Culture 'The Devil Wears Prada' Wears Thin June 30, 2006 • The new movie The Devil Wears Prada is set in the fashion world and features Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. However, NPR's Bob Mondello says it wears a little thin.
Culture 'The Devil Wears Prada' Fresh Air June 30, 2006 • Our film critic reviews The Devil Wears Prada, a film adaptation of the book that stars Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
Culture 'Superman Returns' Fresh Air June 28, 2006 • Our film critic reviews Superman Returns. The new feature is directed by Bryan Singer, who made The Usual Suspects and X-Men. Newcomer Brandon Routh plays the man of steel, and Kevin Spacey is archenemy Lex Luthor.
Culture 'Superman Returns' with Strong Action, Weak Story June 27, 2006 • Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan gives his take on the new Superman movie, Superman Returns. Turan likes the action, but he says the characters and plot are not made of steel.
Culture Summary Judgment: 'Click,' 'Waist Deep,' 'Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man' June 23, 2006 • Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- Click, Waist Deep and the documentary Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.
Culture 'Fast and Furious': Amusing Eye Candy June 19, 2006 • Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the film Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. He says the movie is unintentionally amusing but enjoyable.
Movies Double Feature: Playing with Words, and Time June 16, 2006 • Two new movies, The Lake House and Wordplay, take different paths to tricky subjects. One is about playing with time, the other about playing with words.
Culture Slate's Summary Judgment: 'Tokyo Drift,' 'The Lake House,' 'Nacho Libre' June 16, 2006 • Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Lake House and Nacho Libre.
Culture 'The Lake House,' 'Nacho Libre' Fresh Air June 16, 2006 • The Lake House, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and Nacho Libre, starring Jack Black, are very different films with very different stars. But both provide good old escapist entertainment.
Movies 'Heart of the Game' Tracks Girls' Hoop Dreams June 10, 2006 • A new documentary, The Heart of the Game follows an unconventional girls' high school basketball coach in Washington state and tracks the conflicts that arise over the fate of a star player.
Movies A 'Prairie Home Companion' Piece for the Screen June 9, 2006 • The Robert Altman adaptation of Garrison Keillor's long-running radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, is a fictional behind-the-scenes look at a radio show's final broadcast. The film features Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson and Lindsay Lohan.
Culture Slate's Summary Judgment: 'Cars,' 'The Omen,' 'A Prairie Home Companion' June 9, 2006 • Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- Cars, The Omen and A Prairie Home Companion.
Culture Keillor's 'Home Companion' Onscreen Fresh Air June 9, 2006 • Our film critic reviews A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman's film adaptation of Garrison Keillor's long-running public radio show.
Culture 'Cars' Likely to Continue Run of Pixar Hit Movies June 9, 2006 • Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new Pixar animated film Cars. He says the movie will likely continue Pixar's run of hits.
Culture 'The War Tapes' Fresh Air June 2, 2006 • In a new documentary, soldiers on the front lines in Iraq capture their own footage of the experience of war. The War Tapes, directed by Deborah Scranton, opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend.