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Comic Review: Henry and Butcher #1
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Ryan Midnight   |  

Henry and ButcherHenry and Butcher #1
Story by Gonzalo Ventura
Art and Letters by Martin Blanco
Pit Bros. Productions
Cover price: $2.99; Available now

Locked in a madhouse, an ex-boxer and ex-muscle for the mob named Henry once again tries to piece together what he remembers was his last night of freedom before he was put away. He recalls his night out with his friends having beers, where he once again tells the story about how his friends and wife made his life right. He recalls a drunken drive home, where he crashes his car, and stumbles home only to discover another family living there. And he recalls his dog, Butcher, talking to him and telling him that there is a way back to his normal life. Things are looking pretty bleak for Henry, but if he can avoid the lunacy that even a sane man will contract from being stuck in a padded cell, he may just figure out what the hell has happened to him.

“I loved my wife.” This is the opening downer of a line that writer Gonzalo Ventura, co-founder of Pit Bros. Productions, begins this sprawling and hard-edged story with. From here, Ventura leaps to flashbacks and flashbacks-within-flashbacks to unfold a gritty and maddening story that would have made a great first chapter in a sleazy, cheaply-printed paperback. His use of time-hopping emphasizes within the reader the disorientation that Henry is going through as he tries to collect his thoughts. Within Ventura’s washed-up ex-boxer character we associate the great cinematic boxers who have fallen on hard times, even though his character more physically resembles the assassin from the Hitman video games than Rocky or Terry Malloy. Henry knows that he has done wrongs in his past, and as he has made his confession to us, we can forgive and want to see him escape his unjust imprisonment.

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‘Simpsons’ Springfield Premiere Contest
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Dave3   |  @   |  

The Simpsons MovieFox Movie Studios has made plans to hold the premiere for their upcoming The Simpsons Movie in the fictional family’s real live hometown of Springfield. The question everyone’s asking is which one of the fourteen participating “Springfields” do they hail from?

To answer this question Fox, is holding a contest to decide which city will have that dubious honor. For the competition, each city submitted 3-5 minute video demonstrating its “Simpsons spirit.” The winning Springfield will host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie, which opens in theaters on July 27, 2007.

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‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ Theatrical Trailer
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Empress Eve   |  @   |  

Apple Trailers has posted the theatrical trailer for The Bourne Ultimatum, the third flick of the series starring Matt Damon. Look for the trailer in theaters in the previews before Transformers.

Starting July 16, you can use Google to join the search for Jason Bourne (played by Damon), the trained assassin who’s on the run trying to find out about his true past. Check out www.searchforbourne.com for more information.

The Bourne Ultimatum hit theaters August 3, 2007.

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‘Sunshine’ Extended Trailer
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Apple Trailers has the extended trailer as well as a shorter one labeled Trailer A for Danny Boyle‘s upcoming scifi thriller Sunshine.

The film takes place 50 years from now where our Sun is dying. A spaceship with a crew of eight carrying a device that will breath life back into the star is mankind’s last hope. But deep into the crew’s voyage when they’re out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel.

Sunshine, which stars Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, and Michelle Yeoh, hits theaters July 20, 2007.

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Music Review: Bad Brains ‘Build A Nation’
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Doug E. Karate   |  

Bad BrainsBAD BRAINS
Build A Nation (2007)
Megaforce Records
Produced by Adam Yauch

D.C punk/hardcore legends Bad Brains are back, after having broken up and reunited more times than an entire season of VH1’s Behind the Music.

Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) is credited with producing the first studio album by the band in over ten years. Although the production of Build A Nation is more realized than its predecessor (1995’s God Of Love), it still lacks the raw power of the group’s legendary back catalog.

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