‘Agora’ reaches for stars, falls short

‘Agora’ reaches for stars, falls short
Rachel Weisz is Hypatia, whose dedication to astronomy leaves no time for love interests, which include a student with strong bloodlines and leadership potential, and a slave who is also a science prodigy. An uprising led by the city of Alexandria’s oppressed Christians tests Hypatia’s bond with her students, and the intolerance on both sides of the religious conflict threaten to destroy …
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The ’20s, Gangsters and Man-Boys: A Conversation with Boardwalk Empire’s Terence Winter
Why is Terence Winter’s first post-Sopranos series again about New Jersey gangsters? Two words: Martin Scorsese. “HBO gave me the book Boardwalk Empire in a meeting and said, ‘See what you think,'” Winter says. “On my way out the door, they added, ‘Oh, by the way, Martin Scorsese is attached to this… if it goes… if you can find anything.” I stopped, turned around and said, ‘I guarantee you …
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