it moves. You're hooked because you want to know how Houdini did those tricks. How did he escape while chained? How did he stop a bullet with his teeth? Brody has charisma in the role, he really connects to the character and -- let's face it -- he's a talented actor. Brody won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in 2002's historical drama, The Pianist.

There's a touch of the Golden Age of Hollywood about History Channel's Houdini. Like in a 1930s movie starring Tyrone Power, twenty years pass by yet the lead characters look the same. No weight gain, no hair loss, no saggy skin.

You can't blame Harry Houdini for wanting to reinvent himself and escape his background. He and his Jewish family members were misfitsAugust 29, 2014

It's established early on that the young, pretty and slim British woman is an impressive intellectual. She's got a couple of degrees. She speaks about four languages. She says, "I'm a student of history. Of alchemy." Fine. But just because you're an intellectual does not mean that you've got good common sense. Very little makes sense in the new alleged horror thriller, As Above, So Below.

Scarlett, the young archeologist, is obsessed with finding something her late father sought. It's a rock. Something of a magic rock. It's one of the several things not fully explained in the movie. We meet her on a secret personal mission in Iran where she has a kind Iranian risk his life to help her find some ancient writing on a