The straight-to-video animated feature seems made just for them, at times at the risk of alienating newcomers to the DC Universe. As “Batman: Gotham Knights” did, “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights” takes the anthology approach, telling multiple stories within a loose framework. Here, Green Lantern (voiced by Nathan Fillion, TV’s “Castle”) is showing the ropes to […]
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Bridesmaids
Can’t we just call it “really hilarious” and leave it at that? Then again, consider that Hollywood’s women-fronted comedies are almost always of the rom-com variety and aggressively push Kate Hudson on us. This work is not of that lineage, and thank the Lord for that. “Bridesmaids” marks not so much a breakthrough for females […]
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Covert Affairs: Season One
What it’s not, however, judging from its first season, is appointment television. It might be if it started anyone other than Piper Perabo. As mid-20s CIA newbie Annie Walker, she’s fine in the role, but ever since Hollywood tried to shove her down our throats in 2000 with the execrable “Coyote Ugly,” she’s never clicked […]
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Mad Men: Season Four
The good news: That gives newbies plenty of time to catch up. True, that’s no salve for the chapped hides of fans, but season four, now on Blu-ray and DVD, was so splendidly rich, a revisit is worth the effort. Plus, once 2012 comes around, you may need the refresher. “Mad Men”’s fourth year — […]
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The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
But I expected it to be better, given that film director Frank Darabont (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Mist”) was steering the creative ship. I suppose it lives up to the hype if you’ve never seen a zombie movie before. Don’t get me wrong: The show is quite good. It’s just not great, for one main […]
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All-Star Superman
And that’s not the only eyebrow-raiser in the feature, based on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s revamp of the Man of Steel, as played out in the team’s 2005 comic-book series. For another, Jimmy Olsen appears in drag. There’s more. The film finds Superman (voiced by James Denton of TV’s “Desperate Housewives”) not as invincible […]