Movies

Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb pose with their broken-down prop truck they used in their shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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Fanboys Attempt to Recapture Youthful Home-Movie Magic in 'Raiders!'

5:00pm June 16, 2016

by Scott Tobias

As boys, Chris and Eric made an ingenious shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark that earned cult status. A new documentary reunites them to film the one shot they never managed to get.

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'The Witness' Exposes The Myths, Misconceptions Of Kitty Genovese's Murder

1:46pm June 16, 2016

by John Powers

A new documentary revisits Genovese's 1964 murder and the 38 bystanders who allegedly did nothing to stop it. Critic John Powers says the film is "a useful moral corrective" to the popular narrative.

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Movie Review: 'Finding Dory' Is No Game-Changer

6:09am June 16, 2016

by Kenneth Turan

Pixar's sequel to Finding Nemo opens 13 years later and it's called Finding Dory. In it, Nemo's friend Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, goes on a quest to find her parents.

Read, Watch, Binge! Did you like the movie Trainwreck? You might also like the web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, the book How to Build a Girl and the TV show You're the Worst.

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3:12pm June 15, 2016

Introducing NPR's cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, book/movie/TV recommendation algorithm: HUMANZ.

Regina King directs an episode of the TNT drama Animal Kingdom.

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Regina King Reigns In Hollywood

6:56pm June 14, 2016

by Mandalit del Barco

The actress has successfully navigated working both in front of and behind the camera. She's won an Emmy for her television work, and she's in demand as a director on shows like Animal Kingdom.

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Perkins and Wolfe lean over the novelist's unwieldy manuscript.

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The Editor's Epic: Maxwell Perkins Makes For An Unlikely Big-Screen Hero

8:27am June 11, 2016

by Lynn Neary

The legendary editor nurtured the likes of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. But it was taming Thomas Wolfe's massive tomes that was perhaps his greatest feat. Now, that struggle has inspired a film.

Genius does its best to make the editing process between Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) kinetic.

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'Genius' Is, As The Saying Has It, 10% Inspiration, 90% Perspiration

5:09pm June 10, 2016

by Bob Mondello

The editor Maxwell Perkins discovered and nurtured authors like Hemingway and Fitzgerald. The new movie Genius has him wrangling thousands of pages from the writer Thomas Wolfe.

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'Genius' Offers A High-Toned Look At The Editor-Writer Relationship

1:26pm June 10, 2016

by David Edelstein

A new film tells the story of book editor Max Perkins, who worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe. Critic David Edelstein says Genius "isn't quite ingenious enough."

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Andy Samberg plays Conner4Real in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Pop Star' And Making Music Funny

12:36pm June 10, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

The gang discusses The Lonely Island's new movie, then looks back at other films that find humor in the foibles of musicians. And, as always, we close with What's Making Us Happy this week.

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'O.J. Simpson: Made In America' Dives Deep Into Life Of Fallen Football Hero

6:12pm June 09, 2016

Ezra Edelman's seven-and-a-half hour documentary for ESPN, O.J. Simpson: Made in America, is really several documentaries in one. It's the story of Simpson's rise as a football icon and black celebrity, and his downfall as a murder suspect in the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. But it's also the story of race in America, and what happens when celebrity culture meets the justice system.

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