In "The Zookeeper's Wife," the historical drama out Friday, Antonina Zabinski saves the lives of hundreds of Jewish people by sheltering them in her Warsaw zoo during WWII. Because I'm a feminist. Ever since seemingly coming out of nowhere in 2011, which saw the release of "The Tree of Life," "The Help" and "Take Shelter," Chastain has shown off her acting chops by playing women with deep, complicated stories. Zabinski begins the film as just that, the wife of a prominent zoologist and owner of the Warsaw Zoo. [...] the story, based on Zabinski's journals kept during wartime, sees a housewife who defers to her husband to rise up to the occasion of heroism. Put another way - the stereotypical male heroism often shown in war films now sees an equal, with a fierce and loving zookeeper's wife. Women can direct action films, just as men can direct emotional romances.

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