Posts with tag Batman Begins
Posted Feb 18th 2008 10:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Law and Order, Daytime, In the Limelight, Celebrities
This season,
Law and Order was looking for a way to get some new energy and interest in the long-running NBC Emmy-winning series, so on the judicial end of the show, they promoted Sam Waterson's Jack McCoy to DA and cast Linus Roache as Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter. Roache is one of those familiar faces that you've seen on other shows, maybe a movie or two, but here on
Law and Order he's making you sit up and take notice. At least that's how it is for me. After watching the first two new episodes when the show returned recently, I wanted to know more about this guy. For starters, why did he remind me of a young Bobby Kennedy?
Well, it turns out that Linus Roache played Robert Kennedy in the mini-series,
RFK. The Kennedy connection was even alluded to in last week's episode; at the end of the show, after McCoy had to defend his decision to prosecute overzealous New York City cops by taking the stand in open court, Roache's character, Cutter, gives him a tie pin that once belonged to RFK. With the last line of the show, Cutter says, "I found it on EBay."
Continue reading Law and Order's Linus Roache: In the Limelight
Posted Aug 12th 2006 11:02AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, BBC, The Prisoner
Chris Nolan, the director of last year's summer blockbuster Batman Begins, is nearing a deal to direct a movie version of the cult classic television show The Prisoner.
According to the website comingsoon.net Nolan will direct a contemporary version of the show once he is finished with production of The Dark Knight, a sequel to Batman Begins. The movie adaptation of The Prisoner will be written by Janet and David Peoples (Twelve Monkeys, Blade Runner). It's unknown if this modern version of the show will connect in any way with the remake of The Prisoner that has been commissioned by Britain's Sky One satellite channel.
Only lasting 17 episodes back in 1967, The Prisoner featured Patrick McGoohan as a government agent who resigns, is kidnapped, and placed on an isolated island known as the Village. It's there that he is given the new identity of Number 6. If you are interested in getting a feel for the series, number one fan Michael Sciannamea is currently reviewing episodes of The Prisoner for TV Squad's Retro Squad column.
Posted May 20th 2006 5:58PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, ABC has Remember The Titans.- CBS has repeats of CSI: Miami and Without A Trace, then a new 48 Hours Mystery.
- NBC has the disaster flick 10.5 (to warm you up for the sequel coming up, I guess) at 8.
- Over on FOX, two new episodes of Cops, followed by a new America's Most Wanted.
- Cartoon Network has a new Zatch Bell at 8, followed by a new Naruto.
- Also at 8: HBO has Batman Begins, the best one so far.
- At 10, IFC has a new ep of The Henry Rollins Show.
- There's a new Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo on Cartoon Network at 10.
- At 11, FOX has a new Mad TV.
- NBC has the season finale of Saturday Night Live at 11:30, with Kevin Spacey and Nelly Furtado.
- Also: TV Land is showing an Andy Griffith Show marathon all weekend.
Posted Jan 8th 2006 11:00AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on the Bigscreen
The
British think that
Serenity, the movie based on the short-lived
Firefly series, was pretty damn good.
Good enough, in fact, that they voted it among the top movies of the year in a poll for Channel 4. It comes in at
Number 3.
The station's website says "the excitement and spectacular set-pieces are in place, but they
are balanced by strong characterisation, distinctive dialogue and effective performances." Yes, that is a rather
tempered way of saying "we love these guys!" I know it was my favorite movie-going experience of the year
because 1) I went on opening night with a bunch of
Firefly fans who cheered throughout the movie and then
freaked out when a certain character met up with a certain toothpick the size of a telephone pole, and 2) I
love those those guys!
Here are the Top 5 movies according to the Channel 4 poll:
5.
Crash4.
King Kong3.
Serenity2.
Batman Begins1.
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of FireThat number one pick is a real shocker, eh?
The TV characters you can (or can't) trust with your money
Giveaway Monday: That '70s Show The Complete Series Stash box set
Giveaway Monday: Back to You season one DVD
