One of the great untold stories of World War II is about Pinchas Rosenbaum, a Hungarian man who disguised himself as an SS officer and saved Jewish people like himself from being sent to death camps. The story of Rosenbaum is the inspiration for the new movie Walking with the Enemy, which arrives in theaters this weekend. In the film, Jonas Armstrong plays Elek Cohen, a character inspired by Rosenbaum who actively tries to save his community when his own family is sent to a concentration camp and he’s liberated from a work detail.
Riddle me this: Who's the young Broadway veteran that just got cast as the nascent version of one of Batman's greatest bad guys, the one dressed in green and a penchant for popping crime-related quizzes? If you said Cory Michael Smith, you'd be correct. Smith, who's known more for his New York stage work than any particular film or TV credit, has been cast in Fox's straight-to-series comic book based-procedural Gotham as Edward Nygma, the man who becomes The Riddler.
For a bio-pic to be effective it has to be more than Wikipedia entry with some stage directions and dialogue; for a bio-pic to be good it was to make a case why the life of the person it’s about is important, and how that connects to us in the here and now. It’s hard to imagine a more appropriate bio-pic for the times than a film about the life of Cesar Chavez, a pioneering labour leader who went out into the farmers fields of California’s central valley and organized the workers there into the National Farm Workers Association. Issues around migrant labour still exist, and are still deeply felt on all sides, not to mention the dwindling returns of the entirety of the labour movement as a whole, the time seems ripe to remind people just how much blood, sweat and struggle went into workers rights.
It's been over two years since the release of The Adventures of Tintin, the very successful adaptation of the comic book series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé, which was produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Steven Spielberg. Seeing as the film was a critical success with nearly $400 million at the worldwide box office, a sequel was always in the works with Jackson and Spielberg trading roles. But since the release of the original in December of 2011, we haven't heard much talk about the follow-up. Now, it appears as if things may be moving forward with news that a completed script for a Tintin sequel is ready and just waiting for Jackson.
If you're the type of person who's just too eager to wait a few more weeks to get even a taste of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, then this post is for you. If watching the first 10 minutes of Marvel's latest blockbuster in waiting isn't enough to wet your whistle, then we also have a new IMAX poster for you to feast your eyes on. Still not enough? How about some idle speculation courtesy of the Captain America screenwriters as to where they may take the hero in the inevitable part 3. If any, or all, of this interests you, read on to immerse yourself in today's Star-Spangled hero news.
Veronica Mars is a delicious and fulfilling outing for those who remember the series fondly, and even those who are non-fans should be able to follow along for most of the fun.
After a long winter break to accommodate the Olympics, the Oscars and anything else that sucked eyes away from the show to other places in this valuable prime time real estate, The Simpsons returned with double the normal number of episodes. Both episodes visited some old themes and ideas, but only one seemed to make anything worthwhile out of the recycled material.
The popular CBS procedural Criminal Minds will air its 200th episode tonight. That’s 200 hours of watching the FBI’s best and brightest, the Behavioural Analysis Unit (BAU), pursue the most wretched examples of scum and villainy from one corner of the United States to the other.
Jack Bauer is back and stuff is blowing up, that's more or less the message we've gathered from the four teasers for 24: Live Another Day that aired during tonight's Super Bowl. The highly anticipated "event" series, a sequel to 24's eight year run on Fox, will follow a fugitive Jack Bauer sucked back into the fight against global terror while in London. Many key cast members from the series are returning, including Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver and William Devane, but what trouble will they get up to? Let's find out.
