Movies

From 'Batman' To 'Birdman,' Michael Keaton Knows Suits And Superheroes

1:35pm August 28, 2015

Keaton says his 1989 bat suit was claustrophobic, but he somehow made it work. In Birdman, Keaton plays a washed-up, insecure actor looking for a second shot at fame. Originally broadcast Feb 9, 2015.

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Oscar Isaac and Carla Quevedo star in the HBO miniseries Show Me A Hero.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Show Me A Hero' And A Summer Update

10:41am August 28, 2015

by Linda Holmes

This week's show has HBO, summer box office, pop songs and summer songs, television we forgot to tell you about, and a lot more. It's just packed — just like summer.

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Elisabeth Moss as Catherine in Alex Ross Perry's Queen of the Earth.

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From One Low Moment, 'Queen Of Earth' Follows A Swirl Of Pain

8:41am August 28, 2015

by Scott Tobias

The latest from director Alex Ross Perry stars Elisabeth Moss in the story of a woman who spends a very hard week in a very isolated place.

Regina Casé as Val in The Second Mother.

Arts

A 'Second Mother,' Trapped In Service

7:30pm August 27, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Brazilian filmmaker Anna Muylaert's comedy suggests that to look at a society's political health, you look at the way the help is treated — like the housekeeper at the story's center.

Zac Efron as Cole in We Are Your Friends.

Arts

'We Are Your Friends' Gets A Blissful Beat, Sometimes

6:46pm August 27, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

Zac Efron is little more than a good-looking void in this story of dance music in the San Fernando Valley, but the film is intermittently engaging as a medley of themes and genres.

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Former Marine Adam Driver On What Acting And The Military Have In Common

1:33pm August 26, 2015

"You have a group of people trying to accomplish a mission that's greater than themselves," the actor says. Driver stars in the film comedy While We're Young. Originally broadcast April 9, 2015.

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MC Ren (Aldis Hodge), DJ Yella (Neil Brown, Jr.), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell), Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) and Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) form the NWA hip hop group in Straight Outta Compton.

In 'Straight Outta Compton,' Hip-Hop Legends Get The Biopic Treatment

8:39am August 25, 2015

by Scott Tobias

N.W.A's hard-won battle for mainstream success is illustrated in a film produced by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.

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Sir Patrick Stewart

10:36am August 24, 2015

Sir Patrick Stewart talks about living in Brooklyn, becoming a knight, and his new show Blunt Talk.

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Ms. Marvel, which was not on the Sad Puppies slate, took home this year's Hugo for best graphic story.

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Amid A Hubbub At The Hugos, 'Puppies' See Little Success

6:53pm August 23, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

At science fiction's Hugo Awards, voters largely rejected a slate of nominees pushed by a group called the Sad Puppies. In an unusual end to the controversy, a few categories didn't even get a winner.

Mike (Jesse Eisenberg) and Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) are a pair of potheads in American Ultra.

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A Stoner Film Goes Up In Smoke In 'American Ultra'

5:03pm August 20, 2015

by Scott Tobias

The action comedy almost makes it through on the easy chemistry of Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, but it loses its way in a series of pointless, unmotivated shootouts.