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In A Sweet Coming-Of-Age Tale, 'Morris From America' Brings Hip-Hop To Heidelberg

5:00pm August 18, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

The charismatic Markees Christmas plays Morris, a 13-year-old aspiring rapper from New York who moves to Germany with his widowed father (Craig Robinson).

YouTube Videos Lead 'Morris From America' Director To Markees Christmas

7:56am August 18, 2016

by Mandalit del Barco

Morris From America debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The buzzed-about movie stars actor Markees Christmas as a 13-year-old hip-hop loving American who moves to Germany with his father.

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Kids' Movies Stand Out This Summer

5:52pm August 14, 2016

In a summer with not so great films, features columnist Kristen Page-Kirby with The Washington Post's Express says the standouts have all been movies for kids.

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Kenny Baker, Actor Who Played R2-D2, Dies At 81

8:55am August 14, 2016

Kenny Baker, the actor who played R2-D2 in Star Wars, has died after a long illness at the age of 81. We look back at the 3' 8" actor and the role that made him famous.

Kenny Baker, who portrayed the R2-D2 in the first Star Wars movie, signs autographs in 2007, at a Star Wars event marking the anniversary of the release of the first film in the Star Wars saga.

Arts

'Star Wars' Actor Kenny Baker, Who Played R2-D2, Has Died

5:51pm August 13, 2016

by James Doubek

Best known for playing R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, a role where he was unseen, the actor was found Saturday morning by his nephew.

Meryl Streep plays the title character, and Hugh Grant is her doting hubby, in Florence Foster Jenkins.

Arts

Meryl Streep's Singer Has Delusions Of Adequacy In 'Florence Foster Jenkins'

6:25pm August 12, 2016

by Bob Mondello

In her latest role, Streep plays a real-life laughingstock who fancied herself an opera singer.

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Robbers And Rangers Collide In 'Hell Or High Water'

1:25pm August 12, 2016

by David Edelstein

Two masked robbers clean out small branches of a Texas bank in David Mackenzie's new neo-Western. Critic David Edelstein calls Hell or High Water a work of "broad scale and deep feeling."

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A Is For August And Animation. 3 Animated Movies Debut This Month

5:05am August 12, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Crystal Bell of MTV News, who walks us through this month's animated films: Pete's Dragon, Kubo and the Two Strings and a more adult animated film, Sausage Party.

Arts

Like These TV Shows? Here Are 70+ Things You Might Also Like ...

5:35pm August 11, 2016

Did you just watch the last episode of your favorite TV show? NPR is here to help you find the next thing to watch, read or listen to. Browse our handpicked list of books, movies, podcasts and more.

In Sausage Party, Kristen Wiig, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and David Krumholtz voice various foodstuffs.

Arts

This Food Is Tasteless, But Never Bland: 'Sausage Party' Is Gleefully Profane

5:10pm August 11, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Ain't no party like a Sausage Party 'cause a Sausage Party don't stop ... being blithely offensive. But this animated film for adult audiences is made with true passion and technical skill.