Movies

Sterling K. Brown plays the patriarch of a family in crisis in Waves.

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A Florida Family Saga, Told In 'Waves' Of Healing And Heartache

12:13pm November 15, 2019

by Justin Chang

Life doesn't go according to plan for the family at the center of this wrenching drama. But while Waves doesn't peddle easy redemption, it does offer what feels like a state of grace.

Scott Z. Burns On 'The Report'

5:34am November 15, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to director Scott Z. Burns about his new film The Report. It's about a Senate staffer's efforts to investigate and expose the CIA's use of torture.

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In The Report, Adam Driver plays staffer following the CIA's paper trail of post-9/11 detention and interrogation tactics.

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'The Report': A 7,000-Page Government Study, Brought To Vivid, Horrifying Life

5:00pm November 14, 2019

by Mark Jenkins

Both didactic and engrossing, director Scott Z. Burns' film about the investigation into post-9/11 CIA interrogation techniques stars Adam Driver as an idealistic Senate staffer.

Breakin' up is hard to do in Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.

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A Couple Faces The Painful End Of The Line In 'Marriage Story'

5:00pm November 14, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Noah Baumbach draws on excellent performances from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in a drama about a wrenching divorce.

Matt Damon stars as an American car designer in Ford v Ferrari.

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'Ford v Ferrari' Will Get Your Heart Racing

5:00pm November 14, 2019

by Ella Taylor

Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in the story of Ford's attempt to create a car that will best Ferrari at Le Mans in this "rollicking" "wildly entertaining" film.

In Bill Condon's The Good Liar, Roy (Ian McKellan) targets widow (Helen Mirren) and her extensive fortune.

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'The Good Liar,' The Con Is A Pro — As Expected

5:00pm November 14, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

In Bill Condon's film set among London's septuagenarian set, Ian McKellan attempts to con Helen Mirren out of her fortune, but we're always one step ahead of the story.

Elizabeth Banks directs the reboot of Charlie's Angel featuring Ella Balinska (from left), Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott — and a whole bunch of wigs.

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In A Rote, Rebooted 'Charlie's Angels,' Only Kristen Stewart Earns Her Wings

5:00pm November 14, 2019

by Scott Tobias

Writer-director Elizabeth Banks' take on the franchise plays "like a campy, under-budgeted 'Mission: Impossible,' " that loses momentum whenever Stewart is off-screen.

Matt Damon On Playing A Race Car Driver In Famous Ford-Ferrari Rivalry Of The '60s

4:34pm November 14, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Matt Damon about starring as racing driver and car designer Carroll Shelby in the new movie, Ford v Ferrari.

"I will be a storyteller 'till the day I die," Reese Witherspoon says. "It's really what I was born to do."

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'From Book To Script To Screen,' Reese Witherspoon Is Making Roles For Women

11:56am November 14, 2019

by Terry Gross

Frustrated by the lack of leading roles for female actors, Witherspoon decided to start her own production company. Her new project, The Morning Show, takes on sexual harassment in the news industry.

Review: 'Ford V Ferrari'

6:58am November 14, 2019

LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with NPR's David Greene and reviews the new film Ford v Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon.

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