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1 March 2012 9:31 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Eric Till's take on the 16th century's angriest monk is historically respectable – but suffers from rabid anti-Catholic bias

Director: Eric Till

Entertainment grade: D

History grade: B–

Martin Luther was a leading figure of the Protestant reformation in Europe in the early 16th century.

Religion

Martin Luther (Joseph Fiennes) is a monk, but not a happy one. He spills communion wine, hurls himself into the mud, and shouts things like "I wish there were no God!" His superior, Johann von Staupitz (Bruno Ganz), sends him to Rome to cheer him up. There, he finds stalls selling religious nick-nacks, priests canoodling with strumpets, and Pope Julius II blinging around town in shiny gold armour. All of this would doubtless cheer most people up – but not Luther. It makes him even grumpier. Julius II, known as the "Warrior Pope", did wear full armour (though gold armour is too soft for a battlefield, »

- Alex von Tunzelmann

21 January 2012 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

In his directorial debut Ralph Fiennes has created a vivid, intelligent Coriolanus with powerful political relevance

Modern-dress Shakespeare has been with us for nearly a century, long enough to cease being a novelty or in need of justification. Barry Jackson's 1920s Cymbeline at Birmingham Rep with the cast in first world war uniform is the key example we were shown pictures of as sixth-formers in the late 40s. Traditional dress, however we define it, is currently pretty rare, though film-makers, no doubt because of the continuing popularity of Roman epics, reached for their togas when Charlton Heston appeared in fustian versions of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. The only recent movie to deal with one of the Roman plays was Richard Linklater's 2008 Me and Orson Welles, about the controversy surrounding Welles's 1937 anti-fascist modern-dress production of Julius Caesar in New York.

But now we have Ralph Fiennes's bloody and bold directorial debut, »

- Philip French

12 January 2012 11:25 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

One thing that will set Comedy Central's newest sketch comedy show "Key & Peele" apart from the rest is that they have one hell of a Barack Obama impersonator in co-star Jordan Peele.

Rivaling Fred Armisen and even Reggie Brown, Peele's Obama is pretty spot-on -- especially in the voice.

In the above sketch from the upcoming premiere, we see Peele as Obama addressing the nation about a common misconception: that he never gets really angry. To combat this image, he's hired Luther (co-start Keegan-Michael Key) to be his new "anger translater" and interpret his otherwise even-keeled state. Warning, some Nsfw language is involved.

"Key & Peele" premieres Tuesday Jan. 31 at 10:30/9:30 central on Comedy Central. »

- Katla McGlynn

12 January 2012 10:28 AM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »

One thing that will set Comedy Central's newest sketch comedy show "Key & Peele" apart from the rest is that they have one hell of a Barack Obama impersonator in co-star Jordan Peele.

Rivaling Fred Armisen and even Reggie Brown, Peele's Obama is pretty spot-on -- especially in the voice.

In the above sketch from the upcoming premiere, we see Peele as Obama addressing the nation about a common misconception: that he never gets really angry. To combat this image, he's hired Luther (co-start Keegan-Michael Key) to be his new "anger translater" and interpret his otherwise even-keeled state. Warning, some Nsfw language is involved.

"Key & Peele" premieres Tuesday Jan. 31 at 10:30/9:30 central on Comedy Central.

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- Katla McGlynn

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