The Ricochet Reviewer: Books, Movies, and Comics

Inks: Dan Green Writing Assist: Mike Friedrich The Rest of the Mess: Jim Starlin  Drax, for one, is not intimidated by the apotheosis of Thanos. His futile attack threatens to destroy the observatory and causes injury to Moondragon. The remaining combatants retreat to the Hall of Science to find a more effective form of attack. Marvel reveals that he concealed the Cosmic Cube during the confusion, though just where he was keeping it in that skin tight costume, I don’t wanna know. He and Iron Man deduce that ego is his weakness. Mar-Vell calls on the power bestowed by Ego to get himself and Iron Man out of a tough scrape when Thanos creates beings to attack them. And Thanos himself is attacked after he believes he has destroyed all of his enemies. He chooses to torture Drax by restoring memories of his past. Starlin takes a moment to deliver the message that avoidance of a traumatic past is not a healthy response… …before setting up a battle between the Avengers and Thanos’s war fle...

Director: George Roy Hill Writer: William Goldman Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey, George Furth, Cloris Leachman, Ted Cassidy, Kenneth Mars Butch and Sundance (Paul Newman and Robert Redford)  are two affable outlaws who bear no malice toward anyone although they make their living by robbing trains and banks.  They enjoy their freedom and easy-going camaraderie until they make the mistake of stealing from the wrong man, a powerful millionaire who sets a skilled, relentless group of hired killers on their trail.   From then on, death is always in the background, implacable and ever-present.  They may escape for a time, but the end is unavoidable.  Newman and Redford have great chemistry.  Their timing and the way they play off each other is the main delight of this film.   This movie helped redefine the modern Western and issued in a slew of buddy pictures.  Watch it to see two Holly...