Movies Independent Movies Take Back Seat to Sequels August 31, 2007 • An independent bookstore in Los Angeles called Other Times suddenly closed, shocking patrons. Could movies by independent filmmakers face the same fate as the business becomes increasingly addicted to the money that overblown sequels provide. Independent Movies Take Back Seat to Sequels Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14075161/14075106" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life In 'Deep Water,' a Sailor Who's Lost His Bearings August 24, 2007 • British documentary is disturbing, unnerving and wire-to-wire involving — the story of a dream that got so wildly out of hand that it ensnared the dreamer in an intricate trap of his own creation. In 'Deep Water,' a Sailor Who's Lost His Bearings Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/13906599/13920410" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Another Century, Another Space 'Invasion' August 17, 2007 • The Body Snatchers remake, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, proves the pulp classic is still startlingly in tune with the U.S. zeitgeist. Another Century, Another Space 'Invasion' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12853009/12853434" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Sunshine': Space Opera with a Dark Cloud or Two July 20, 2007 • Brightness has never seemed as menacing as it does in Sunshine, a sci-fi nail-biter about a future Earth's scramble to reignite a dying sun. It's the latest from 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle. 'Sunshine': Space Opera with a Dark Cloud or Two Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12097685/12102434" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Order of the Phoenix': Bring On the Next Chapter July 9, 2007 • Despite some darkly inspired moments, the fifth of seven Harry Potter movies feels like — well, like the next to the next-to-last installment in a series that's taking its time. 'Order of the Phoenix': Bring On the Next Chapter Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11816365/11816804" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Transformers': A Toy Story Waiting on a Recall July 4, 2007 • Special-effects magic makes Hasbro's toys enormously engaging, but the humans they're out to destroy keep slowing things down. If this film were a lot shorter, and if it kept a focus on the toys, it would be hard to argue with. 'Transformers': A Toy Story Waiting on a Recall Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11720964/11722409" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Ratatouille:' Nervy, Funny and Thoroughly Tasty June 29, 2007 • Kenneth Turan says director Brad Bird did something audacious — made a major motion picture with a rat for a star. The comedy they've created is imaginative, good-spirited, funny — and brave enough to let the rats be ratlike, even as they charm the audience. 'Ratatouille:' Nervy, Funny and Thoroughly Tasty Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11528654/11529018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Fantastic Four' Simplistic, Inoffensive June 15, 2007 • Hollywood puts the planet in peril again with Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer. The comics were hip enough to last for more than 40 years, but the movie treatment is far from must-see cinema. 'Fantastic Four' Simplistic, Inoffensive Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11103570/11103574" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Ocean's Thirteen': A Slick Scam, Sure — and Smug June 8, 2007 • Ocean's Thirteen is the latest Steven Soderbergh-directed movie, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Clooney plays Danny Ocean, the mastermind behind a gang of thieves who steal from casinos. In this third installment of the franchise, their target is casino owner Willy Bank, played by Al Pacino. 'Ocean's Thirteen': A Slick Scam, Sure — and Smug Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10856935/10856947" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Cannes Cheers Films from Moore, Coens May 25, 2007 • As the Cannes Film Festival marks its 60th year, the premier place for premieres welcomes a pair of American movies: Michael Moore's health-care documentary Sicko and the Coen brothers' violent Western No Country for Old Men. Cannes Cheers Films from Moore, Coens Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10431177/10431182" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Once' With Feeling: Small Musical Has a Big Heart May 18, 2007 • John Carney's unpretentious musical romance is completely winning — with appealing characters, an unforced sense of intimacy and a light-fingered way of mixing music and story. 'Once' With Feeling: Small Musical Has a Big Heart Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10243088/10243589" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Spider-Man' Sequel Spins a Weak Tale May 4, 2007 • Sam Raimi spent a fortune, and its stars strive for naturalism, but Spider-Man 3 proves dramatically less than the sum of its expensive, ill-unified parts. 'Spider-Man' Sequel Spins a Weak Tale Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9983240/9983694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life 'Jindabyne': A Death, and Dark Things Surface April 27, 2007 • Jindabyne is a movie in which friends on a fishing trip find a body, but choose not to report it. It's an Australian film based on a short story by Raymond Carver. 'Jindabyne': A Death, and Dark Things Surface Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9870458/9870461" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Arts & Life Unexpected Adventures 'In the Land of Women' April 25, 2007 • Jonathan Kasdan's debut feature brings a refreshing human touch to what could be clichéd material about looking for love and finding a way through life. Maybe that gift runs in the family: His dad wrote and directed The Big Chill. Unexpected Adventures 'In the Land of Women' Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9823362/9833812" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Arts & Life A Deeply Imperfect 'Perfect Stranger' April 13, 2007 • Halle Berry stars as a newspaper reporter in Perfect Stranger, investigating bad guy Bruce Willis. But the facts get fuzzy, and the film may have you asking yourself what's going on — and why it was even made. A Deeply Imperfect 'Perfect Stranger' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9564599/9564603" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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