certainly helped sell the larger-than-life aspects of the script (which Buffy fans should be glad to hear is peppered with classic Whedon one-liners and humorous asides).

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