John Constantine works with Team Arrow to save Sara’s soul. Brandon Routh makes a small appearance.
This week’s review ends with some challenging questions.
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We’re a little late, but the International Space Station celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this week:
NASA also released news shots of last October’s Antares launch failure.
Below: a Diamond Age discovery, some Halloween cosplay– and they’re killing it with the viral Deadpool marketing:
The Flash Discussion: “The Darkness and the Light”
King Shark turns out to be a red herring (though I’m holding out for a King Shark vs Grodd ep). Instead, this week gives us more on Earth Two, the alternate Harrison Wells, Dr. Zoom, and Dr. Light. This last character is neither Arthur Light nor Kimiyo Hoshi, but Earth-Two’s Linda Park.
Cisco Ramon finally reveals his metahuman abilities and, while he calls himself “Vibe,” good taste prevails and we see no sign of the notorious comic-book costume.
Novel Review: Gold Fame Citrus
The world has run short of fresh water, and the great Dune Sea spreads across the west:
From space it seems a canyon. Unhealed yet scar-tissue white, a wound yawning latitudinal between the sluice grafts of Los Angeles and the flaking, friable, half-buried hull of Las Vegas (114)
Into this world head a dysfunctional family, two drifters who have overstayed California, and a foundling baby. They hope to make it to the other side, but the great Dune Sea, Amargosa, has other plans and peoples.
Supergirl Review: “Stronger Together”
It’s no picnic for Supergirl, as she encounters public scrutiny, self-doubts, and the usual problems with aunts and bugs.
Halloween Review: The Babadook
If it’s in a word or in a look
You can’t get rid of the Babadook!
The most impressive and original horror film of recent years, The Babadook stays with you, lives under your skin.
You really can’t get rid of the Babadook.
Halloween Review: Cropsey
The night is upon us! Our October Reviews end this evening, with a double-header of films about the Boogeyman.
Forget all of those other found footage chillers and faux true-life horror movies, the increasingly feeble spawn of the Blair Witch. This 2009 film concerns a boogeyman who haunts Staten Island, and has been the subject of urban legend and campfire tales. What makes his story so compelling and frightening is that Cropsey is an actual documentary, the archival footage is genuine, and the killer who now bears the nickname really exists.
He may even remain at large.
Arrow Review: “Beyond Redemption”
This week’s episode featured strong direction and action sequences, and an unusual family drama. Some key developments, however, have me hoping the title, by the end of this season, won’t refer to the series.
Flash Review: “The Fury of Firestorm”
The Team fights time to find Dr. Stein a new Firestorm partner, and creates another metahuman villain in the process. The episode ends with a bit of a bite.
Supergirl Review: Pilot
The DC cinematic universe expands… Except that Supergirl, who flew onto the screen last night, doesn’t connect to the Flash/Green Arrow TV shows or the Man of Steel / Justice League franchise. Or, thank Rao, to Gotham.
Will she connect with viewers?