Movies

Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim play Dev and his friend Arnold on Netflix's Master Of None.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Master Of None' And 'Snatched'

10:34am May 19, 2017

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, Gene Demby from NPR's Code Switch and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans join us for a conversation about the second season of Master Of None and the very silly film Snatched.

Vera Sung, Jill Sung, and Thomas Sung in Abacus: Too Small To Jail.

Arts

'Abacus': The Small Chinatown Bank That Paid A High Price

7:48pm May 18, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

In Abacus: Too Small To Jail, Steve James, who made Hoop Dreams, tells the story of a very small bank that really was prosecuted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Amandla Stenberg as Maddy and Nick Robinson as Olly in Everything, Everything.

Arts

The Device Of Illness Disappoints In 'Everything, Everything'

5:00pm May 18, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Based on Nicola Yoon's YA novel, Everything, Everything has some of the ingredients it needs to be satisfying, but the way it uses illness only as a plot device makes that satisfaction elusive.

Bryan Cranston plays Howard Wakefield, a man who leaves his family to become a man who watches his family.

Arts

Bryan Cranston Hides And Watches In 'Wakefield'

5:00pm May 18, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Bryan Cranston plays a man who settles in to spy on his own family in Wakefield, a story with roots going all the way back to Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Katherine Waterston as Daniels in Alien: Covenant.

Arts

'Alien: Covenant' Continues To Mine Old Ground

5:00pm May 18, 2017

by Chris Klimek

While Alien: Covenant is better than Prometheus, the last franchise entry, it still lacks the basic elements that made Alien and Aliens so widely admired.

Martha Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen in The Commune.

Arts

In 'The Commune,' Where We Live Is Who We Are

5:00pm May 18, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Director Thomas Vinterberg's The Commune isn't really about the entire group that grows up around a 1970s Copenhagen family. It's about the family itself, and how the way we live defines us.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim attends a cocktail party celebrating dynamic and diverse nominees for the 67th Emmy Awards hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and SAG-AFTRA at Montage Beverly Hills on August 27, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.

Asian Americans In Hollywood Still Waiting For The Spotlight

1:45pm May 18, 2017

by Leah Donnella

In the meantime, some are producing their own shows or creating material for alternative platforms like YouTube.

Don't Text In The Movie, Or Risk A Lawsuit

5:02am May 17, 2017

A Texas man went on a bad first date. He says his date was texting during a movie. He was so ticked off he filed a lawsuit demanding she pay the cost of the movie ticket.

Arts

Guy Ritchie's 'King Arthur: Legends Of The Sword' Flops At The Box Office

5:40pm May 15, 2017

by Andrew Limbong

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword had a dismal opening weekend at the box office. Even director Guy Ritchie couldn't save this story.

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Powers Boothe, Who Appeared In 'Deadwood' And 'Sin City,' Dies At 68

2:05pm May 15, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The character actor was known for his roles as a villain in TV's Deadwood and in the movies Tombstone, Sin City and The Avengers. Boothe died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday.