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Stars: Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald, Mike Colter, D.W. Moffett, Sylvester Stallone | Written by Alexander Vesha | Directed by Michael Polish

Alarum is the Old English word from whence the word alarm came from. It’s also the title of Sylvester Stallone’s latest film, an espionage thriller whose players include an organization comprised of rogue agents called, you guessed it, Alarum.

Prague, 2019, Joe Travers comes under fire in his hotel room. He takes out the shooter, only to be jumped by Laura. The two fall through a window onto a parked car, where they decide hooking up with each other is better than beating each other up.

Five years later, they’re in Gdańsk, where their plans are interrupted by a plane crash, a crash caused by somebody shooting the pilot and his passenger. Coming across the wreckage whilst Laura is busy elsewhere, Joe figures out what is going on, guts...

If there was ever anything to make you wish to God (with a capital G) that Molly Ivins were alive and sitting right next to you with a glass of Maker's, providing a running commentary, it is ABC's new series "Gcb." I will not be as good at reviewing this fictional Texas scenarios as Ivins was at critiquing things that actually happened in Texas. Have you ever read her take on the Texas legislature? It was a beautiful thing to behold, but I am not there yet. Additional handicaps: 1) I am from the South and grew up visiting relatives in Texas, but I am not a Lone Star native. 2) My taste in television tends toward "The Bachelor" and "Criminal Minds." Consider your source.

Here's what I do know: Generally speaking, it's not terribly effective to give a film or series that you want people to remember a name that is...