‘Sinners,’ ‘The Wedding Banquet’ remake, and more in theaters this weekend
Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in a music-besotted, blood-drenched supernatural thriller, Sinners. And Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a remake of the groundbreaking 1993 rom-com, The Wedding Banquet.
More than half of Americans use subtitles because audio is ‘muddled,’ survey finds
A survey by the language learning site Preply found that more than half of Americans say they use subtitles because movie soundtracks are too hard to understand.
Josh Gad
Josh Gad joins us to talk about his new memoir In Gad We Trust: A Tell Some. He also gets into what life was like growing up in South Florida, the one time he refuses to use his Olaf voice and winning three national titles in teen oratory competitions.
‘Warfare’ aims for accuracy
The new film Warfare dispenses with a lot of things you’ve come to expect from Hollywood war movies. It’s based on the memories of a platoon of Navy SEALS, and attempts to capture the chaos of one specific Iraq War conflict as accurately as possible. T…
Lies and consequences lend new weight to ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2
The second season of HBO’s hit zombie series takes what works the first season and turns it upside down, mining new drama from the uncertainty.
Academy Awards add a new category — for stunt design
The Academy Awards added a new category that recognizes stunt design. We talk to a veteran stunt coordinator about the long road to recognition for stunt professionals.
Bryce Dallas Howard explores humans’ love of pets in new documentary
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Bryce Dallas Howard about her new documentary, Pets, and the love and responsibility of being a pet guardian.
‘Drop’ is a bumpy, chaotic thrill ride
In the bonkers thriller Drop, Meghann Fahy plays a woman whose first date goes off the rails when she starts getting increasingly alarming message drops from someone nearby. And this potentially romantic dinner turns into a life-or-death situation, real quick.
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Bruce Vilanch is proud of all the awful TV he made
Bruce Vilanch wrote for countless TV variety shows dating back over 50 years. Sometimes, those shows turn out great! Think of Billy Crystal at the Oscars! The stuff that’s not so great, you can read about in his new book: It Seemed Like A Bad Idea At The Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote. Vilanch tells Bullseye stories from behind the scenes of the Oscars, The Brady Bunch, and the Star Wars Holiday Special.
‘The Amateur’ and 3 more buzzy movies in theaters this weekend
Rami Malek plays a CIA data analyst out of his depth in The Amateur, while Warfare depicts a real-life Iraqi mission, calibrated as a cinematic show-of-force.
Pop culture that changed our minds
At a certain point, most of us settle into a groove with our pop culture consumption. We know what we love and what we’re not into. But sometimes, all it takes is one great outlier or a willingness to step outside our comfort zone to make us reconsider what we don’t like. Today we’re talking about our pop culture revelations, including Friday Night Lights, Train to Busan, the poetry of Mary Oliver, and Watchmen.
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