Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
April 10 - 16, 2022 l 19
What’s Available NOW On
“Better Nate
Than Ever”
(Available now)
From director Tim
Federle (“High
School Musical: The
Musical: The Series”)
comes this comedic
adventure about Nate
(newcomer Rueby
Wood), a 13-year-old
Midwesterner who
embarks on a journey
to Broadway to follow
his dreams despite the fact he can’t even land a part
in the school play. Aria Brooks (“All That”), Joshua
Bassett (“High School Musical: The Musical: The
Series”) and Lisa Kudrow co-star. (ORIGINAL)
“Diary of a
Wimpy Kid: Dog
Days” (Available
now)
The 2012 third
installment of the
“Diary of a Wimpy
Kid” film series picks
up months after the
events of “Rodrick
Rules” and finds Greg
(Zachary Gordon)
faking summer
employment when his
plans for a fun summer
of playing videogames are threatened by his dad’s
(Steve Zahn) desire for some father/son bonding
time. Robert Capron and Devon Bostick co-star.
“30 for 30: I
Hate Christian
Laettner”
(Available now)
This 2015 offering
from director
Rory Karpf (“Tim
Richmond: To the
Limit”) that explores
the universal disdain
for former Duke
basketball hero
Christian Laettner
is one of a number
of films from
ESPN’s acclaimed “30 for 30” series of sports
documentaries that is available to stream on
Disney+.
“Daredevil”
(Available now)
Based on the character
from Marvel Comics,
this action series stars
Charlie Cox as Matt
Murdock/Daredevil,
a blind lawyer by day
who fights crime as a
masked vigilante by
night. Deborah Ann
Woll, Elden Henson,
Rosario Dawson,
Vincent D’Onofrio
and Geoffrey Cantor
are also in the solid cast.
BY JOHN CROOK
Gene pool
Questions:
1) “The Producers”
2) Willy Wonka in
“Willy Wonka & the
Chocolate Factory”
(remade as “Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory”)
3) A sheep
4) Zero Mostel
Answers:
Gene
Wilder
1) Gene Wilder snagged an Oscar nomination as best
supporting actor for playing neurotic accountant Leo
Bloom in what 1968 Mel Brooks movie comedy?
2) What famous 1971 Wilder role later was played by
Johnny Depp in a 2005 remake by Tim Burton?
3) As Dr. Doug Ross in
Woody Allen’s 1972 comedy
“Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About Sex
But Were Afraid to Ask,”
Wilder obsessively pursued
what unlikely love object?
4) Wilder reunited with
what co-star from “The
Producers” in the 1974 film
“Rhinoceros”?