Review Movies 'The Dark Knight': Through Shadows And Hype July 18, 2008 • The Dark Knight, the new Batman film with Christian Bale in the title role, may be the most hopeless, despairing comic-book movie in memory. It creates a world where being a superhero is at best a double-edged sword and any triumph is likely to be short-lived. 'The Dark Knight': Through Shadows And Hype Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92534170/92663961" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Hellboy II,' Doing Justice To Comics (And Baddies) July 11, 2008 • The demon hero's latest adventure definitely packs the comic book's punch — but Guillermo del Toro's latest flick isn't just for fanboys. The filmmaker's prodigious gifts make it an actioner for all ages. 'Hellboy II,' Doing Justice To Comics (And Baddies) Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92378292/92442890" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Up In The Air: It's 'Hancock,' Crashing And Burning July 1, 2008 • It has summer's most promising premise, but Will Smith's much-hyped superzero fable self-destructs after a plot twist so head-shakingly bizarre that even an indestructible crime-fighter can't shake it off. Up In The Air: It's 'Hancock,' Crashing And Burning Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92108945/92126573" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Wall-E': A Robot Love Story with Heart to Spare June 27, 2008 • Robot love story and human cautionary tale, the film is daring and traditional, groundbreaking and familiar, apocalyptic and sentimental. It's a tonic in these times — and it proves Pixar still has its touch. 'Wall-E': A Robot Love Story with Heart to Spare Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91896053/91955560" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Get Smart': Still Inept, But in All the Wrong Ways June 20, 2008 • TV's beloved secret-agent spoof gets a big-screen update — but like its bumbling hero, the film is constantly trying to be something it's not. The result: an unfunny comedy spliced with an unexciting spy caper. 'Get Smart': Still Inept, But in All the Wrong Ways Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91646133/91724063" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Marvel's 'Incredible Hulk' Beefy But Doesn't Satisfy June 13, 2008 • Critic Kenneth Turan says Marvel Entertainment's resurrection of The Incredible Hulk is solid and efficient, if not particularly adventurous. And it has a problem ending. Marvel's 'Incredible Hulk' Beefy But Doesn't Satisfy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91461529/91461514" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Caspian' Recaptures Galloping Magic of 'Narnia' May 16, 2008 • Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan reviews The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the second installment of the fantasy series by C.S. Lewis to be adapted into a film. 'Caspian' Recaptures Galloping Magic of 'Narnia' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90506945/90506919" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Summer's Blockbuster Films Seem Promising May 9, 2008 • Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan explains that he's actually looking forward to summer movies this year, including the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Summer's Blockbuster Films Seem Promising Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90309543/90309521" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Elementally Flawed 'Iron Man' Not Striking Sparks May 1, 2008 • Brilliant arms-merchant playboy dons advanced battle armor to save the world from evil plot. Latest Marvel Comics adaptation wants to be this summer's first blockbuster, but it's too overloaded for takeoff. Elementally Flawed 'Iron Man' Not Striking Sparks Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89846396/90128152" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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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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