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'Up': A Pixar-Style Lift, Pretty Much Guaranteed

C'mon, Get Happy: A pesky but well-intentioned 8-year-old and a 70-something curmudgeon find tropical adventure — and a surprising connection — in Up. Disney/Pixar Studios hide caption

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'Up': A Pixar-Style Lift, Pretty Much Guaranteed

With visual magic, high-adventure excitement and an intelligent look at one of Hollywood's persistent taboos, Up isn't just good; it's among the groundbreaking studio's best. (Recommended)

'Up': A Pixar-Style Lift, Pretty Much Guaranteed

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From Japan, Elegant (And Eloquent) 'Departures'

This year's foreign-film Oscar winner, Yojiro Takita's movie is a delightful surprise — one part engaging dramedy (about a cellist turned undertaker) and one part thoughtful social statement. (Recommended)

From Japan, Elegant (And Eloquent) 'Departures'

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A Weekend Spent 'Up' In The Sky Or Down In 'Hell'

Fresh Air

It's a double feature from critic David Edelstein, who says Pixar's sublime new film Up reaches heavenward, while Sam Raimi's deliciously gory Drag Me to Hell crawls in the opposite direction.

A Weekend Spent 'Up' In The Sky Or Down In 'Hell'

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Thursday

Culture

'Up' Director On Striking A Balance

Filmmaker Pete Docter's new movie is Pixar Studio's animated film Up. Docter discusses how his team of writers and animators struck a balance between the very adult themes in the film and the colorful and buoyant adventure story for kids.

'Up' Director On Striking A Balance

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Wednesday

John Powers: Cannes Report, Part 2

Fresh Air

Our critic at large returns with the second part of his report from this year's Cannes Film Festival, including his impressions of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and the South Korean vampire flick Thirst — both due out in the United States later this summer.

John Powers: Cannes Report, Part 2

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Summer Movies: The Sweet, The Light And The Loud

The summer-movie slate looks like a typically airheaded one, from Land of the Lost to the naughty new spoof Bruno. But fear not: We found a few dramas — even some foreign weepies — to help tide you over.

Summer Movies: The Sweet, The Light And The Loud

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Tuesday

'Up' And Away With Pixar's Pete Docter

Fresh Air

The latest from the Monsters, Inc. director is an adventure story featuring a grouchy old man, a chubby boy, a 13-foot-tall flightless bird and a house set aloft by balloons.

'Up' And Away With Pixar's Pete Docter

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Saturday

National

The Story Of The Plantation That Moved Away

Film critic Godfrey Cheshire spent his North Carolina childhood playing with his cousins on his ancestral home, Midway Plantation. The city grew up around Midway though, destroying the once-bucolic setting. Moving Midway is a documentary about the current owner's decision to move Midway to a new location, and the history that the undertaking unearthed. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Cheshire and Robert Hinton, the film's historian and a descendent of slaves at Midway.

The Story Of The Plantation That Moved Away

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Friday

Review

'Virtue,' Old And New: At Least The Silent's Golden

It was a Noel Coward play, but Stephan Elliott's sleek-looking comedy never finds its bearings. Better: The 1928 version — whose director you've almost certainly heard of.

'Virtue,' Old And New: At Least The Silent's Golden

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'Terminator Salvation': Resistance Is Futile

Fresh Air

He's not referred to as a Terminator anymore, but back in 1984, a sci-fi thriller made a star out of a cyborg assassin from the future. Film critic David Edelstein reviews the franchise's fourth film.

'Terminator Salvation': Resistance Is Futile

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Thursday

Review

'Salvation': The End Of The World, All Over Again

John Connor's back — played this time by Christian Bale — in the first Terminator movie that'll make it or break it without Ahhhnuld. Movie critic Bob Mondello goes back to the future to see how it works.

'Salvation': The End Of The World, All Over Again

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