'Houdini's Last Secrets,' a docuseries about famed magician Harry Houdini's methods, is set at Science Channel. By Christi Carras Houdini’s Last Secrets, a docuseries about famed magician Harry ...

The History Channel’s series, “Houdini,” branches into new territory with a scripted, fictional retelling of this historic story. A scene opens on a tall bridge, a muscular yet gawky brunette man ...

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Making magic compelling on-screen is a really difficult trick. Sorry magicians, it’s not that you’re uninteresting—it’s that what you do is just really hard to dramatize. Tricks—sorry, illusions—are ...

NEW YORK — Over a colorful career that’s included an Oscar win for a Roman Polanski film, collaborations with unconventional directors such as Rian Johnson and Wes Anderson and — of course — that ...

EXCLUSIVE: A supernatural crime drama inspired by the unlikely real-life friendship between Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and illusionist Harry Houdini is headed to the small screen in ...

The legendary illusionist-escape artist Harry Houdini gets another TV portrayal (this one by Michael Weston) in Fox’s “Houdini & Doyle” (premiering May 2), which focuses on his friendship with ...

This Halloween marks 99 years since the death of legendary magician Harry Houdini. Preparations are underway for a yearlong ...

Oscar winner Adrien Brody's dynamic performance brings Harry Houdini's illusions to life in History's two-night miniseries event By Allison Keene OK TO USE Adrian Brody Houdini History - 2014 Framed ...

History channel’s “Houdini” erects a cage from which even the renowned magician can’t escape: Nicholas Meyer’s misbegotten, heavy-handed, narrated-ad-nauseam script (which in terms of prominent early ...

Brody represents a casting coup of sorts for the producers and History, but almost from the opening moments, there’s a grating aspect to the film, as if this were the first bio about an overachiever ...

On the broadcast networks, this time of year often takes on the trappings of a big garage sale. Sometimes you come across a real find in the jumble of mid-season debuts: Excellent shows like “Hannibal ...