Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 23, 2022

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

AUG221068 06 PROTOCOL #2 $4.99

JUN222175 100 GIRLFRIENDS WHO REALLY LOVE YOU GN VOL 04 (MR) $13.99

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JUL228072 PULL COLLECTORS BOX SET $29.99

JUN222344 RAGNA CRIMSON GN VOL 07 $14.99

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JUL222399 SIRIUS TP GN $12.99

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MAY222131 YOU LIKE ME NOT MY DAUGHTER GN VOL 01 $13.99

JUN222328 YOUNG LADIES DONT PLAY FIGHTING GAMES GN VOL 04 $12.99

MAGAZINES

SEP221519 COMIC SHOP NEWS (100CT BUNDLE) #1840 $PI

SEP221522 COMIC SHOP NEWS 2022 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL $PI

SEP221822 NON SPORT UPDATE VOL 33 #6 DEC 22/ JAN 23 $5.99

AUG221810 SARTORIAL GEEK #3 $4.99

BOOKS

MAY221632 50 YEARS LUPIN THE 3RD HC $39.99

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AUG222143 AFTER REJECTED & HIGH SCHOOL RUNAWAY NOVEL SC VOL 02 $15.00

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SEP221868 BIG MAN AND THE LITTLE MEN GN $25.99

SEP221815 BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FOREVER THE COURAGE TO DREAM $17.99

JUN222330 CLASSROOM OF ELITE YEAR 2 L NOVEL VOL 03 $14.99

AUG222129 FOX TALES LIGHT NOVEL HC $20.00

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AUG222132 HOLY GRAIL OF ERIS LIGHT NOVEL SC VOL 03 $15.00

AUG222145 KEPT PRESSING 100-MILLION YEAR BUTTON LIGHT NOVEL SC VOL 04 $15.00

MAR228924 KUMA KUMA KUMA BEAR NOVEL SC VOL 11 11.5 $13.99

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AUG222134 MY HAPPY MARRIAGE NOVEL SC VOL 03 $15.00

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SEP221909 WHAT IS THE STORY OF TRANSFORMERS SC $6.99

AUG221258 WORLD OF WARCRAFT EXPLORING AZEROTH NORTHREND $25.00

AUG222151 WORLDS FINEST ASSASSIN REINCARNATED WORLD NOVEL SC VOL 06 (M $15.00

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DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for November 22, 2022

DC COMICS:

Action Comics #1049 (Cover A Steve Beach)(Kal-El Returns), $4.99

Action Comics #1049 (Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $5.99

Action Comics #1049 (Cover C Roger Cruz ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $5.99

Action Comics #1049 (Cover D Mario Fox Foccillo Kal-El Returns Arc Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), AR

Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries #2 (Cover A Dario Brizuela), $2.99

Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #1 (Of 7)(Cover G Marc Silvestri Foil Card Stock Variant)(LCSD 2022 Edition), AR

Batman Black And White Box Set, $105.00

Batman Fortress #7 (Of 8)(Cover A Darick Robertson), $3.99

Batman Fortress #7 (Of 8)(Cover B Ken Lashley Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Greg Capullo & Jonathan Glapion), $4.99

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Mike Perkins Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman Gotham Knights Gilded City #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Video Game Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman The Audio Adventures #3 (Of 7)(Cover A Dave Johnson), $3.99

Batman The Audio Adventures #3 (Of 7)(Cover B Michael Allred Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Dark Crisis The Dark Army #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Gleb Melnikov), $5.99

Dark Crisis The Dark Army #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Werther Dell’Edera), $5.99

Dark Crisis The Dark Army #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Taj Tenfold), $5.99

Dark Crisis The Dark Army #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Taj Tenfold Foil Variant), AR

DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Gary Frank), $3.99

DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $4.99

DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Christopher Mittan Card Stock Variant), AR

DC Mech #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99

DC Mech #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99

DC Mech #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Card Stock Variant), AR

DC Mech #5 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), AR

DC Vs. Vampires #11 (Of 12)(Cover A Guillem March), $3.99

DC Vs. Vampires #11 (Of 12)(Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $4.99

DC Vs. Vampires #11 (Of 12)(Cover C Steve Beach Card Stock Variant), AR

Deathstroke Inc. #15 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $3.99

Deathstroke Inc. #15 (Cover B Felipe Massafera Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Deathstroke Inc. #15 (Cover C Kendrick Kunkka Lim Card Stock Variant), AR

Detective Comics #1066 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99

Detective Comics #1066 (Cover B JH Williams III Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Detective Comics #1066 (Cover C Kyle Hotz ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Detective Comics #1066 (Cover D Colleen Doran Card Stock Variant), AR

Detective Comics #1066 (Cover E JH Williams III Ink Card Stock Variant), AR

Harley Quinn #24 (Cover A Matteo Lolli), $3.99

Harley Quinn #24 (Cover B Lee Bermejo Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Harley Quinn #24 (Cover C Jonboy Meyers ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Harley Quinn #24 (Cover D Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), AR

Harley Quinn #24 (Cover E Ludo Lullabi Card Stock Variant), AR

Human Target #9 (Of 12)(Cover A Greg Smallwood), $4.99

Human Target #9 (Of 12)(Cover B Cully Hamner), $4.99

Human Target #9 (Of 12)(Cover C Francesco Francavilla), AR

Other History Of The DC Universe TP, $19.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Gleb Melnikov), $3.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Ejikure Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Punchline The Gotham Game #2 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), AR

Punchline The Gotham Game #2 (Of 6)(Cover E David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), AR

Punchline The Gotham Game #2 (Of 6)(Cover F Sozomaika Foil Card Stock Variant), AR

Superman And The Authority TP, $16.99

Tim Drake Robin #3 (Cover A Max Dunbar), $3.99

Tim Drake Robin #3 (Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Tim Drake Robin #3 (Cover C Todd Nauck ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Tim Drake Robin #3 (Cover D David Talaski Card Stock Variant), AR

Tim Drake Robin #3 (Cover E Rian Gonzales Card Stock Variant), AR

Young Justice Targets #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Christopher Jones), $3.99

Young Justice Targets #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Meghan Hetrick Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Comics Review: "SHEENA Queen of the Jungle Volume 2 #10" is a Final Issue Win

SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 2 #10
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Steven E. de Souza
ART: Ediano Silva
COLORS: Dinei Ribeiro
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito
EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt
COVER: Lucio Parrillo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Arthur Suydam; Joseph Michael Linsner; Rose Besch
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2022)

Rated Teen+

Sheena originally created by S.M. “Jerry” Iger and Will Eisner; Sheena reboot by Steven E. de Souza

“Cenozoic” Part Five

Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is an American comic book character.  She first appeared in the British magazine, Wags #46 ( January 1938), and was created by legendary American comic book creators, Will Eisner and S. M. “Jerry” Iger.  Sheena made her first American appearance in Jumbo Comics #1 (Fiction House, cover dated: September 1938) where she was a mainstay until 1953.  Sheena was also the first female comic book character to star in her own series.  A “jungle girl heroine,” Sheen was an orphan, like Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, who had adventures featuring African natives, wild animals, and white hunters and villains.

Dynamite began publishing Sheena comics in 2017.  Dynamite's second series is Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Volume 2.  It is written by Steven E. de Souza; drawn by Jethro Morales, Wil Rio, and Ediano Silva; colored by Dinei Ribeiro; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  Writer de Souza begins a new series of challenges for Sheena in the story line, “Cenozoic,” which finds Sheena on a mission to save a nature preserve when she and her animal and human companions stumble upon an island out of time.

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Volume 2 #10 opens in the year 1945.  That is where Sheena and company find themselves – lost in time on an island that recalls “Skull Island” from King Kong (1933).  Captain Karl Visser is the captain of the U-3523, a prototype “XXI” U-boat and the greatest and most powerful super-submarine of the German Kriegsmarine.  Now, Visser holds court on the island's beach, with Sheena's human companions, Bob Kellerman and Martin Ransome, his captive audience.

Visser finally believes their story that they are from the future.  Now, Visser has a date with a date:  July 23, 1945 and U.S.S. Indianapolis – and the chance to change history … in Nazi Germany's favor.

Speaking of King Kong references, Sheena is also tied up for sacrifice, ready for the “Great Maw.”  But can she escape, even with a little help from her animal friends?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Sheena: Queen of the Jungle Volume 2 #10, which is the tenth Dynamite Sheena comic book that I have read.

Alas, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle Volume 2 is another great Dynamite Entertainment comic book series that is ending with a tenth issue.  The phrase “killed it” was made for creative teams like the ones that produced this fine series.

Dynamite's current incarnation of Sheena: Queen of the Jungle is a reboot by the prolific Hollywood multi-hyphenate, Steven E. de Souza.  He perfectly modernizes Sheena without loosing her classic “jungle girl” and pulp-inspired comic book roots.  This second five-issue story arc summons the best of the Indiana Jones sequels, Jurassic Park, and King Kong with splashes of Wonder Woman.  Under de Souza's guidance, Sheena is a great hero to follow, both smart and ruthless, the way male heroes are allowed to be.

Artist Ediano Silva saves the best for last, although his previous issues were already quite good.  His storytelling is so big and dynamic, and he captures the vileness of Capt. Visser and the conniving male locals with a subtle touch that keeps them from being stock villains.  And the pages with the dinosaur recalls classic lost world comic book artists, Al Williamson, Wallace Wood, and Mark Schultz, to name a few.  

Dinei Ribeiro's vivid colors make the action scenes really pop and add to the story's sense of being “widescreen.”  Award-winning comic book letterer, Taylor Esposito, captures the force of de Souza's electrifying dialogue and also blows up the story with powerful sound effects.

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle Volume 2 #10 is a … dynamite final issue.  This series will likely be even more exciting to read in trade collection.  In the meantime, don't wait; try to find issues #6-10 and enjoy them now.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Sheena will want to try Sheena: Queen of the Jungle Volume 2.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Review: Spielberg's "INDIANA JONES and the Temple of Doom" Still Goes Boom! (Celebrating "The Fabelmans")

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 71 of 2022 (No. 1883) by Leroy Douresseaux

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Running time:  118 minutes (1 hour, 58 minutes)
MPAA – PG
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITERS:  Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz; from a story by George Lucas
PRODUCER:  Robert Watts
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Douglas Slocombe (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  Michael Kahn, A.C.E.
COMPOSER:  John Williams
Academy Awards winner

ACTION/ADVENTURE

Starring:  Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roy Chiao, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Raj Singh, D. R. Nanayakkara, Dan Aykroyd, and Pat Roach

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 action-adventure film from director Steven Spielberg.  It is the second entry in the “Indiana Jones” film franchise that began with the 1981 film, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), but it is also a prequel to Raiders.  In the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones takes on a secret cult in India in order to reclaim a sacred rock stolen from a simple Indian village.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom opens in Shanghai, 1935.  Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. a.k.a. “Indy” (Harrison Ford) has been hired by Lao Che (Roy Chiao), a Shanghai crime boss, to find the remains of Emperor Nurhaci.  Che betrays Indy, who goes on the run with Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw), one of Che's nightclub singers, and Short Round (Ke Huy Quan), a young Chinese orphan who is Indy's sidekick.

After surviving a plane crash orchestrated by Lao Che, the trio ends up in a small village in northern India.  The village chieftain (D. R. Nanayakkara) believes that Indy's arrival is fated, and that he will help the village with two problems.  The first is to retrieve the village's stolen “Shivalinga,” a rock the villagers hold in high esteem.  Indy believes that this rock is one of the five sacred “Sankara stones.”  The chieftain also wants Indy to find the villagers' missing children.  The chieftain informs Indy that the village's troubles began when the new Maharajá reopened the Pankot Palace in Pankot, an opening that has brought back a “dark light” to the land.

Traveling to Pankot Palace, Indy, Willie, and Short Round discover that the Maharajá of Pankot (Raj Singh) is a child, and beneath his palace, the ancient “Thuggee” cult has also been revived.  The cult leader, Mola Ram (Amrish Puri), wants to find all five Sankara stones in order to gain power from the Thuggees' goddess, Kali.  Now, Indiana Jones has taken it upon himself to stop the cult.

For years, I encountered pretentious film fans who despised Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and who insisted that I should hate it, too.  However, I have always found Temple of Doom to be endlessly entertaining, but I also understand that it has a lot to live up to.  It is the sequel (prequel) to one of the most popular movies of all time and one of the greatest films of all time (as far as I'm concerned), Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a great action-adventure film precisely because the filmmakers were not trying to make “Raiders of the Lost Ark II” so much as they were creating a franchise.  Temple of Doom is essentially world-building, as the film, especially early in the narrative, hints that Indiana Jones has had many adventures.  So before there was Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, there was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.  That is what I liked most when I first saw it and still like:  Indiana Jones was not a one-time great thing; it was new universe and a new series of adventures centering on an archaeologist who was as much a cowboy as he was an professor and academic.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom also remains the most unique film in the series.  To date, it is the only entry that does not have a single moment set in the United States.  Set in China and India, it is the only film in the series in which the main cast is largely non-white.  The film has an intriguing villain to open the story, the Shanghai crime boss, Lao Che, and a superb main villain, Mola Ram, the Thuggee cult leader.  Both actors play their respective villainous roles quite well.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is also the first film in the series to suggest that Indy has a network of helpers or at least a circle of associates.  For me, Short Round is an excellent sidekick, and he fits better than Kate Capshaw's Willie Scott, who seems like nothing more than a noisy dame.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom also has excellent production values, especially its costumes, hair and make-up, and art direction and sets.  The film won an Oscar for its visual effects, which remain impressive four decades later, especially for the scenes involving the lava pit and the chase through the mine's tunnel system.

I am watching and, in some cases, re-watching early Steven Spielberg films, such as Duel, Jaws, and 1941, in anticipation of Spielberg's autobiographical film, The Fabelmans.  I have lost track of how many times I have watched at least part of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but this is the first time that I have watched the film in its entirety in decades.  Watching it again, I am sure now, more than ever, that I love this film.  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was the first sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and to date, it remains the best.

8 of 10
A
★★★★ out of 4 stars

Saturday, November 19, 2022

You can purchase the "INDIANA JONES 4-Movie Collection" Blu-ray or DVD here at AMAZON.

NOTES:
1985 Academy Awards, USA:  1 win: “Best Effects, Visual Effects” (Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs) and 1 nomination: “Best Music, Original Score” (John Williams)

1985 BAFTA Awards:  1 win: “Best Special Visual Effects” (Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, and Lorne Peterson; 3 nominations: “Best Cinematography” (Douglas Slocombe), “Best Editing” (Michael Kahn), and “Best Sound” (Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye, and Laurel Ladevich)


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Comics Review: "Nita Hawes' NIGHTMARE Blog #10" - Meet Louis Cypher

NITA HAWES' NIGHTMARE BLOG #10

IMAGE COMICS

STORY: Rodney Barnes

ART: Szymon Kudranski

COLORS: Luis Nct with mar and Silvestre Galotto

LETTERS: Marshall Dillon

EDITOR: Greg Tumbarello

COVER: Szymon Kudranski

VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Richard Clark

28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (November 2022)

Rated “M/ Mature”

Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander

“Murder By Another Name” Part IV: “The Autopsy”

Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is a comic book series created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander.  Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is written by Barnes.  The current artist is Szymon Kudranski.  Colorist Luis Nct and letterer by Marshall Dillon complete the creative team.  The series focuses on a woman who is on a quest to root out evil by helping the people who contact her blog.

In Baltimore, Maryland, which some call “Bodymore, Murderland,” there is a woman named Dawnita “Nita” Hawes.  She is the owner of “Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog” where citizens can contact Nita when they have a problem of a supernatural or paranormal nature.  Nita has just begun her quest to root the evil out of her city – with the help of her dead brother, Jason.

Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog #10 (“The Autopsy”) opens with Nita in the middle of the kind of dream that one never wants to leave.  Well, maybe it feels so good because this is the afterlife!  Nita is now the prisoner of a lost soul that was once murdered in cold blood.  Now, it is back, screaming for vengeance, and the only thing standing in its way is Nita because Nita wanted to be the one standing in the way of darkness.

Meanwhile, her brother, Jason (“chocolatey Casper”), and Anansi the Spider god, the very ones who warned Nita, must go to her rescue.  But neither one is aware how way down deep in Hell this conspiracy goes.

THE LOWDOWN:  Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is a spin-off of Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's hit vampire comic book, Killadelphia.  The current story arc, “Murder By Another Name,” is making several direct connections to recent and ongoing events in Killadelphia.

Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is, on occasion, hellishly dark, but as dark as it can be, it is also playful.  Writer Rodney Barnes is a long-time television scribe, and TV writers are quite adept at mixing moods and genres.  Even the darkest police procedural has humor that isn't necessarily macabre, and the fizziest sitcoms can be dramatic – poignant and otherwise.  Barnes gives this series the attitude that the bad guys, even the nasty, evil bad guys, are having a blast.  Simply put, this Nightmare Blog is scary and surprisingly funny – more time than one would think.

Szymon Kudranski's lovely art quivers with the ecstasy of evil and shimmers with a darkness from the pit.  Kudranski has mastered horror comics, and may be creating a new graphical storytelling language for horror comic books.  Colorist Luis Nct lights up this tenth issue of Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog with infernal hues – talk about scary lighting.  Marshall Dillon's lettering perfectly encapsulates the unique darkness and/or evil of each character in this nightmare menagerie.

Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is one of Image Comics' best titles.  There is nothing like it, and dear readers, you will love it.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Killadelphia and of the original Hellblazer will want Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 13th to 19th, 2022 - Update #11

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

DISNEY - From EmpireOnline:  "Empire" has a world-exclusive image of Harrison Ford from "Indiana Jones 5."

SCANDAL - From NYPost:  Once upon a time comedian Andy Dick was a Hollywood star. Now, he will spend 90 days in jail and register as a sex offender related to a 2018 groping incident.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Bradley Cooper will play the character "Frank Bullitt" in Steve Spielberg's new film based on the classic Steve McQueen character.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  The latest attempt to reboot director John Carpenter's classic sci-film, "Escape from New York," will come from 20th Century Studios and will directed by the collective known as "Radio Silence" ("Scream: 2022).

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Paramount Pictures has dropped a trailer for its sports dramedy, "80 for Brady," which stars Jane Fonda, Rita Morena, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Tom Brady.

AMAZON - From Deadline:  Amazon Studios is developing a coming-of-age ROTC drama from writers Jalysa Conway (9-1-1 Lone Star) and Rebecca Murga (Swagger) — both military veterans — with Spike Lee set to direct and executive produce.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  CNN has announced Nov. 20th as the date for the release of its documentary "Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down."  Giffords is a former Arizona congresswoman who was terribly wounded in a near-fatal shooting in Jan. 2011, an event that ended the career of a rising star.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 11/10 to 11/13/2022 weekend box office is Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" with an estimated take of 180 million dollars.

From CNBC:  According to data cruncher, EntTelligence, 12.7 million patrons bought tickets to "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" for an opening weekend box office gross of 181 million dollars.

From Here:  Leroy Douresseaux's review of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

SCANDAL - From THR:  Alec Baldwin has filed suit in Superior Court in Los Angeles in order to "clear his name" in the shooting on the set of the Western film, "Rust."  Basically, he is suing the armorer and the crew for giving him a loaded gun.  A firearm Baldwin was holding fired and killed the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchinson.

OBIT:

From Deadline:  The French-born American actor and Holocaust survivor, Robert Clary, has died at the age of 96, Wednesday, November 16, 2022.  Clary was best known for playing "Corporeal Louis LeBeau" in the former CBS sitcom, "Hogan's Heroes."  Jewish, Clary survived two concentration camps during the Holocaust and was rescued from the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945.

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BRITTNEY GRINER:

From NBCNews:   Brittney Griner will enter a system of isolation, grueling labor and psychological torment when she is transferred to a penal colony, the successor to the infamous Russian gulag, to fulfill a nine-year sentence handed down Tuesday in Moscow, former prisoners and advocates said.

From NBCNews:  A Russian court has rejected Brittney Griner's appeal of her nine-year prison sentence on (fake) drug charges.

From Reuters:  Russia says that it is ready to talk prisoner swamp for Brittney Griner and U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan, but also scolds the U.S. Embassy.

From TheDailyBeast:   Legendary NBA bad boy and champion (Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls), Dennis Rodman claims that he has been given permission to go to Russia and help free imprisoned hostage, WNBA star, Brittney Griner.

From Vox:  Vox's Jonathan Guyer talks the Brittney Griner case with Danielle Gilbert, a Dartmouth professor who is writing a book about states and rogue actors that take hostages.

From ESPN:   A Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison Thursday, Aug. 4th.  Griner was arrested Feb. 17 for bringing cannabis into the country and pleaded guilty July 7, though the case continued under Russian law.

From ESPN:  The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

From RSN:  "Will Support From LeBron James, Joe Rogan, Kim Kardashian, and Other Celebrities Help Free Brittney Griner From a Russian Prison?" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar via Substack

From ESPN:  Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday to bringing hashish oil into Russia, telling a judge that she had done so "inadvertently" while asking the court for mercy.

From CBSSports:  The Brittney Griner situation explained.

From RSN:  According to The Washington Post Editorial Board: "Brittney Griner is a hostage, plain and simple."

Review: "THE INVITATION" is the Movie Invite You Don't Want

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 70 of 2022 (No. 1882) by Leroy Douresseaux

The Invitation (2022)

Running time:  103 minutes (1 hour, 43 minutes)

MPA –  PG-13 for terror, violent content, some strong language, sexual content and partial nudity

DIRECTOR:  Jessica M. Thompson

WRITER:  Blair Butler

PRODUCER:  Emile Gladstone

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Autumn Eakin (D.o.P.)  

EDITOR:  Tom Elkins

COMPOSER:  Dara Taylor

HORROR/MYSTERY/THRILLER

Starring:  Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Sean Pertwee, Hugh Skinner, Carol Ann Crawford, Alana Boden, Stephanie Corneliussen, and Courtney Taylor

The Invitation is a 2022 supernatural horror, mystery,and suspense thriller from director Jessica M. Thompson.  The film focuses on a young woman who is swept off her feet by the chance of meeting members of her long-lost family, who are mysterious and odd.

The Invitation opens in New York City and introduces struggling artist, Evelyn “Evie” Jackson (Nathalie Emmanuel), who is still dealing with the recent death of her mother.  She and her best friend, Grace (Courtney Taylor), make a living freelancing for a catering business.  Evie takes a DNA test from an online company called “UnlockYourPast” and discovers that she has relatives in England.  She meets one of those alleged distant English cousins, Oliver L. Alexander (Hugh Skinner) of London.  Oliver tells Evie that she is related to him via her great-grandmother, Emmaline, who created quite a scandal decades ago.  He also invites her to an upcoming family wedding in Whitney, Yorkshire, England.

Evie and Oliver eventually arrive at New Carfax Abbey where several connected families: the De Villes, the Billingtons, the Klopstocks, and the Alexanders, have gathered for the nuptials.  Evie meets many family members, including the alluring Walter De Ville (Thomas Doherty), who seems to be the focus of everyone's attention.  However, Evie does not meet the bride and groom.  Before long, Evie discovers that not only is New Carfax a strange place, but also that the gathered family members are both eccentric and full of mystery.  It is a mystery that Evie must solve before she falls prey to the four families' darkest secrets.

The Invitation is a vampire movie and not a very good one.  The main reason is the vampire characters.  The film is inspired by author Bram Stoker's 1987 Gothic novel, Dracula.  Film vampires can be alluring and attractive, and they can often be the audience's favorite characters, although they are monsters and are often film villains.  The Invitation's vampires are not alluring and are mostly caricatures of the British upper class or assorted versions of Euro-trash.

The Invitation is not a very good horror movie simply because it is not scary.  Bumps in the night, shifty shadows, random yelps and screams, etc. are more annoying than chilling.  Evie is way too careless and clueless.  I understand that there are plenty of people in the real world who are not wary, who don't understand that when things seem too good to be true, they usually are too good to be true.  In this movie, the extent of Evie's lack of common sense is simply too much; it's irritating.

Also, I don't think that it is a coincidence that Nathalie Emmanuel, the actress who plays Evie, really resembles American actress Meghan Markle.  You know Meghan, right?  She married into an old British family that has its share of conspiracies and family members who are snobs, crypto-racists, and monsters.

The last twenty minutes of The Invitation – before the credits – are actually quite good, but by then it is too late.  I get why the studio and filmmakers would try to hide the fact that this film involves vampires as deep into the running time as they could.  Vampire films generally under perform at the box office, even good ones, which The Invitation is not.  Honestly, the last few minutes of this film could be used as the starting point for an even better film.  I cannot recommend The Invitation, and I want to discourage you, dear readers, from watching it if you have to pay to do it.

3 of 10

C-

★½ out of 4 stars

Tuesday, November 16, 2022

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