'Wendigo' March 8, 2002 • Critic Ken Turan of The Los Angeles Times reviews Wendigo, the new movie by Larry Fessenden, whose specialty is scary pictures. This one is based on an Algonquin mythical creature, which is half-man and half-deer, with the ability to change forms.
'The Man Who Wasn't There' November 1, 2001 • Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan has a review of The Man Who Wasn't There, the Coen brothers' comic take on film noir.
'Iron Monkey' October 16, 2001 • Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan has a review of Iron Monkey. The movie is a martial arts romp directed by the same man who choreographed fight scenes in The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Sundance Film Festival 2002 January 23, 2001 • Host Bob Edwards talks with film critic Ken Turan of the Los Angeles Times about the hits and misses of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Among his favorites...a feature film about a detective with no short-term memory and a documentary about people who love chickens.
From the Earth to The Moon April 3, 1998 • In the movie Apollo 13, Tom Hanks portrayed the astronaut in charge of that ill-fated mission. Now Hanks takes the helm as producer, director and writer of From the Earth to the Moon, a 12-part miniseries telling the story of America's quest to place a man on the moon. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the series.