Review Movie Reviews Movie Review: 'Gimme The Loot' March 29, 2013 • Gimme The Loot is a new independent film that's had a charmed life, including winning the best narrative prize at South by Southwest and an appearance at Cannes. The comedy is written and director by Adam Leon. Movie Review: 'Gimme The Loot' Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/175662819/175663027" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews Movie Review: 'From Up On Poppy Hill' March 21, 2013 • It is a new animated film from Japan. It is stunning, as beautiful a hand-drawn animated feature as you are likely to see. It marks the first collaboration of a celebrated father, the Oscar-winning director of Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki, and his son Goro. Movie Review: 'From Up On Poppy Hill' Listen · 2:26 2:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/174902985/174910720" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews African Street Child Stars In 'War Witch' March 8, 2013 • War Witch, the story of a child soldier in Africa, was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar and it won tons of film festival prizes all over the world. The real-life story of actress Rachel Mwanza is as dramatic as the one she portrays. African Street Child Stars In 'War Witch' Listen · 2:22 2:22 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/173783649/173788778" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews Movie Review: 'Jack The Giant Slayer' March 1, 2013 • The story of Jack and his beanstalk has been filmed innumerable times by people as diverse as Gene Kelly, Chuck Jones and the Three Stooges. While he's been through the Hollywood shuffle before, there's never been a Jack tale that's delivered so little pleasure for so many dollars. Movie Review: 'Jack The Giant Slayer' Listen · 2:31 2:31 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/173217141/173217274" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews Chicano Classic 'Bless Me, Ultima' Becomes A Movie February 28, 2013 • Rudolpho Anaya's 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima is a classic of Chicano literature. The story begins for Antonio, 6, when Ultima comes to live with his New Mexico family in 1944. Ultima is called a witch, but she considers herself a woman with healing knowledge of medicinal herbs and remedies. Chicano Classic 'Bless Me, Ultima' Becomes A Movie Listen · 2:35 2:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/173122962/173122937" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 5th In 'Die Hard' Series Is Filled With Action February 15, 2013 • Given how much money the Die Hard franchise has made, it's not surprising that A Good Day To Die Hard plays like an extended victory lap for star Bruce Willis. Not surprising, but not a whole lot of fun either. 5th In 'Die Hard' Series Is Filled With Action Listen · 2:57 2:57 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/172078621/172078594" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews 'Side Effects:' This Thriller Is 'Deliciously Complex' February 8, 2013 • The movie stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. Our critic reviews Side Effects, which director Steven Soderbergh says might be his last. 'Side Effects:' This Thriller Is 'Deliciously Complex' Listen · 2:11 2:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/171453570/171453555" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews How 'Sound City' Changed The Face Of Rock 'N' Roll February 1, 2013 • Sound City is a documentary that came out of the Sundance Film Festival about a legendary recording studio in Van Nuys, California. It's a mash note to the Neve soundboard in the Sound City studios. How 'Sound City' Changed The Face Of Rock 'N' Roll Listen · 2:43 2:43 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/170823704/170823691" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews 'Fruitvale' Stands Out At Sundance January 25, 2013 • The Sundance Film Festival is underway in Park City, Utah. Fruitvale is based on an incident in which a young man was shot and killed by a BART police officer. His death triggered riots thorughout Oakland, Calif. 'Fruitvale' Stands Out At Sundance Listen · 3:36 3:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/170231472/170231952" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews The Film 'Les Miserable' Does The Musical Proud December 25, 2012 • Les Miserables is one of the most popular theatrical musicals, with 60 million tickets sold in 42 countries. Producers of the movie version are hoping to attract a lot of those fans, too. They shouldn't have a problem, says film critic Kenneth Turan. The Film 'Les Miserable' Does The Musical Proud Listen · 3:22 3:22 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/168014350/168014329" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews 'Zero Dark Thirty': Taking Bin Laden Down December 20, 2012 • Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal last teamed up on the Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, set during the Iraq war. The hunt for Osama bin Laden is the subject of their new drama, Zero Dark Thirty. 'Zero Dark Thirty': Taking Bin Laden Down Listen · 2:40 2:40 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/167678922/167683683" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movie Reviews 'The Hobbit' Is 'Solid' But Not 'Exceptional' December 13, 2012 • Director Peter Jackson takes his audience back to Middle-earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, set in a time before the Lord of the Rings films. 'The Hobbit' Is 'Solid' But Not 'Exceptional' Listen · 3:02 3:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/167131146/167135744" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies In 'Hyde Park On Hudson' Murray Captures FDR December 7, 2012 • Bill Murray plays Franklin D. Roosevelt in the new movie Hyde Park on Hudson. Critic Kenneth Turan says Murray's work beautifully conveys the notion of the chief executive as seductive star performer who counts on his charm to get his way. In 'Hyde Park On Hudson' Murray Captures FDR Listen · 2:30 2:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/166713196/166713181" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Ken Burns Film Examines 1989 Jogger Case December 3, 2012 • Ken Burns' new movie in theaters is The Central Park Five. Five black and Latino teenagers admitted to the rape and beating of a white jogger and served prison sentences. But a startling confession in 2002 by a convicted murderer and rapist whose DNA was present at the crime scene led a judge to overturn their convictions. Ken Burns Film Examines 1989 Jogger Case Listen · 3:07 3:07 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/166377469/166381961" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Great Director Would 'Not Approve' Of 'Hitchcock' November 23, 2012 • Few directors put up as convincing a public mask as Alfred Hitchcock. Few actors are as compelling as Anthony Hopkins, who plays the great man, or Helen Mirren, who plays Alma, his wife. But even with these two Oscar winners, the reviewer says Hitchcock is one portrait of a marriage we could have lived without. Great Director Would 'Not Approve' Of 'Hitchcock' Listen · 2:23 2:23 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/165750076/165754303" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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