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‘Arrow’ Season 1, Episode 3: ‘Lone Gunmen’ Recap

While it appears that Arrow doesn’t want to let Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) wallow in complete solitude with the secret he’s been hiding from his family and friends, there is some skepticism about how far the show will be willing to take things with John Diggle (David Ramsey) following the climax of ‘Lone Gunmen.’ Oliver has made it quite clear that the heroic persona he’s adopted is more valuable than a random thug’s neck, but in the aptly titled episode, he discovers flying completely solo may hinder his ability to help. Continue reading

“THE DARK KNIGHT RISES” Review and Reflection

The Dark Knight Rises is filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s A Tale of Two Cities featuring Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) as Sydney Carton with a cape and a cowl and fictional Gotham City as his 18th century France and thinly veiled reflection of today’s bruised and battered American society.

Both Bruce Wayne and his city must endure nearly three hours of relentless, systematic destruction at the hands of the masked terrorist Bane before making their tortured rise to restoration in this ambitious, flawed but emotionally satisfying end to Nolan’s brilliant Batman trilogy. Continue reading