Review Movies 'Appaloosa': Fun With The Guys, Until A Filly Arrives September 18, 2008 • With two laconic, unflappable heroes and a nicely psycho villain, Ed Harris' new Western does a lot right. The bit with the pretty young widow, unfortunately, isn't one of them. 'Appaloosa': Fun With The Guys, Until A Filly Arrives Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94753888/94795846" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Burn After Reading' — And Repeat As Necessary September 11, 2008 • The Coen brothers' latest may be a comedy, but it's a Coen brothers comedy — meaning it's as bleak and hopeless as comedies are allowed to get before the laughter dies bitterly on your lips. 'Burn After Reading' — And Repeat As Necessary Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94526051/94545586" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Hamlet 2': Something Deliriously Rotten August 22, 2008 • Steve Coogan stars as an Arizona drama teacher inspired to save his failing theater program — with a musicalized sequel to the best-known drama in the English language. The results? Tragically funny. 'Hamlet 2': Something Deliriously Rotten Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93525052/93866199" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Woody Allen, Uninspired August 14, 2008 • Though Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz almost redeem the film, the director's latest is almost as flat as its title. Critic Kenneth Turan is left wondering: Can't we just have the old Woody back? 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Woody Allen, Uninspired Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93523963/93619359" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Culture French Thriller 'Tell No One' Gains Momentum In U.S. August 12, 2008 • Tell No One is a French thriller that was a hit in Europe, but it had a hard time finding distribution in the United States. Now it's been out for some weeks, and its audience is growing through strong word-of-mouth. French Thriller 'Tell No One' Gains Momentum In U.S. Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93522536/93522508" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies A 'Frozen River,' Treacherous And Deep August 5, 2008 • With its bleak landscape and bleaker plot, Courtney Hunt's directorial debut — a Sundance festival favorite — provides a moving portrait of two women's desperation in a Canadian border town. A 'Frozen River,' Treacherous And Deep Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93280688/93293349" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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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 Culture '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 Culture 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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