Review Arts & Life Oil, Money, Religion and 'Blood' in California December 26, 2007 • There Will Be Blood, a new film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is a morality play set in the early days of California's oil boom. It involves the unholy trinity of oil, money and religion. Oil, Money, Religion and 'Blood' in California Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17611109/17611043" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Film Version of 'Kite Runner' Faithful to Book December 14, 2007 • Children in Afghanistan are at the center of The Kite Runner, the film adapted from the bestselling book by Khalid Hosseni. Like the novel, the film breaks into two parts: childhood friendship and betrayal in pre-war Afghanistan, then how that relationship changes in adulthood. Film Version of 'Kite Runner' Faithful to Book Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17246499/17246479" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Romance Amid the Sweep of History in 'Atonement' December 7, 2007 • The film Atonement, based on the novel by Ian McEwan, is a rich, old-fashioned love story and a potent meditation on the power of fiction to destroy and create. Romance Amid the Sweep of History in 'Atonement' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16996379/16996355" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies With a Sad Subject, 'Diving Bell' Surprisingly Funny November 30, 2007 • Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's 1997 memoir, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is an unexpectedly funny film. It was written after a stroke left Bauby almost completely paralyzed. With a Sad Subject, 'Diving Bell' Surprisingly Funny Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16763767/16763717" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Enchanted,' a Spellbinding Self-Parody from Disney November 23, 2007 • The film, about an animated princess thrust unprepared into the gritty reality of New York City, is what happens when wised-up meets happily-ever-after. Amy Adams is the indispensable star. 'Enchanted,' a Spellbinding Self-Parody from Disney Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16478729/16571585" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Beowulf' Sexes Up, Dumbs Down an Epic November 16, 2007 • Forget Grendel: The monster here is director Robert Zemeckis, who has turned an ancient literary classic into a blood-soaked, 3-D fanboy fantasy that panders with demonic energy to the young male demographic. 'Beowulf' Sexes Up, Dumbs Down an Epic Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16334109/16349293" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Violence Overwhelms 'No Country' November 9, 2007 • Set in Texas in the 1980's, the film No Country for Old Men narrates a chase for stolen drug money. It's the latest from brother filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, whose films have always had violence as a theme. But this new movie is darker and more violent than ever before. Violence Overwhelms 'No Country' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16143451/16142147" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Gangster Life Depicted on Film November 2, 2007 • Crime has come to the movies in a big way. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe star in American Gangster, a film about the career of Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas. And the documentary Mr. Untouchable offers a look at Lucas' main rival, Nicky Barnes. Gangster Life Depicted on Film Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15876265/15876362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Real Life' Rarity: A Romantic Comedy for Grownups October 26, 2007 • Dan in Real Life is a rare romantic comedy aimed at adults. The Dan of the title is a newspaper advice columnist stumped by his own life. He's mourning the death of his wife and raising three rambunctious daughters who are growing up faster than he'd like. 'Real Life' Rarity: A Romantic Comedy for Grownups Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15655355/15655392" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Things We Lost' Explores Family, Addiction, Death October 19, 2007 • In the new film Things We Lost in the Fire, Halle Berry plays a recent widow who builds a relationship with her deceased husband's old friend, a recovering heroin addict. It is rough at times, but the film gathers strength as it goes on. 'Things We Lost' Explores Family, Addiction, Death Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15436575/15435865" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Lars and the Real Girl' Heralds Friendship October 12, 2007 • Lars and the Real Girl, about a loner who finds companionship with a life-sized anatomically correct doll, is capable of sweeping you off your feet. It's a tribute to the joys of friendship and community, but it's constructed around one of the most salacious items modern culture provides. 'Lars and the Real Girl' Heralds Friendship Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15218405/15217665" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Michael Clayton' Tells of Suspicion and Suspense October 5, 2007 • Michael Clayton is a smart and suspenseful legal thriller about desperate men searching for redemption in a cold and ruthless world. Issues like corporate malfeasance lurk around the movie's edges, along with themes of moral responsibility and regeneration. 'Michael Clayton' Tells of Suspicion and Suspense Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15027435/15027284" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'The Kingdom' Mirrors the Headlines September 28, 2007 • Set in Saudi Arabia, The Kingdom is a film about American good guys going toe to toe with followers of terrorist Abu Hamsa. The film opens with sounds of bombs going off in an American housing compound, killing and wounding hundreds watching a softball game. 'The Kingdom' Mirrors the Headlines Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14793294/14793278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Arts & Life 'Valley of Elah' a Drama of Post-War Trauma September 14, 2007 • A fall full of films with post-Sept. 11 themes kicks off with In the Valley of Elah. Director Paul Haggis takes on a subject rarely embraced by Hollywood: the pernicious effect war has on the young people we send to fight. 'Valley of Elah' a Drama of Post-War Trauma Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14412402/14412456" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Yuma' Brings Back Western Movie Genre September 7, 2007 • Western movies used to be thick on the land, but they've become scarce at the multiplex. A new one, 3:10 to Yuma, is out now. It is a remake of the 1957 classic, and it stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. 'Yuma' Brings Back Western Movie Genre Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14232832/14232727" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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