I’ve got to hand it to USA Network for churning out show after show that I want to watch. It doesn’t hurt that their latest stars Piper Perabo. I’ve been a fan of Perabo’s since she took a road trip with a certain moose and squirrel ten years ago. Covert Affairs is set to air on USA July 13th following the season premiere of White Collar.
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The film opens with Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) on trial for the murder of Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), who was killed during his final performance. The magician who gave both men their start (Michael Caine) is present, as witness, to tell the tale.
The film goes back in time, to tell the story of how the two got their start, their tragic marriages (with Piper Perabo, and Rebecca Hall), their competing affection for a magician’s assistant (Scarlett Johansson), and the event which caused the hatred and rivalry between them.
Director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins) weaves a marvelous tale of illusion, half-truths, buried secrets, murder, and most of all obsession. Like this year’s earlier entry The Illusionist the film involves the secrets of an illusion, and plot twists. The Prestige succeeds where the other failed in that it doesn’t make the twists and secrets the whole story, instead it’s the obsession between the two men, not their secrets, which takes center stage.
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