Review Movies 'Forbidden Kingdom' Is a Doofy Union for Chan, Li April 18, 2008 • Jackie Chan and Jet Li, two well-known martial arts film stars, just finished their first collaboration. Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan says their new movie, The Forbidden Kingdom, was not worth the wait. 'Forbidden Kingdom' Is a Doofy Union for Chan, Li Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89750288/89750266" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Elderly Rock Singers Put on a Good Show April 10, 2008 • Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the film Young at Heart. It's a documentary about a choir made up of senior citizens who perform songs by rock, punk and soul music artists. Elderly Rock Singers Put on a Good Show Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89521903/89516895" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Emotional Intensity Propels 'Stop-Loss' March 28, 2008 • The story of a young soldier home from the war in Iraq is the subject of the movie Stop-Loss. Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan says the movie has a propulsive emotional intensity. Emotional Intensity Propels 'Stop-Loss' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89176764/89176742" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life A Thriller of a Documentary: 'The Unforseen' March 14, 2008 • A new documentary tracks a 30-year battle over land use in Austin, Texas. The Unforseen focuses on a real-estate development project threatening a spring-fed swimming area. Robert Redford and Terrence Malick are the film's executive producers. A Thriller of a Documentary: 'The Unforseen' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88226034/88226020" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Into the Past, and the Preposterous, in '10,000 B.C.' March 7, 2008 • Writer-director Roland Emmerich, who is responsible for Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, has taken audiences to a lot of strange places. Not one of them was as strange as his 10,000 B.C. Into the Past, and the Preposterous, in '10,000 B.C.' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87974938/87974917" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Color, Pageantry Can't Save 'Boleyn Girl' February 29, 2008 • Morning Edition's film critic reviews The Other Boleyn Girl. The movie is based on Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel, set in 16th-century England. At that time, Henry VIII was king — and Anne Boleyn was looking to replace his queen. Color, Pageantry Can't Save 'Boleyn Girl' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87792394/87792360" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Plot Tricks in 'Vantage Point' Make It Implausible February 22, 2008 • Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan reviews the thriller Vantage Point. It's the story of an attempted assassination of the president told from the point of view of eight people. Turan says that it's trying to be like the classic Japanese film Rashomon, but it's more like the story of the blind men and the elephant. Plot Tricks in 'Vantage Point' Make It Implausible Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19266660/19266636" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Arts & Life 'Definitely, Maybe': Hardly the Charmer It Might Be February 14, 2008 • Clever premise, winning cast compete with contrived situations and a script that doesn't trust it's warmer impulses. Ultimately, this romantic comedy is a mixed box of chocolates. 'Definitely, Maybe': Hardly the Charmer It Might Be Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19056611/19072452" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Lost, Artfully, in Israel: 'The Band's Visit' February 11, 2008 • Sweet-natured and sharply pointed, The Band's Visit follows the adventures of an Egyptian musical group meant to be on a goodwill tour in Israel. Through a mishap, the band is stranded in a remote desert town. Lost, Artfully, in Israel: 'The Band's Visit' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18873283/18873234" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life In Beirut, a Beauty Salon that Feels Like Home February 1, 2008 • The Cannes Film Festival is known for its highbrow fare, but every once in a while a crowd-pleaser sneaks into the mix. Caramel, a new film from Lebanon, was one such delight at the last festival. In Beirut, a Beauty Salon that Feels Like Home Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18573159/18599998" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards 'No Country,' 'There Will Be Blood' Top Oscar List January 22, 2008 • The list of nominees for the 80th Academy Awards are announced. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood both earn eight nominations, leading the field. 'No Country,' 'There Will Be Blood' Top Oscar List Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18296578/18294290" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Movies 'Taxi to the Dark Side' Examines Torture by U.S. January 18, 2008 • Taxi to the Dark Side is as shocking and disturbing as its title. Its subject matter is torture as a weapon of choice in the war against terror. There are pictures and videos from Abu Ghraib. But most distressing is how readily the U.S. government turned to torture. 'Taxi to the Dark Side' Examines Torture by U.S. Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18212203/18212179" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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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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