http://www.odeo.com/channels/3907-KCRW-s-Film-Reviews no Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW; he airs his current musings on the film industry in a biweekly column for the paper as well. Joe has worked for The New York Times the New York Herald Tribune and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and his freelance writing has appeared in The New Yorker The New York Times Magazine the Los Angeles Times Magazine Playboy GQ and the Columbia Journalism Review. He has also written for television; his scripts include 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble' and several episodes of 'Law & Order.' Joe is a founding member of the National Society of Film Critics and a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW; he airs his current musings on the film industry in a biweekly column for the paper as well. Joe has worked for The New York Times the New York Herald Tribune and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and his freelance writing has appeared in The New Yorker The New York Times Magazine the Los Angeles Times Magazine Playboy GQ and the Columbia Journalism Review. He has also written for television; his scripts include 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble' and several episodes of 'Law & Order.' Joe is a founding member of the National Society of Film Critics and a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW. en-us 40 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:00 -0800 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:00 -0800 Entertainment http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25448710-2012-Pirate-Radio 2012 is Roland Emmerich's latest assault on planet Earth and its moviegoers, and it isn't the end of the world: it only feels that way... Pirate Radio follows the form -- when it chooses to follow any form -- of a cat-and-mouse game between the British government, circa 1966, and a crew of deejays beaming round-the-clock rock and roll from a decrepit tanker anchored in the North Sea just outside Britain's territorial waters... 2012 is Roland Emmerich's latest assault on planet Earth and its moviegoers, and it isn't the end of the world: it only feels that way... Pirate Radio follows the form -- when it chooses to follow any form -- of a cat-and-mouse game between the British government, circa 1966, and a crew of deejays beaming round-the-clock rock and roll from a decrepit tanker anchored in the North Sea just outside Britain's territorial waters... 2012 is Roland Emmerich's latest assault on planet Earth and its moviegoers, and it isn't the end of the world: it only feels that way... Pirate Radio follows the form -- when it chooses to follow any form -- of a cat-and-mouse game between the British government, circa 1966, and a crew of deejays beaming round-the-clock rock and roll from a decrepit tanker anchored in the North Sea just outside Britain's territorial waters... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25448710 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25414985-A-Christmas-Carol-Precious To put it bluntly, and Scroogely, Disney's 3-D animated version of A Christmas Carol is a calamity... In a shockingly beautiful new film called Precious, one of the most telling moments comes toward the end, and it's hardly more than a throwaway -- the heroine glances at a mirror and sees herself... To put it bluntly, and Scroogely, Disney's 3-D animated version of A Christmas Carol is a calamity... In a shockingly beautiful new film called Precious, one of the most telling moments comes toward the end, and it's hardly more than a throwaway -- the heroine glances at a mirror and sees herself... To put it bluntly, and Scroogely, Disney's 3-D animated version of A Christmas Carol is a calamity... In a shockingly beautiful new film called Precious, one of the most telling moments comes toward the end, and it's hardly more than a throwaway -- the heroine glances at a mirror and sees herself... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25414985 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384137-This-Is-It-Cirque-du-Soleil After all the media madness about Michael Jackson over all the years and decades, it comes as bittersweet news that he lives vividly in This Is It... I've checked out two Cirques recently, a movie called Cirque du Freaks and the Cirque du Soleil, which is back in town and playing under a big blue-and-yellow tent next to the Santa Monica Pier... After all the media madness about Michael Jackson over all the years and decades, it comes as bittersweet news that he lives vividly in This Is It... I've checked out two Cirques recently, a movie called Cirque du Freaks and the Cirque du Soleil, which is back in town and playing under a big blue-and-yellow tent next to the Santa Monica Pier... After all the media madness about Michael Jackson over all the years and decades, it comes as bittersweet news that he lives vividly in This Is It... I've checked out two Cirques recently, a movie called Cirque du Freaks and the Cirque du Soleil, which is back in town and playing under a big blue-and-yellow tent next to the Santa Monica Pier... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25384137 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384138-Amelia I've seen the movie Amelia, and I can tell you that Amelia Earhart is still missing... I've seen the movie Amelia, and I can tell you that Amelia Earhart is still missing... I've seen the movie Amelia, and I can tell you that Amelia Earhart is still missing... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25384138 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25361094-Amelia I've seen the movie Amelia, and I can tell you that Amelia Earhart is still missing... I've seen the movie Amelia, and I can tell you that Amelia Earhart is still missing... I've seen the movie Amelia, and I can tell you that Amelia Earhart is still missing... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25361094 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384139-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are honors the book in every imaginable way...and in ways no one could have imagined until Spike Jonze and his crew came long... The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are honors the book in every imaginable way...and in ways no one could have imagined until Spike Jonze and his crew came long... The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are honors the book in every imaginable way...and in ways no one could have imagined until Spike Jonze and his crew came long... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-16,25384139 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25299501-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are honors the book in every imaginable way...and in ways no one could have imagined until Spike Jonze and his crew came long... The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are honors the book in every imaginable way...and in ways no one could have imagined until Spike Jonze and his crew came long... The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are honors the book in every imaginable way...and in ways no one could have imagined until Spike Jonze and his crew came long... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-16,25299501 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384140-An-Education This week brings a thrilling new film called An Education. It's a tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom, and it's thrilling for all sorts of reasons... This week brings a thrilling new film called An Education. It's a tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom, and it's thrilling for all sorts of reasons... This week brings a thrilling new film called An Education. It's a tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom, and it's thrilling for all sorts of reasons... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-09,25384140 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25262301-An-Education This week brings a thrilling new film called An Education. It's a tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom, and it's thrilling for all sorts of reasons... This week brings a thrilling new film called An Education. It's a tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom, and it's thrilling for all sorts of reasons... This week brings a thrilling new film called An Education. It's a tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom, and it's thrilling for all sorts of reasons... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-09,25262301 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384141-The-Invention-of-Lying-Zombieland Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes... Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes... Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-02,25384141 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25225005-The-Invention-of-Lying-Zombieland Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes... Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes... Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-02,25225005 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384142-Capitalism-A-Love-Story-Coco-Before-Chanel Michael Moore starts Capitalism: A Love Story with a sequence of secuirty-camera videos showing holdups in progress, and ends it by showing himself, like some vigilante version of the environmental artist Christo, stringing great lengths of yellow crime-scene tape around banks and brokerage houses in Lower Manhattan... Clothes may make the man, but the woman makes the clothes in Coco before Chanel, Anne Fontaine's smart and sumptuous French-language account of the legendary designer during her early years when she, like her couture, was still ascending from basse to haute... Michael Moore starts Capitalism: A Love Story with a sequence of secuirty-camera videos showing holdups in progress, and ends it by showing himself, like some vigilante version of the environmental artist Christo, stringing great lengths of yellow crime-scene tape around banks and brokerage houses in Lower Manhattan... Clothes may make the man, but the woman makes the clothes in Coco before Chanel, Anne Fontaine's smart and sumptuous French-language account of the legendary designer during her early years when she, like her couture, was still ascending from basse to haute... Michael Moore starts Capitalism: A Love Story with a sequence of secuirty-camera videos showing holdups in progress, and ends it by showing himself, like some vigilante version of the environmental artist Christo, stringing great lengths of yellow crime-scene tape around banks and brokerage houses in Lower Manhattan... Clothes may make the man, but the woman makes the clothes in Coco before Chanel, Anne Fontaine's smart and sumptuous French-language account of the legendary designer during her early years when she, like her couture, was still ascending from basse to haute... tag:odeo.com,2009-09-25,25384142 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25186594-Capitalism-A-Love-Story-Coco-Before-Chanel Michael Moore starts Capitalism: A Love Story with a sequence of secuirty-camera videos showing holdups in progress, and ends it by showing himself, like some vigilante version of the environmental artist Christo, stringing great lengths of yellow crime-scene tape around banks and brokerage houses in Lower Manhattan... Clothes may make the man, but the woman makes the clothes in Coco before Chanel, Anne Fontaine's smart and sumptuous French-language account of the legendary designer during her early years when she, like her couture, was still ascending from basse to haute... Michael Moore starts Capitalism: A Love Story with a sequence of secuirty-camera videos showing holdups in progress, and ends it by showing himself, like some vigilante version of the environmental artist Christo, stringing great lengths of yellow crime-scene tape around banks and brokerage houses in Lower Manhattan... Clothes may make the man, but the woman makes the clothes in Coco before Chanel, Anne Fontaine's smart and sumptuous French-language account of the legendary designer during her early years when she, like her couture, was still ascending from basse to haute... Michael Moore starts Capitalism: A Love Story with a sequence of secuirty-camera videos showing holdups in progress, and ends it by showing himself, like some vigilante version of the environmental artist Christo, stringing great lengths of yellow crime-scene tape around banks and brokerage houses in Lower Manhattan... Clothes may make the man, but the woman makes the clothes in Coco before Chanel, Anne Fontaine's smart and sumptuous French-language account of the legendary designer during her early years when she, like her couture, was still ascending from basse to haute... tag:odeo.com,2009-09-25,25186594 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384143-Bright-Star Bright Star is Jane Campion's dramatization of the love affair between the young Romantic poet John Keats and his younger neighbor, Fanny Brawne. The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design (aside from Fanny's dazzling wardrobe, which is justified by her gifts as a seamstress.) But the effect is exhilarating and deeply pleasurable... Bright Star is Jane Campion's dramatization of the love affair between the young Romantic poet John Keats and his younger neighbor, Fanny Brawne. The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design (aside from Fanny's dazzling wardrobe, which is justified by her gifts as a seamstress.) But the effect is exhilarating and deeply pleasurable... Bright Star is Jane Campion's dramatization of the love affair between the young Romantic poet John Keats and his younger neighbor, Fanny Brawne. The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design (aside from Fanny's dazzling wardrobe, which is justified by her gifts as a seamstress.) But the effect is exhilarating and deeply pleasurable... tag:odeo.com,2009-09-18,25384143 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25148967-Bright-Star Bright Star is Jane Campion's dramatization of the love affair between the young Romantic poet John Keats and his younger neighbor, Fanny Brawne. The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design (aside from Fanny's dazzling wardrobe, which is justified by her gifts as a seamstress.) But the effect is exhilarating and deeply pleasurable... Bright Star is Jane Campion's dramatization of the love affair between the young Romantic poet John Keats and his younger neighbor, Fanny Brawne. The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design (aside from Fanny's dazzling wardrobe, which is justified by her gifts as a seamstress.) But the effect is exhilarating and deeply pleasurable... Bright Star is Jane Campion's dramatization of the love affair between the young Romantic poet John Keats and his younger neighbor, Fanny Brawne. The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design (aside from Fanny's dazzling wardrobe, which is justified by her gifts as a seamstress.) But the effect is exhilarating and deeply pleasurable... tag:odeo.com,2009-09-18,25148967 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384144-Telluride-Film-Festival-Picks Love at first sight can be as dangerous as it is exciting, and the sme goes for love at first screening. I fell hard and heedlessly for a film called An Education, which happened to be the first of 14 films I managed to see in the course of three movie-besotted days at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend... (Joe also reviews A Prophet, The Last Station, Bright Star and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.) Love at first sight can be as dangerous as it is exciting, and the sme goes for love at first screening. I fell hard and heedlessly for a film called An Education, which happened to be the first of 14 films I managed to see in the course of three movie-besotted days at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend... (Joe also reviews A Prophet, The Last Station, Bright Star and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.) Love at first sight can be as dangerous as it is exciting, and the sme goes for love at first screening. I fell hard and heedlessly for a film called An Education, which happened to be the first of 14 films I managed to see in the course of three movie-besotted days at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend... (Joe also reviews A Prophet, The Last Station, Bright Star and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.) tag:odeo.com,2009-09-11,25384144 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25110117-Telluride-Film-Festival-Picks Love at first sight can be as dangerous as it is exciting, and the sme goes for love at first screening. I fell hard and heedlessly for a film called An Education, which happened to be the first of 14 films I managed to see in the course of three movie-besotted days at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend... (Joe also reviews A Prophet, The Last Station, Bright Star and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.) Love at first sight can be as dangerous as it is exciting, and the sme goes for love at first screening. I fell hard and heedlessly for a film called An Education, which happened to be the first of 14 films I managed to see in the course of three movie-besotted days at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend... (Joe also reviews A Prophet, The Last Station, Bright Star and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.) Love at first sight can be as dangerous as it is exciting, and the sme goes for love at first screening. I fell hard and heedlessly for a film called An Education, which happened to be the first of 14 films I managed to see in the course of three movie-besotted days at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend... (Joe also reviews A Prophet, The Last Station, Bright Star and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.) tag:odeo.com,2009-09-11,25110117 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384145-Funny-People-Flame-and-Citron The people in Judd Apatow's Funny People are painfully unfunny, and remarkable off-putting... In Flame & Citron, two melancholy Danes share center stage in the movie, but neither one of them is Hamlet... The people in Judd Apatow's Funny People are painfully unfunny, and remarkable off-putting... In Flame & Citron, two melancholy Danes share center stage in the movie, but neither one of them is Hamlet... The people in Judd Apatow's Funny People are painfully unfunny, and remarkable off-putting... In Flame & Citron, two melancholy Danes share center stage in the movie, but neither one of them is Hamlet... tag:odeo.com,2009-07-31,25384145 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24893535-Funny-People-Flame-and-Citron The people in Judd Apatow's Funny People are painfully unfunny, and remarkable off-putting... In Flame & Citron, two melancholy Danes share center stage in the movie, but neither one of them is Hamlet... The people in Judd Apatow's Funny People are painfully unfunny, and remarkable off-putting... In Flame & Citron, two melancholy Danes share center stage in the movie, but neither one of them is Hamlet... The people in Judd Apatow's Funny People are painfully unfunny, and remarkable off-putting... In Flame & Citron, two melancholy Danes share center stage in the movie, but neither one of them is Hamlet... tag:odeo.com,2009-07-31,24893535 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24823584-500-Days-of-Summer-Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince In the preface of (500) Days of Summer, a narrator says, "You should know right up front this is not a love story..." I wrote a mixed revue in the Wall Street Journal for the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... In the preface of (500) Days of Summer, a narrator says, "You should know right up front this is not a love story..." I wrote a mixed revue in the Wall Street Journal for the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... In the preface of (500) Days of Summer, a narrator says, "You should know right up front this is not a love story..." I wrote a mixed revue in the Wall Street Journal for the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... tag:odeo.com,2009-07-17,24823584 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24781219-Bruno-Soul-Power Well, here's the bad news: Brüno is no Borat. Here's the worse news: Brüno crosses the line, like a besotted sprinter, from hilariously awful to genuinely awful... Period pieces can be marvelous or musty, depending on the period, as well as the piece. Soul Power is marvelous, and no wonder -- among the performers in this concert film are James Brown, B.B> King, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba and Celia Cruz, all at the peak of their powers...   Well, here's the bad news: Brüno is no Borat. Here's the worse news: Brüno crosses the line, like a besotted sprinter, from hilariously awful to genuinely awful... Period pieces can be marvelous or musty, depending on the period, as well as the piece. Soul Power is marvelous, and no wonder -- among the performers in this concert film are James Brown, B.B> King, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba and Celia Cruz, all at the peak of their powers...   Well, here's the bad news: Brüno is no Borat. Here's the worse news: Brüno crosses the line, like a besotted sprinter, from hilariously awful to genuinely awful... Period pieces can be marvelous or musty, depending on the period, as well as the piece. Soul Power is marvelous, and no wonder -- among the performers in this concert film are James Brown, B.B> King, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba and Celia Cruz, all at the peak of their powers...   tag:odeo.com,2009-07-10,24781219 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24746224-Public-Enemies Michael Mann's Public Enemies never lacks for interest, or interesting info. Back in the 1930's, for instance, the FBI was simply called the Bureau of Investigation before being formally federalized... Michael Mann's Public Enemies never lacks for interest, or interesting info. Back in the 1930's, for instance, the FBI was simply called the Bureau of Investigation before being formally federalized... Michael Mann's Public Enemies never lacks for interest, or interesting info. Back in the 1930's, for instance, the FBI was simply called the Bureau of Investigation before being formally federalized... tag:odeo.com,2009-07-03,24746224 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24741184-The-Hurt-Locker-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen The Hurt Locker starts with a quote from the journalist Chris Hedges -- "War is a drug" â?? then makes that case with masterful clarity and phenomenal forceâ?¦ In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a National Security Adviser confronts the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime â?? he's a good robot, trying to help us foolish humans defend ourselves against an army of bad Decepticons â?? and says, angrily, "Who are you to pass judgment on us?" The Hurt Locker starts with a quote from the journalist Chris Hedges -- "War is a drug" â?? then makes that case with masterful clarity and phenomenal forceâ?¦ In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a National Security Adviser confronts the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime â?? he's a good robot, trying to help us foolish humans defend ourselves against an army of bad Decepticons â?? and says, angrily, "Who are you to pass judgment on us?" The Hurt Locker starts with a quote from the journalist Chris Hedges -- "War is a drug" â?? then makes that case with masterful clarity and phenomenal forceâ?¦ In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a National Security Adviser confronts the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime â?? he's a good robot, trying to help us foolish humans defend ourselves against an army of bad Decepticons â?? and says, angrily, "Who are you to pass judgment on us?" tag:odeo.com,2009-06-26,24741184 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24733634-Whatever-Works-The-Proposal Boris Yellnikoff is the prolix geezer played by Larry David in Woody Allen's Whatever Works. He was once a world-class physicist teaching string theory at Columbia, but the only string he strums now is misanthropy... At one point in The Proposal Sandra Bullock shakes the handlebars of her runaway bicycle and says frantically, "Why are you not stopping? Stop! Stop!" At more than one point in this wheeze of a romantic comedy I wanted to shake her and say... Boris Yellnikoff is the prolix geezer played by Larry David in Woody Allen's Whatever Works. He was once a world-class physicist teaching string theory at Columbia, but the only string he strums now is misanthropy... At one point in The Proposal Sandra Bullock shakes the handlebars of her runaway bicycle and says frantically, "Why are you not stopping? Stop! Stop!" At more than one point in this wheeze of a romantic comedy I wanted to shake her and say... Boris Yellnikoff is the prolix geezer played by Larry David in Woody Allen's Whatever Works. He was once a world-class physicist teaching string theory at Columbia, but the only string he strums now is misanthropy... At one point in The Proposal Sandra Bullock shakes the handlebars of her runaway bicycle and says frantically, "Why are you not stopping? Stop! Stop!" At more than one point in this wheeze of a romantic comedy I wanted to shake her and say... tag:odeo.com,2009-06-19,24733634 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24697683-Imagine-That-The-Taking-of-Pelham-123 Raise those lowered expectations a bit before you see Eddie Murphy in Imagine That... The Taking of Pelham 123 is Tony Scott's fevered remake of the 1974 thriller about a hijacked subway train... Raise those lowered expectations a bit before you see Eddie Murphy in Imagine That... The Taking of Pelham 123 is Tony Scott's fevered remake of the 1974 thriller about a hijacked subway train... Raise those lowered expectations a bit before you see Eddie Murphy in Imagine That... The Taking of Pelham 123 is Tony Scott's fevered remake of the 1974 thriller about a hijacked subway train... tag:odeo.com,2009-06-12,24697683 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727934-Imagine-That-The-Taking-of-Pelham-123 Raise those lowered expectations a bit before you see Eddie Murphy in Imagine That... The Taking of Pelham 123 is Tony Scott's fevered remake of the 1974 thriller about a hijacked subway train... Raise those lowered expectations a bit before you see Eddie Murphy in Imagine That... The Taking of Pelham 123 is Tony Scott's fevered remake of the 1974 thriller about a hijacked subway train... Raise those lowered expectations a bit before you see Eddie Murphy in Imagine That... The Taking of Pelham 123 is Tony Scott's fevered remake of the 1974 thriller about a hijacked subway train... tag:odeo.com,2009-06-12,24727934 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727935-Land-of-the-Lost-24-City General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on... Studs Terkel, the late chronicler of American workers and their work, would have loved 24 City. I certainly did, and I hadn't expected to be stirred by an account of Chinese workers and their labors over the course of decades in a factory that became their whole world... General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on... Studs Terkel, the late chronicler of American workers and their work, would have loved 24 City. I certainly did, and I hadn't expected to be stirred by an account of Chinese workers and their labors over the course of decades in a factory that became their whole world... General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on... Studs Terkel, the late chronicler of American workers and their work, would have loved 24 City. I certainly did, and I hadn't expected to be stirred by an account of Chinese workers and their labors over the course of decades in a factory that became their whole world... tag:odeo.com,2009-06-05,24727935 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24658570-Land-of-the-Lost-24-City General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on... Studs Terkel, the late chronicler of American workers and their work, would have loved 24 City. I certainly did, and I hadn't expected to be stirred by an account of Chinese workers and their labors over the course of decades in a factory that became their whole world... General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on... Studs Terkel, the late chronicler of American workers and their work, would have loved 24 City. I certainly did, and I hadn't expected to be stirred by an account of Chinese workers and their labors over the course of decades in a factory that became their whole world... General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and artistically bankrupt fantasy cost something in the neighborhood of $100 million to make and isn't worth the celluloid it's printed on... Studs Terkel, the late chronicler of American workers and their work, would have loved 24 City. I certainly did, and I hadn't expected to be stirred by an account of Chinese workers and their labors over the course of decades in a factory that became their whole world... tag:odeo.com,2009-06-05,24658570 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727936-Drag-Me-to-Hell-Departures The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy for all the right reasons, and up to speed on the mortgage crisis too... Most of the events in Departures flow from a comical misunderstanding. After a Tokyo orchestra is disbanded, a discouraged young cellist, Daigo, looks for a new line or work... The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy for all the right reasons, and up to speed on the mortgage crisis too... Most of the events in Departures flow from a comical misunderstanding. After a Tokyo orchestra is disbanded, a discouraged young cellist, Daigo, looks for a new line or work... The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy for all the right reasons, and up to speed on the mortgage crisis too... Most of the events in Departures flow from a comical misunderstanding. After a Tokyo orchestra is disbanded, a discouraged young cellist, Daigo, looks for a new line or work... tag:odeo.com,2009-05-29,24727936 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24628964-Drag-Me-to-Hell-Departures The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy for all the right reasons, and up to speed on the mortgage crisis too... Most of the events in Departures flow from a comical misunderstanding. After a Tokyo orchestra is disbanded, a discouraged young cellist, Daigo, looks for a new line or work... The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy for all the right reasons, and up to speed on the mortgage crisis too... Most of the events in Departures flow from a comical misunderstanding. After a Tokyo orchestra is disbanded, a discouraged young cellist, Daigo, looks for a new line or work... The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy for all the right reasons, and up to speed on the mortgage crisis too... Most of the events in Departures flow from a comical misunderstanding. After a Tokyo orchestra is disbanded, a discouraged young cellist, Daigo, looks for a new line or work... tag:odeo.com,2009-05-29,24628964 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727937-Terminator-Salvation-Night-at-the-Museum-Battle-of-the-Smithsonian In Terminator Salvation, primal screams come with the bleak territory. Any character of consequence gets to unleash one, and there's plenty to scream about... Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is critic-proof; nothing I might say would have the slightest effect on its commercial fate... In Terminator Salvation, primal screams come with the bleak territory. Any character of consequence gets to unleash one, and there's plenty to scream about... Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is critic-proof; nothing I might say would have the slightest effect on its commercial fate... In Terminator Salvation, primal screams come with the bleak territory. Any character of consequence gets to unleash one, and there's plenty to scream about... Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is critic-proof; nothing I might say would have the slightest effect on its commercial fate... tag:odeo.com,2009-05-22,24727937 Fri, 22 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727938-Angels-and-Demons-Management Angels and Demons draws a sharp historical distinction between the Illuminati (the bad guys) and the Catholic Church's Preferiti (the good guys), but the movie may leave you feeling like a member of the Stupefiti... Management, a debut feature by Stephen Belber is a sentimental and modestly enjoyable fantasy of mutual need... Angels and Demons draws a sharp historical distinction between the Illuminati (the bad guys) and the Catholic Church's Preferiti (the good guys), but the movie may leave you feeling like a member of the Stupefiti... Management, a debut feature by Stephen Belber is a sentimental and modestly enjoyable fantasy of mutual need... Angels and Demons draws a sharp historical distinction between the Illuminati (the bad guys) and the Catholic Church's Preferiti (the good guys), but the movie may leave you feeling like a member of the Stupefiti... Management, a debut feature by Stephen Belber is a sentimental and modestly enjoyable fantasy of mutual need... tag:odeo.com,2009-05-15,24727938 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727939-Star-Trek-Galaxy-Quest Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Star Trek. He also mentions Qalaxy Quest, which is just being released on DVD. Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Star Trek. He also mentions Qalaxy Quest, which is just being released on DVD. Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Star Trek. He also mentions Qalaxy Quest, which is just being released on DVD. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-08,24727939 Fri, 08 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727940-X-Men-Origins-Wolverine-Ghosts-of-Girlfriends-Past It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out... Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey act?... If his self-pleasure seems unearned, it's at least appropriate to the character he plays in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol... It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out... Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey act?... If his self-pleasure seems unearned, it's at least appropriate to the character he plays in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol... It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out... Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey act?... If his self-pleasure seems unearned, it's at least appropriate to the character he plays in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol... tag:odeo.com,2009-05-01,24727940 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24527295-X-Men-Origins-Wolverine-Ghosts-of-Girlfriends-Past It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out... Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey act?... If his self-pleasure seems unearned, it's at least appropriate to the character he plays in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol... It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out... Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey act?... If his self-pleasure seems unearned, it's at least appropriate to the character he plays in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol... It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out... Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey act?... If his self-pleasure seems unearned, it's at least appropriate to the character he plays in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a bizarre conflation of chick flick and A Christmas Carol... tag:odeo.com,2009-05-01,24527295 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727941-The-Soloist The Soloist is actually a duet on the theme of redemption. It's scored for two very different, though equally remarkable actors, and performed with uncanny bravura... The Soloist is actually a duet on the theme of redemption. It's scored for two very different, though equally remarkable actors, and performed with uncanny bravura... The Soloist is actually a duet on the theme of redemption. It's scored for two very different, though equally remarkable actors, and performed with uncanny bravura... tag:odeo.com,2009-04-24,24727941 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727942-Every-Little-Step-State-of-Play How long has it been since a mo vie left you literally speechless? For me it's been a week. When the lights came up after a screening of Every Little Step , a friend and I turned to each other but we could only gulp and emit small gasps... Sources are as crucial to filmmakers as they are to investigative journalists. In the glossy, ambitious thriller State of Play , Russel Crowe is a powerful presence as Cal McAffrey, a veteran reporter for a newspaper that resembles the Washington Post... How long has it been since a mo vie left you literally speechless? For me it's been a week. When the lights came up after a screening of Every Little Step , a friend and I turned to each other but we could only gulp and emit small gasps... Sources are as crucial to filmmakers as they are to investigative journalists. In the glossy, ambitious thriller State of Play , Russel Crowe is a powerful presence as Cal McAffrey, a veteran reporter for a newspaper that resembles the Washington Post... How long has it been since a mo vie left you literally speechless? For me it's been a week. When the lights came up after a screening of Every Little Step , a friend and I turned to each other but we could only gulp and emit small gasps... Sources are as crucial to filmmakers as they are to investigative journalists. In the glossy, ambitious thriller State of Play , Russel Crowe is a powerful presence as Cal McAffrey, a veteran reporter for a newspaper that resembles the Washington Post... tag:odeo.com,2009-04-17,24727942 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24727943-Valentino-The-Last-Emperor-Adventureland Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-04-03,24727943 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24405490-Valentino-The-Last-Emperor-Adventureland Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-04-03,24405490 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24405491-Valentino-The-Last-Emperor-Adventureland Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or a train driver. â??No, no,â?? Valentino says with amusement, he always dreamed about movie stars, the silver screen, â??about everything beautiful in the world.â?¦â?? Greg Mottola (Superbad) is back, as both writer and director, with Adventureland, an ambitious film that sets the goofiness of extended adolescence against the sadness of being adrift in an adult worldâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-04-03,24405491 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24373985-Monsters-vs-Aliens-Shall-We-Kiss One of the retro monsters in DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs Aliens is a scientist with the head of a cockroach. He points to another monster, a blobby blue cyclops called B.O.B., and says haughtily, "As you can see, he has no brain..." Shall We Kiss? gives us storytelling as art. Emmanuel Mouret's romantic drama, in French with English subtitles, is expert, intricate, ineffably droll, surprisingly provocative and completely enchanting... One of the retro monsters in DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs Aliens is a scientist with the head of a cockroach. He points to another monster, a blobby blue cyclops called B.O.B., and says haughtily, "As you can see, he has no brain..." Shall We Kiss? gives us storytelling as art. Emmanuel Mouret's romantic drama, in French with English subtitles, is expert, intricate, ineffably droll, surprisingly provocative and completely enchanting... One of the retro monsters in DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs Aliens is a scientist with the head of a cockroach. He points to another monster, a blobby blue cyclops called B.O.B., and says haughtily, "As you can see, he has no brain..." Shall We Kiss? gives us storytelling as art. Emmanuel Mouret's romantic drama, in French with English subtitles, is expert, intricate, ineffably droll, surprisingly provocative and completely enchanting... tag:odeo.com,2009-03-27,24373985 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:20:29 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24336957-Duplicity-Sin-Nombre To give Duplicity its due, Tony Gilroy's romantic caper goes against the Hollywood grain by smartening itself up instead of dumbing itself downâ?¦ By Hollywood standards Sin Nombre is a very small movie, shot in Spanish on a tight budget in Mexico, but it's a very big dealâ?¦ To give Duplicity its due, Tony Gilroy's romantic caper goes against the Hollywood grain by smartening itself up instead of dumbing itself downâ?¦ By Hollywood standards Sin Nombre is a very small movie, shot in Spanish on a tight budget in Mexico, but it's a very big dealâ?¦ To give Duplicity its due, Tony Gilroy's romantic caper goes against the Hollywood grain by smartening itself up instead of dumbing itself downâ?¦ By Hollywood standards Sin Nombre is a very small movie, shot in Spanish on a tight budget in Mexico, but it's a very big dealâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-03-20,24336957 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24303412-Sunshine-Cleaning At the end of Sunshine Cleaning, a foxy grandpa shrugs off the extravagance of an advertising claim he has made by saying, "It's a business lie. It's no the same as a life lie..." At the end of Sunshine Cleaning, a foxy grandpa shrugs off the extravagance of an advertising claim he has made by saying, "It's a business lie. It's no the same as a life lie..." At the end of Sunshine Cleaning, a foxy grandpa shrugs off the extravagance of an advertising claim he has made by saying, "It's a business lie. It's no the same as a life lie..." tag:odeo.com,2009-03-13,24303412 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:44:00 -0700 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24267875-Watchmen-Everlasting-Moments Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise, given the source material... A camera story owner in Everlasting Moments tells a winsome customer, "Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing." He's flirting with her, of course... Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise, given the source material... A camera story owner in Everlasting Moments tells a winsome customer, "Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing." He's flirting with her, of course... Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise, given the source material... A camera story owner in Everlasting Moments tells a winsome customer, "Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing." He's flirting with her, of course... tag:odeo.com,2009-03-06,24267875 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24272150-Watchmen-Everlasting-Moments Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise, given the source material... A camera story owner in Everlasting Moments tells a winsome customer, "Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing." He's flirting with her, of course... Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise, given the source material... A camera story owner in Everlasting Moments tells a winsome customer, "Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing." He's flirting with her, of course... Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise, given the source material... A camera story owner in Everlasting Moments tells a winsome customer, "Not everyone is endowed with the gift of seeing." He's flirting with her, of course... tag:odeo.com,2009-03-06,24272150 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24232353-Crossing-Over-An-American-Affair Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap... I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America must be forewarned... Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap... I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America must be forewarned... Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap... I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America must be forewarned... tag:odeo.com,2009-02-27,24232353 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24272151-Crossing-Over-An-American-Affair Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap... I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America must be forewarned... Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap... I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America must be forewarned... Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap... I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America must be forewarned... tag:odeo.com,2009-02-27,24272151 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24209109-Eleven-Minutes-Must-Read-after-My-Death A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-02-20,24209109 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24148975-Eleven-Minutes-Must-Read-after-My-Death A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-02-20,24148975 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24272152-Eleven-Minutes-Must-Read-after-My-Death A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it offâ?¦ Horror and social value contend for equal honors in Must Read after My Death , a frightening â?? and eerily edifying â?? documentary that Morgan Dews created from a family trove of photos, Dictaphone letters, audiotapes, voluminous transcripts and home moviesâ?¦ tag:odeo.com,2009-02-20,24272152 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:44:00 -0800 no KCRW's Film Reviews