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Maria

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  • Title: Maria
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Maria explores the final days of renown opera singer Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) looking back on her life in a self-medicated haze that blurs fantasy and reality in her quest to rediscover the voice she lost years ago. The standouts here are Jolie’s performance, for which she trained 7 months to learn to sing opera (a mix of both Jolie and Callas’ voices are used throughout the film), and the film’s amazing look courtesy of cinematographer Edward Lachman, set decoration by Sandro Piccarozzi, and costumes by Massimo Cantini Parrini.

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Arcane – Finally Got the Name Right

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  • Title: Arcane: League of Legends – Finally Got the Name Right
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Despite promising Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) that the quest to take down Jinx (Ella Purnell) wouldn’t change her, events in the undercity lead Caitlyn (Katie Leung) to putting the life of a child at risk to get her revenge. Unwilling to let her go that far, Jinx escapes, the bombs she placed around the city go off leading the to the toxic gas Piltover has been pumping underground for years to reach the surface, and playing right into the hands of the now quite desperate Ambessa (Ellen Thomas) as the episode teases more of the Black Rose and suggests that Ambessa is after something in the undercity that might offer her a chance to fight back.

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Bob’s Burgers – They Slug Horses, Don’t They?

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  • Title: Bob’s Burgers – They Slug Horses, Don’t They?
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Sisters is the theme of “They Slug Horses, Don’t They?” as Louise (Kristen Schaal) and Tina (Dan Mintz) get in an escalating argument after Louise borrows Tina’s toy without asking, and then breaks it when attempting to give it back to her sister. Her attempt to avoid apologizing by creating a cartoon of them as the characters of each of their toys (Louise as a slug and Tina as the horse) that blames Louise for everything only escalates the argument further. Unexpectedly, it’s Gail (Megan Mullally) who plays peacemaker between the girls providing an example of her own struggles with their mother.

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Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12

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When the old Gotham Opera House becomes haunted by the Phantasm, preventing the sale of the property, the owner reaches out to Mystery, Inc. to investigate. One of the potential buyers, Leslie Thompkins, also reaches out to an old friend to lend a hand leading to another team-up between the gang and Batman. Splitting into pairs, with Batman this time working with Velma, the group discovers the truth of what’s happening at the theater.

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Interior Chinatown – Tech Guy

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Interior Chinatown – Tech Guy
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While Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) continues to use the Delivery Guy disguise to gain access to the police department looking for the evidence of his brother’s case which is set to be destroyed, Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) struggles in attempts to connect with Green (Lisa Gilroy) hoping to avoid becoming more than the latest in the line of recurring characters replaced after a few months. Through his disguise, Willis manages to make real friends in the department who were originally hostile to him. However, despite the number of free meals he delivers, he’s unable to find the evidence before it gets destroyed. Thankfully, with the help of his new friends, he’ll find a way to level up at the end of the episode into “Tech Guy.”

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