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THE BULLETIN • APRIL 15 - 21, 2021
What’s Available NOW On
“Secrets of the Whales” (April 22)
James Cameron (“Titanic,” “Terminator”)
is the creative force behind this four-part
documentary series that takes a literal deep
dive into the undersea world of the whales,
highlighting their culture, communication
skills and intricate social structures as well
as the challenges facing the five species —
humpbacks, belugas, narwhals, orcas and
sperm whales. (ORIGINAL)
BY GEORGE DICKIE
“Being the Queen” (April 23)
Tom Jennings (“Diana: In Her Own
Words”) directed this sweeping 2020
documentary that opens a fascinating
window into the extremely private life of
Queen Elizabeth II. The one-hour special,
which emphasizes important moments
when the hidden side of the House of
Windsor clashed with the public face
of the monarchy, draws from a diverse
array of archival material, including rare
photographs and footage.
“Baby’s Day Out” (April 23)
John Hughes (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,”
“Planes, Trains and Automobiles”) wrote
the script for this 1994 comedy about
three crooks who kidnap a baby, then must
go in search with police when they lose the
child. Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe
Pantoliano and Cynthia Nixon head the
solid cast for director Patrick Read Johnson
(“Space Invaders,” “The Genesis Code”).
“Star Wars” (Available now)
Fans of the George Lucas-created epic
space saga can dig into a number of series
and features this month, among them the
animated series “Star Wars: Clone Wars
Vol. I and II” and “Star Wars: Ewoks”; the
1985 live action telepic “Ewoks: The Battle
for Endor” and the 1978 animated holiday
film “The Story of the Faithful Wookiee.”
Jeremy Allen White
OF ‘SHAMELESS’ ON SHOWTIME
Was it sad saying goodbye to Lip
when you wrapped “Shameless”?
Yeah, to be honest, I think we were very
sad in the weeks coming up to our final
day, our wrap day. And then when we
did the thing and that was a wrap on
the day and we got our last shot, I felt
sort of far away. It was kind of an out-of-
body sort of experience and we clapped
for everybody and we all wrapped
at the same time. The way it was just
scheduled, it was myself and Shanola
(Hampton), (Steve) Howey, Ethan
(Cutkosky), Emma (Kenney), Cameron
(Monaghan) – everybody just happened
to wrap out at the same time. So we
were all clapping and then I kind of took
a moment after giving everybody a hug
just to be on my own to say goodbye to
Lip.
Cameron has said your fight scenes
with him were mostly improvised.
How was it working out those with
him?
I think we just trust each other. We don’t
want to hurt each other ... . Eddie Perez
is our stunt coordinator and so he’ll
give us kind of a – I think the best way
to describe it is each fight scene will
have a beginning, a middle and an end
so you shouldn’t find yourself with too
much time during the fight scene kind
of wondering what’s going to happen
next. After you do it a couple of times,
you should feel secure that kind of the
next beat is going to arrive. So I think
we were kind of successful with that and
I think after the first couple of seasons we
really got comfortable with one another
and Eddie got comfortable kind of just
letting us do our own thing. He knew
after getting to know us a little bit that
we’d be able to do it safely.