The candlelight cast ribbons in her shiny chestnut hair, and the skin of her cheek looked velvety. She was knitting a glove for a wounded drummer boy she had befriended at the hospital. Eliza collected strays homesick soldiers, orphaned kittens, one-legged veterans, shy spinsters, and so on. What do you mean that our currency problem is an illusion, Colonel Hamilton? Eliza Schuylers uncle was nearly apoplectic. Doctor Cochran held his pipe away from his teeth....

They tend to be underappreciated, but they shouldnt be. Each can be critically important in casting a spell over the audience. But they cant doallof the work. Credit: Giles Keyte But theres nothing dramatically interesting or original beneath all of the spectacle. Its the movie equivalent of a cake thats all frosting. Emily Blunt matches her Freudian frostiness icicle-for-icicle as her scorned sister and rival, Freya. Their love for one another so offends Freya that she separates them....

Allendes latest, which has a decades-spanning secret affair at its heart, hits all kinds of hot-button topicsincest, child abuse, abortion, interracial relationships. But it is at its most successful when delving into a disgraceful moment in American history after Pearl Harbor, when thousands of Japanese-Americans were unconstitutionally sequestered in internment camps. This serves as a narrative roadblock to a burgeoning love: A young Polish refugee lands with wealthy relatives in San Francisco and befriends the Japanese son of her familys gardener; the two are inseparable until he is imprisoned....

Bertie tries an experimental procedure on his cancer-stricken mother, while conjoined twins become Thack’s new project. As with allKnickepisodes, this weeks title stems from a piece of dialogue. As Berties father stands guard, the two colleagues set to work on Mrs. Chickering. Credit: Cinemax He and Zinberg part amicably, with Bertie offering to resign in lieu of his inevitable firing. But Berties time away from the Knick has been good for him....

Its getting busy for Dr. John Thackery over at the Knick these days. and recklessly puts the suffering Abby into his colleagues fever cabinet. I know about living on the edge between life and death, Thack insists to Edwards. Credit: Mary Cybulski/Cinemax Its a matter of will, and she has plenty of it! Both are dressed in white, Abby has her pre-syphilitic nose, and they smile beatifically at each other....

Ueda started working on a follow-up game,The Last Guardian. The game was announced, delayed, delayed, delayed. But now,The Last Guardianis almost here, with an October 25 release date. EW spoke to Ueda through a translator at E3. Is there a similar theme toThe Last Guardian? You will feelsomethingabout the existence of Trico. Thats what I think is going to be the theme. I was trying to feed Trico a barrel, but I accidentally threw the barrel at Tricos head....

Things just got very real for Kevin Garvey. It may as well be our faces now. BecauseThe Leftoversjust got real. Credit: Van Redin/HBO Yes, 140 million people inexplicably disappeared in an instant on Oct. 14. “Know who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.” But this isn’t the “most powerful adversary” Kevin was sent to confront. Cue Verdi’s “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” fromNabucco, the episode’s recurring musical motif. There’s fireman (the Jarden FD?...

In an industry that deems Angry Birds and troll dolls worthy subjects for feature-length animation, it seems strange that a childrens book as beloved asThe Little Princehas struggled so much to reach the screen. But as director Mark Osborne himself admits, Antoine de Saint-Exuperys delicate, melancholy tale is not movie-shaped at all. And so hes remolded it, fitting the very French Prince inside a more straightforward American narrative that begins when a nameless Little Girl moves next door to the books original Aviator (Jeff Bridges), now an old man, and befriends him....

Read on for his thoughts on episode 4, Revelations. What does he represent in the story? FRANK SPOTNITZ:Whats interesting about him is you see his home and you see his family. Credit: Liane Hentscher/Amazon So hes a character with a lot of built-in contradictions. And Rick plays him with a lot of authority. This episode closes the Canon City chapter of the story. Why finish that adventure up so soon?...

Read on for his thoughts on episode 9, Kindness. In the episode before the finale, the drama kicks things into high gear. Will Obergruppenfuhrer Smith (Rufus Sewell) stop Heydrich (Ray Proscia) in time? Credit: Liane Hentscher/Amazon And will Juliana and Frank ever catch a break? (Read EWs full recaphere.) Is that something thats still in play in this penultimate episode? Does Juliana actually feel torn between the two men? And obviously, or I think its obvious to the viewer, she has feelings for Joe as well....

A woman glimpses a better world and embarks on a journey to understand its mystery. Its serious-minded sci-fi thats stylish and strange and soulful, and only grows more rewarding over time. The year is 1962. Credit: Liane Hentscher/Amazon The Eastern United States, controlled by Germany, is a rigorously policed Aryan utopia. The West seems pluralistic, but its all Japanese hegemony and conformity. Bravura establishing shots capture the imagination. Times Square is glitzy with neon Nazi pop....

In 1965, a scientist and an amnesiac meet and embark on a 30-year journey together: She devotes her life to studying his condition; he forgets her when theyre apart for more than a minute. As time passes, neuropsychologist Margot Sharpe grows ever more convinced that she and her subject have a connection that transcends his memory loss. We mainly see Margots doomed and deranged love from her perspective, but Oates occasionally allows for an outsiders take....

In the pantheon of overbearing movie moms, Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) really isnt that bad; shes notscreeching about wire hangersorgrooming murderous Manchurian candidates; no one wants tothrow Marnie from the train. Shes just a lonely, freshly widowed woman who follows her screenwriter daughter Lori (Rose Byrne) out to Los Angeles and finds thats there isnt much there to fill her to time beyond solo afternoons at the movies, daily trips to the Grove and the Apple store (she spends more time at the Genius Bar than most alcoholics spend in actual bars), and long aimless drives around the city, all of which she details in breezily meandering messages that pile up unchecked in Loris voicemail....