Movies

Barbershop: Chris Rock, Nina And Kendrick

5:03pm March 05, 2016

Ravi Patel, Kara Brown and Alex Gale join the Barbershop to talk about Chris Rock's Oscars performance, a polarizing casting decision for a Nina Simone biopic and the surprise Kendrick Lamar album.

Actress Sally Field attends the premiere of "Hello, My Name Is Doris" during the 2015 SXSW Festival last March.

Arts

On Verge Of 70, Sally Field Navigates Aging In The Spotlight

4:27pm March 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

The actress' latest role in "Hello, My Name is Doris" hits close to home: "The story really is a coming of age — of a woman of age." As for Fields, she welcomes the stages of old age with openness.

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In this composite image, a comparison has been made between Nina Simone and actress Zoe Saldana.

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Saldana As Simone Resurfaces A Debate Beyond Black And White

3:05pm March 05, 2016

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reflects on the debate over the casting of Zoe Saldana in the role of iconic jazz singer Nina Simone. Saldana wore makeup to darken her skin and look more like Simone.

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Actress Ginnifer Goodwin On Playing A Rabbit Cop In 'Zootopia'

5:55pm March 04, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Ginnifer Goodwin, who voiced main character Officer Judy Hopps, in the Disney animated film, Zootopia, about a world where animals live in perfect harmony.

Gerard Butler stars as Mike Banning in London Has Fallen.

Arts

Saving The President's Bacon Again In 'London Has Fallen'

2:26pm March 04, 2016

by Chris Klimek

Gerard Butler once again rushes to the aid of the commander in chief in what critic Chris Klimek calls "a slow-release capsule of apocalyptic dread."

Evan Jonigkeit plays Specialist Coughlin and Tina Fey plays Kim Baker in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' Can't Quite Find Its Footing

1:54pm March 04, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Tina Fey stars as a war reporter in a film that struggles to attain a complicated tonal balance between comedy and commentary that it can't quite manage.

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Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step

1:49pm March 04, 2016

by David Edelstein

Fey plays a neophyte reporter charged with covering the Afghanistan occupation in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Critic David Edestein says the film isn't bad, so much as "shapeless and blandly apolitical."

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The Namibian desert plays a starring role in the Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road.

Health & Safety

'Mad Max' Is Mad About Namibia, But Some Namibians Are Mad At The Crew

12:27pm March 04, 2016

by malaka gharib

The success of the Oscar-winning film is good for the country's film industry. But critics say the crew didn't take good care of dunes and animal habitats.

Zootopia's first bunny officer Judy Hopps finds herself face to face with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox in Zootopia. Featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy and Jason Bateman as Nick.

Arts

'Zootopia': A Nimble Tale Of Animal Instincts And Smart Bunnies

11:00am March 04, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Disney's latest talking-animal picture is a surprisingly deft film about prejudice and divisiveness that manages to avoid the heaviness that delivering a message can bring about.

The Outlaw (1943) was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency because Jane Russell's blouse kept falling off her shoulders.

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C Is For 'Condemned': A Nun Looks Back On 47 Years Of Unholy Filmmaking

10:32am March 04, 2016

by Beth Accomando

A new Turner Classic Movies series honors films that were deemed salacious, immoral or downright lewd by the Catholic Legion of Decency. Condemned is hosted by respected critic Sister Rose Pacatte.

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