Movies Summary Judgment: 'The Fountain', 'Bobby' November 24, 2006 • Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan offers a roundup of what critics are saying about the weekend's releases, including The Fountain, Bobby, Tenacious D and Christopher Guest's latest mockumentary, For Your Consideration. Summary Judgment: 'The Fountain', 'Bobby' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6534164/6534165" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Holiday Movies: Intrigue Plus Treacle November 23, 2006 • The year 2006 is unlikely to set any box office records, but it's on track to break the $9 billion mark for only the fourth time in history -- that is, if the holiday films that open before the end of this year do business. Holiday Movies: Intrigue Plus Treacle Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6527879/6527888" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture 'Deja Vu' is First-Class Fun November 22, 2006 • Deja Vu is in the business of confounding expectations. It's not the routine potboiler starring Denzel Washington that the advertising indicates. The film makes little sense, but that hardly matters because it's some first-class genre fun. 'Deja Vu' is First-Class Fun Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6523764/6523765" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Penguins Back on Top with 'Happy Feet' November 19, 2006 • Penguins were the subject of last year's Academy Award-winning documentary March of the Penguins. The flightless birds have hit theaters once again, this time in the animated film Happy Feet. This time, the penguins aren't trekking to their ancestral breeding grounds, but singing and dancing their way to the top spot at theaters. Penguins Back on Top with 'Happy Feet' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6510691/6510692" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies He's Shaken, We're Stirred November 17, 2006 • Daniel Craig brings us a new James Bond in Casino Royale. He's not only rugged, fearless and a lethal weapon, but he's also vulnerable. This 007 falls in love, and wonders whether that might not be better for him than being a globe-trotting killer. This not only shakes him up, it shakes up the franchise in its 21st official outing.
Culture The Return of Bond Fresh Air November 17, 2006 • Film critic David Edelstein reviews Casino Royale the new James Bond film starring Daniel Craig. The Return of Bond Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6502438/6502439" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture The New James Bond Bets on a New Attitude November 17, 2006 • James Bond first appeared on the big screen 44 years ago. Up until today, the 20 James Bond features have been as predictable as the shaken-not-stirred martini preference of their protagonist. Now, with Casino Royale, the hero with a thousand smirks has been given a shrewd, and largely successful, attitude adjustment. The New James Bond Bets on a New Attitude Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6501477/6501478" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'Stranger Than Fiction' a Sharp, Existential Story November 12, 2006 • What sounds like a knockabout comic premise turns out to have some interesting nuances in Stranger Than Fiction, starring Will Farrell. Movie reviewer Bob Mondello says the story elements are cleverly blended with existential logic. 'Stranger Than Fiction' a Sharp, Existential Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6469787/6477317" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Summary Judgment: 'Stranger than Fiction,' 'A Good Year,' 'Fur' November 10, 2006 • Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan offers a round-up of what movie critics are saying about the weekend's releases -- Stranger than Fiction, A Good Year and the fictionalized biopic of photographer Diane Arbus, Fur. Summary Judgment: 'Stranger than Fiction,' 'A Good Year,' 'Fur' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6467946/6467947" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Almodovar's Latest: Va Va Va Volver November 10, 2006 • Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar made his breakthrough comedy, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, almost two decades ago. His latest film, Volver, is also about women -- and though they're not nervous or breaking down, they're definitely having a rough couple of weeks. Almodovar's Latest: Va Va Va Volver Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6468223/6468232" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture 'Babel''s Wide-Ranging Lens Fresh Air November 10, 2006 • The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu won this year's directing prize at Cannes for Babel. His film 21 Grams was nominated for two Oscars and he scored an American art house hit with his first feature, Amores Perros. In Babel, he tells four interrelated stories set on three continents. The film stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Gael Garcia Bernal. 'Babel''s Wide-Ranging Lens Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6467651/6467652" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture 'A Good Year' Provides Few Good Reasons to Watch November 10, 2006 • The last time director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe got together, the Oscar-winning action epic Gladiator was the result. This time it's a romantic comedy, and the results are not nearly so successful. 'A Good Year' Provides Few Good Reasons to Watch Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6466925/6466926" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Telling a Rats' Tale in 'Flushed Away' November 4, 2006 • Flushed Away is the latest animated film from the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Roddy, a pet rat, finds his world turned upside down when a sewer rat flushes him down the toilet. Telling a Rats' Tale in 'Flushed Away' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6435506/6435507" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture 'Borat' Offends, Entertains While Mirroring Society November 3, 2006 • Borat features British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as a fictional television journalist from Kazakhstan on a tour of the United States. The satire is biting and discomforting. But it's also funny and well-suited for our times. 'Borat' Offends, Entertains While Mirroring Society Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6427400/6427401" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture 'Borat' Hits the Road Fresh Air November 2, 2006 • Film critic John Powers reviews Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, starring Sacha Baron Cohen. 'Borat' Hits the Road Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6422529/6422530" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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