Here are five facts about “The Lego Batman Movie,” which opens this week in theaters,
Here are five facts about “The Lego Batman Movie,” which opens this week in theaters, courtesy of imdb.com:
v Favorite: Morgan Freeman, who appeared in the Dark Knight trilogy and” The Lego Movie” (2014), said that “The Lego Batman Movie” is his favorite incarnation of the character.
v Billy Dee is back: Billy Dee Williams voices the nefarious Two-Face in this movie. Williams had previously portrayed Two-Face’s “good” alter ego, Harvey Dent, in Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989).
v Alfred: Ralph Fiennes is the third Academy Award-nominated British actor to play the character Alfred Pennyworth. The others are Michael Caine in the Dark Knight trilogy and Jeremy Irons in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016).
v Two-timers: With the release of “Batman v Superman” (2016), this marks the first time in more than 23 years that two theatrical Batman films have been released in two consecutive years. The last time this happened was with “Batman Returns” (1992) and “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” (1993).
v No joke: The Joker’s appearance is similar to his appearance from “The Batman” (2004) as he looks more feral with sharp teeth and wears long clothing.
“So Cosmo” (8 p.m., E!): The lively new reality series “So Cosmo” follows the work-hard-play-hard lifestyles of the young women and men who work for Cosmopolitan magazine. The show promises plenty of “glamor and drama.”
“Legion” (10 p.m., FX): Based on the Marvel Comics saga, “Legion” is a rollicking new drama from Noah Hawley (“Fargo”) about a psychiatric patient (Dan Stevens) who is just starting to realize that he might possess special powers.
“spy in the wild” (8 p.m., pbs): Spy-cameras, disguised as animals, observe the ingenuity of a gray squirrel, a sea otter and an orangutan.
TV listings, C3
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Gruca White duo to present concert
YOUNGSTOWN
The New Music Guild will present free concerts by the Gruca White Ensemble at 7 p.m. Saturday at the First Congregational Church in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, and at 4 p.m. Sunday at Saints Peter and Paul Church, Holy Apostles Parish, 421 Covington St., Youngstown.
The ensemble consists of flutist Linda White and classical guitarist Robert Gruca. The two offer a novel concert experience by alternating the modern repertoire with their own arrangements of Latin, jazz and rock tunes.
The program will include works by Welsh composer Stephen Goss, Bulgarian composer Atanas Ourkouzounov, French composer Jacques Casterede, Maine composer Nathan Kolosko, and their own arrangement of Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo a la Turk.”
The two will separate to play two solo works by Youngstown composer Robert Rollin, professor emeritus at Youngstown State Univdersity’s Dana School of Music. White will play Rollin’s “Two Pieces for Solo Flute” (1974), while Gruca will play “Three Spanish Sound-Images for Solo Guitar” (1998).
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