FilmWeek
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Filmweek (05/10/13): The Great Gatsby, Peeples, And Now...
Larry and KPCC critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan review this week’s releases, including The Great Gatsby, Peeples, And Now a Word from Our Sponsor, and more. Then members of the Source Family tell us about their new documentary.
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FilmWeek (05/03/13): Iron Man 3, Midnight’s Children,...
Larry and KPCC critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein review this week’s releases, including Iron Man 3, Midnight’s Children, The Iceman, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (04/26/13): Mud, Pain and Gain, The Big...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Lael Loewenstein to review the week’s new film releases, including Mud, Pain and Gain, The Big Wedding and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (04/19/13): Oblivion, In The House, and...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s releases, including Oblivion, In The House, and Antiviral. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (04/12/13): To the Wonder, 42, Upstream Color,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s latest, including To the Wonder, 42, It’s a Disaster, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (04/05/13): Trance, The Company You Keep, Evil...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Claudia Puig to review this week’s releases, including Trance, The Company You Keep, Evil Dead, Neighboring Sounds, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (03/29/13): A Place Beyond the Pines, The Host,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s releases, including A Place Beyond the Pines, The Host, Blancanieves, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (03/22/13): Olympus Has Fallen, Admission, The...
Larry and KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Lael Loewenstein, and Charles Solomon review this week’s new releases, including Olympus Has Fallen, Admission, The Croods, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (03/15/13): The Call, The Incredible Burt...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Claudia Puig, and Charles Soloman to review the week’s new film releases including The Call, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Spring Breakers, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (03/08/13): Oz the Great and Powerful, Beyond...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Henry Sheehan, and Charles Soloman to review the week’s new film releases including Oz the Great and Powerful, War Witch, Dead Man Down, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (03/01/13): Jack the Giant Slayer, 21 & Over,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Peter Rainer to review the week’s new film releases including Jack the Giant Slayer, 21 & Over, The End of Love, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek: 2013 Oscar Preview
Hollywood’s biggest night of the year is nearly here and as Tinseltown prepares for the Oscars, Larry Mantle and the FilmWeek critics offer their recommendations, critiques, and predictions about who should, who will, and who won’t win Academy Awards on Sunday. Who do the critics think will win Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture? To find out, listen in as Larry hosts the Eleventh Annual FilmWeek Oscar Preview at the historic Egyptian Theatre. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (02/15/13): Beautiful Creatures, A Good Day to...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Henry Sheehan to review the week’s new film releases including Beautiful Creatures, A Good Day to Die Hard, Escape from Planet Earth and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (02/08/13): Side Effects, Identity Thief, Lore,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein from the L.A. Times Community Paper chain and Peter Rainer from the Christian Science Monitor to review the week’s new film releases including Side Effects, Identity Thief, Lore, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III and more. Plus, Larry interviews director Ang Lee about making Life of Pi. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (02/01/13): Bullet to the Head, Warm Bodies,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review the week’s new film releases including Bullet to the Head, Girls Against Boys, Warm Bodies and more. Also Peter Rainer from the Christian Science Monitor dishes on the latest news from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts calls in to offer her view on her film The Impossible. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (01/25/13): Parker, Hansel and Gretel: Witch...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein from the L.A. Times Community Paper chain and Lael Loewenstein from Variety to review the week’s new film releases including Parker, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, John Dies at the End, Movie 43 and more.
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FilmWeek (01/18/13): 56 Up, Borken City, Mama and more
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review the week’s new film releases including 56 Up, Broken City, Mama and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (01/11/13): Gangster Squad, Uprising and more
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein from the L.A. Times Community Papers chain and Claudia Puig from USA Today to review the week's new film releases including Gangster Squad, Quartet, Uprising and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (01/04/13): Texas Chainsaw 3D, Allegiance, Only...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell from Box Office Magazine and Henry Sheehan from dearhenrysheehan.com to review the week’s new film releases including Allegiance, Only The Young, Texas Chainsaw 3D and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/28/12): Promised Land, Parental Guidance,...
Guest host David Lazarus is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan from dearhenrysheehan.com and Lael Loewenstein from Variety to review the week’s new film releases including Promised Land, Parental Guidance and more. Plus, the critics and David look back at the films of 2012 to highlight the best overlooked films of the year. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/21/12): Zero Dark Thirty, The Impossible,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Andy Klein, and Henry Sheenhan to review the week's new film releases including Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables, Django Unchained, On the Road, This Is 40 and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/07/12): Hyde Park on Hudson, Quartet, Rust...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Peter Rainer from the Christian Science Monitor and Lael Loewenstein from Variety to review the week’s new film releases including Hyde Park on Hudson, Quartet, Rust and Bone, Playing for Keeps, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/30/12): The Gate Keepers, Killing Them...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major to review the week’s new film releases including The Gatekeepers, Killing Them Softly, The Central Park Five and more. Also, Larry interviews prominent filmmaker Ken Burns about his film The Central Park Five. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/23/12): Life of Pi, Hitchcock, Price Check...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Peter Rainer and Charles Solomon to review the weeks new film releases including Life of Pi, Hitchcock, Price Check and more...
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Filmweek (11/16/12): Anna Karenina, Silver Linings...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Henry Sheehan to review the weeks new film releases including Anna Karenina, Silver Linings Playbook, The Twilight Saga...
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FilmWeek (11/09/12): Skyfall, Lincoln, and more
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major to review the weeks new film releases including Skyfall, Lincoln, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/02/12): Flight, Wreck-It-Ralph, This Must...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan from dearhenrysheehan.com, Lael Loewenstein from Variety and Charles Solomon from amazon.com to review the week’s new film releases including Flight, Wreck-It-Ralph, This Must Be the Place and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/26/12): Cloud Atlas, Fun Size, The...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell of Boxoffice Magazine and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor to review the week’s new films, including Cloud Atlas, Fun...
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FilmWeek (10/12/19): Alex Cross, The Sessions, For Ellen...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Wade Major to review the week’s new films, including Alex Cross, The Sessions, For Ellen and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/12/12): Argo, Here Comes the Boom, Seven...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein to review the week’s new films, including Argo, Here Comes the Boom, Seven Psychopaths and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/5/12): Frankenweenie, Taken 2, The...
FilmWeek: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to discuss this week’s new films, including Frankenweenie, Taken 2, The Paperboy and more. Plus, we turn on our flux capacitor so our resident time travel expert, Andy Klein, can review last week’s Looper. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (9/28/12): Looper, Won’t Back Down, Hotel...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (9/21/12): Trouble With the Curve, End of...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig to review this week’s new films, including Trouble With the Curve, End of Watch, Dredd 3D, The House at the End of the Street, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and more.
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FilmWeek (9/14/12): The Master, Resident Evil:...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (9/7/12): The Words, Lawless, The Eye of the...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (8/24/12): Hit Run, Premium Rush, Robot Frank,...
Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig to review this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (8/17/12): The Expendables 2, ParaNorman,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (8/10/12): The Bourne Legacy, The Campaign,...
Guest host David Lazarus is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Peter Rainer to review this week’s new films, including The Bourne Legacy, The Campaign, Hope Springs and more.
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FilmWeek (8/3/12): Total Recall, Celeste and Jesse...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig to review this week’s new movies.
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FilmWeek (7/27/12): The Watch, Ruby Sparks, Dark Horse...
Our guest host David Lazarus is joined by KPCC film critics to review this week’s new films, including The Watch, Ruby Sparks, Dark Horse and more.
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FilmWeek (7/20/12): The Dark Knight Rises
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Peter Rainer to discuss the tragic shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises.
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FilmWeek (7/13/12): Ice Age: Continental Drift, Red...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review this week's new films.
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FilmWeek (7/6/12): Savages, Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major to review this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (6/29/12): The Amazing Spider-Man, Magic Mike,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Henry Sheehan to discuss the week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (6/22/12): Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics bTim Cogshell/b, bAndy Klein/b and bCharles Solomon/b to discuss this week’s movies.
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FilmWeek (6/15/12): Rock of Ages, That's My Boy, Your...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (6/8/12): Prometheus, Madagascar 3: Europe’s...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (6/1/12): Snow White and the Huntsman,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Wade Major and Charles Solomon to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (5/25/12): Men in Black 3, Chernobyl Diaries,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Henry Sheehan to discuss this week’s new films, including Men in Black 3, Chernobyl Diaries, Moonrise Kingdom and more. TGI-FilmWeek...
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FilmWeek (5/18/12): The Dictator, Battleship, What to...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer to discuss this week’s new films
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FilmWeek (5/11/12): Dark Shadows, God Bless America,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Claudia Puig to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek: The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,...
Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Wade Major to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek: 'The Five-Year Engagement,' 'The Pirates! Band...
Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to discuss this week’s new films.
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FilmWeek (4/20/12): The Lucky One, Think Like a Man,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein to review this week’s films, including The Lucky One, Think Like a Man and more.
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FilmWeek (4/13/12): The Three Stooges, The Cabin in the...
KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan join guest host David Lazarus to discuss this week’s new movies.
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FilmWeek (4/6/12): American Reunion, We the Party,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics to review this week’s films, including American Reunion, We the Party, Damsels in Distress and more.
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FilmWeek (3/30/12): Wrath of the Titans, Mirror Mirror,...
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Henry Sheehan to discuss this week’s movies.
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FilmWeek (3/23/12): The Hunger Games, 4:44 Last Day on...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell join guest host Nick Roman to review the week’s new film releases.
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FilmWeek (3/16/12): 21 Jump Street; Casa de Mi Padre;...
KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including 21 Jump Street, Casa de Mi Padre and more.
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FilmWeek (3/9/12): John Carter, Salmon Fishing in the...
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases.
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FilmWeek (3/2/12): Act of Valor, Wanderlust, Dr. Seuss’...
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FilmWeek (2/24/12): Academy Awards Preview at the...
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FilmWeek (2/17/12): This Means War, Ghost Rider: Spirit...
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FilmWeek (2/10/12): Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,...
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FilmWeek (2/3/12): Big Miracle, Chronicle, The Woman in...
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FilmWeek (1/27/12): The Grey, Man on a Ledge, Margaret,...
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FilmWeek (1/20/12): Underworld Awakening, Red Tails,...
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FilmWeek (1/13/12): Beauty and the Beast 3D, Joyful...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Wade Major and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including Beauty and the Beast 3D, Joyful Noise, Contraband, Sing Your Song and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (1/6/11): Beneath the Darkness, Over Your...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Henry Sheehan join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including Beneath the Darkness, The Devil Inside, 8 Murders a Day, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow and It’s About You. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/23/11): War Horse, The Girl With the Dragon...
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including War Horse, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, We Bought a Zoo and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/16/11): Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Wade Major and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Carnage and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/9/11): Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Young...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Claudia Puig join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Young Adult, We Need to Talk About Kevin, W.E., In Darkness and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/2/11): Shame, Coriolanus, The Lady and more
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Henry Sheehan join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including Shame, Coriolanus, The Lady and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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Filmweek (11/25/11): The Muppets, Arthur Christmas,...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Wade Major and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, Hugo, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/18/11): The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Happy Feet Two, The Descendants and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/11/11): J. Edgar, Jack and Jill,...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Peter Rainer join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including J. Edgar, Jack and Jill, Melancholia, Into the Abyss and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/4/11): Tower Heist, A Very Harold & Kumar...
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including Tower Heist, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, The Son of No One, Young Goethe in Love, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/28/11): In Time, Puss in Boots, The Rum...
Guest host David Lazarus is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor and amazon.com animation historian Charles Solomon to review this week’s films, including In Time, Puss in Boots, The Rum Diary, Anonymous and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/21/11): Paranormal Activity 3, The Three...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell of Box Office Magazine join Larry to review the new films this week, including Paranormal Activity 3, The Three Musketeers, Johnny English Reborn, Le Havre and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/14/11)
KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Claudia Puig of USA Today join Larry to review the new films this week including Footloose, The Thing, The Big Year and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/07/11): The Ides of March, Real Steel,...
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell of Box Office Magazine and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com join Larry to review the new films this week including The Ides of March, Real Steel, 1911, Dirty Girl, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (9/30/11): 50/50, What's Your Number?, Sarah...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com join Larry to review the new films this week including 50/50, What's Your Number?, Sarah Palin: You Betcha! and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (9/23/11): Moneyball, Abduction, Dolphin Tale...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Claudia Puig join Larry to review the new films this week including Moneyball, Abduction, Dolphin Tale and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (9/16/11): Drive, The Lion King 3-D, Straw...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Charles Solomon and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the new films Drive, The Lion King 3-D, Straw Dogs, Contagion and more. Plus, critic Peter Rainer calls in to discuss his account of the Toronto Film Festival. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (9/2/11): The Debt, Seven Days in Utopia,...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major join Larry to review this week's films including The Debt, Seven Days in Utopia, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (8/26/11): Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,...
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Wade Major join guest host David Lazarus to review this week's films including Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Colombiana, Our Idiot Brother, Higher Ground and more. Plus, KPCC film critic Peter Rainer calls in to discuss his recent trip to the Montreal Film Festival. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (8/12/11): The Help, 30 Minutes or Less, Final...
KPCC film critics Lael Lowenstein and Claudia Puig join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Help, 30 Minutes or Less, Final Destination 5, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (8/5/11): Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Peter Rainer join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Change-Up, The Future and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (7/29/11): Cowboys & Aliens; The Smurfs; Crazy,...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Cowboys & Aliens; The Smurfs; Crazy, Stupid, Love; Attack the Block; Point Blank; Good Neighbors and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (7/22/11): Captain America: The First Avenger,...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Captain America: The First Avenger, Friends With Benefits, Another Earth, A Little Help, Good Day for It, Sarah’s Key, Passione, and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (7/15/11): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Lael Lowenstein, Wade Major and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Winnie the Pooh, Salvation Boulevard, Lucky, Tabloid and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (7/8/11): Zookeeper, Horrible Bosses, The Ward,...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Zookeeper, Horrible Bosses, The Ward, The Ledge, Ironclad, The Chameleon and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (7/1/11): Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Larry...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Larry Crowne, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Terri, The Perfect Host, Monte Carlo, 35 and Ticking, The First Beautiful Thing, Vincent Wants to Sea and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (6/24/11): Cars 2, Bad Teacher, The Best and...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Cars 2, Bad Teacher, The Best and the Brightest, A Better Life and more. Plus, we have Wade Major to discuss the "Films That Got Away" screenings that LAFCA co-programmed at the LA Film Festival. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (6/17/11): Green Lantern, Mr. Popper's...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Lael Loewenstein join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Green Lantern, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Art of Getting By, Road to Nowhere and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (6/10/11): Super 8, Judy Moody and the Not...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Super 8, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, Bride Flight, The Trip, Viva Riva, Just Like Us and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (6/3/11): X-Men: First Class, Beginners,...
KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including X-Men: First Class, Beginners, Beautiful Boy, Submarine and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (5/27/11): The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Henry Sheehan and Charles Soloman join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Tree of Life, Dumbstruck, Make Believe and The Abduction of Zack Butterfield. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (5/20/11): Pirates of the Caribbean: On...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Midnight in Paris, Bloodworth, Earthwork, The Big Uneasy, How to Live Forever and more. Claudia Puig also brings us the best films at Cannes 2011. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (5/13/11): Bridesmaids, The Big Bang,...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Bridesmaids, The Big Bang, Everything Must Go, Hesher, Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (5/6/11): Thor, The Beaver, Mia and the Migoo,...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Thor, The Beaver, Mia and the Migoo, Passion Play, The Robber, There Be Dragons and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (4/29/11): Fast Five, 13 Assassins, Hoodwinked...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Fast Five, 13 Assassins, Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (4/22/2011): Water for Elephants, Meek’s...
KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Water for Elephants, Meek’s Cutoff, The Bang Bang Club, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (4/15/2011): Rio, Scream 4, The Conspirator,...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Rio, Scream 4, The Conspirator, Henry’s Crime, Atlas Shrugged Part I, American: The Bill Hicks Story and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (4/8/11): Arthur, Your Highness, Hanna, Soul...
KPCC film critics Wade Major and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Arthur, Your Highness, Hanna, Soul Surfer, Circo and more. Plus, we’ll find out about the big hits at the Bermuda International Film Festival, which just wrapped. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (4/1/11): Source Code, Hop, Insidious, Trust,...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Claudia Puig join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Source Code, Hop, Insidious, Trust, Queen to Play and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (3/25/11): Sucker Punch, Diary of a Wimpy Kid:...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Sucker Punch, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Miral, Potiche, White Irish Drinkers and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (3/18/11): The Lincoln Lawyer, Paul, Limitless,...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join guest host David Lazarus to review the week’s new film releases including The Lincoln Lawyer, Paul, Limitless, Win Win, Cracks and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (3/11/11): Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, Jane Eyre and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (3/4/11): The Adjustment Bureau, Rango, Strange...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Adjustment Bureau, Rango, Strange Case of Angelica, Beastly, Hall Pass and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (2/25/11): FilmWeek’s 9th annual Oscar preview...
AirTalk rolled out the red carpet at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood for our 9th annual Academy Awards Preview show. Larry and KPCC's FilmWeek critics Andy Klein, Lael Loewenstein, Wade Major, Claudia Puig, Peter Rainer, Henry Sheehan, Charles Solomon, and Tim Cogshell talked about the best movies of the year and which ones should take home the gold. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (2/18/11): Unknown, Immigration Tango, I Am...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Unknown, Immigration Tango, I Am Number Four, The Last Lions and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (2/4/11): Sanctum, The Other Woman, Waiting for...
KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Claudia Puig join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Sanctum, The Other Woman, Waiting for Forever, Troubadours and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (1/28/11): The Rite, The Mechanic, When We...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Rite, The Mechanic, When We Leave, The Housemaid and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (1/21/11): No Strings Attached, Mumbai Diaries...
KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including No Strings Attached, Mumbai Diaries, Applause and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (1/14/11): The Green Hornet, The Dilemma, and...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein join Larry to review the week’s new film releases The Green Hornet, The Dilemma, Every Day and Barney's Version. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (1/7/11): Season of the Witch and Summer Wars
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and animation critic Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Season of the Witch and Summer Wars. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/24/10): True Grit, Country Strong,...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Wade Major, Andy Klein and animation critic Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including True Grit, Country Strong, Gulliver's Travels, Little Fockers, Somewhere, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/17/10): Tron: Legacy, How Do You Know, Yogi...
KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Lael Loewenstein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Tron: Legacy, How Do You Know, Yogi Bear, Casino Jack, Rabbit Hole, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/10/10): The Tourist, All Good Things, The...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Tourist, The Fighter, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, All Good Things, and The Tempest, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (12/3/10): Barney’s Version, Black Swan, I Love...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Henry Sheehan, and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Barney’s Version, Black Swan, I Love You Phillip Morris, Dreams of Jinsha, and Meskada, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/26/10): Burlesque, The Kings Speech, Love...
KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Burlesque, The Kings Speech, Love and Other Drugs, Tangled, and White Materials, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/19/10): Harry Potter and the Deathly...
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com and Charles Solomon of amazon.com join Larry to discuss the week’s new film releases including Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part 1), The Next Three Days, Made In Dagenham, Kuroneko, Today’s Special, and Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (11/12/10): Morning Glory, Unstoppable, Client...
FilmWeek: Morning Glory, Unstoppable, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, Cool It, The Taqwacores and The Kids Grow Up, among others. TGI-Filmweek!
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FilmWeek (11/5/10): Due Date, Megamind, 127 Hours, Fair...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Due Date, Megamind, 127 Hours, For Colored Girls, Fair Game, and Four Lions, among others… TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/29/10): Saw 3D, Welcome To The Rileys, The...
KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell of Box Office Magazine and Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Saw 3-D, Welcome To The Rileys, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, Wild Target and Shake Hands With The Devil among others… TGI-FilmWeek! And, your favorite scary movies.
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FilmWeek (10/22/10): Carlos, My Dog Tulip, Inhale,...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Carlos, My Dog Tulip, Inhale, GhettoPhysics: Will The Real Pimps And Ho’s Please Stand Up!, and Ticked Off Trannies With Knives, among others. Later, what are your favorite political or election-themed movies? TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek (10/15/10): Hereafter, Red, Conviction, Down...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com and Lael Loewensten of Variety join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Hereafter, Red, Conviction, Down Terrace and Almar, among others. TGI-Filmweek!
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FilmWeek (10/8/10): Secretariat, Life As We Know It,...
KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Claudia Puig of USA Today join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Secretariat, Life As We Know It, Stone, It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, Tamara Drewe, Nowhere Boy, and Leaving, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek for October 1, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Senior Film Critic for Box Office Magazine and Andy Klein, film critic for Brand X join Larry to discuss the week’s new film releases including The Social Network, Howl, Case 39, Let Me In, Barry Munday, and The Girl, among others. Later, director Stephen Frears on his new comedy Tamara Drewe; and, the directors of Catfish.
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FilmWeek: Wall Street 2, You Will Meet a Tall Dark...
TGI-FilmWeek! KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com, Andy Klein of Brand X and Charles Solomon of amazon.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, You Again, Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Buried, Waiting For Superman, and Enter The Void, among others. Later, the large life of Cecil B. DeMille.
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FilmWeek 9/17/10: The Town, Never Let Me Go, Easy A,...
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Tim Cogshell of BoxOffice Magazine join Larry to discuss the week’s new film releases including The Town, Never Let Me Go, Easy A, Jack Goes Boating, Alpha And Omega, Lovely Still and Catfish, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! What’s hot and what’s not at the Toronto Film Festival? Peter Rainer and Claudia Puig share their crib sheets. Later, from the soundtracks for Chinatown and An American in Paris, to L.A. Confidential and...
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FilmWeek for September 10, 2010: The Romantics, I’m...
KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com review this week’s new releases including The Romantics, I’m Still Here, Heartbreaker, and Sequestro among others. Later, the director of Sequestro. TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek: The American, Going The Distance, Machete &...
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig of USA Today and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the week’s new film releases including The American, Going The Distance, Machete, A Woman A Gun And A Noodle Shop, and Soul Kitchen, among others. Later, a look at Boris Karloff and his series Thriller.
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FilmWeek for August 27, 2010: Centurion, Mesrine: Killer...
FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Andy Klein of Brand X review the week’s new film releases including Takers, Centurion, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, The Last Exorcism, The People I’ve Slept With and The Kid: Chamaco, TGI-FilmWeek! Peter Rainer gives us the low down on an Ingmar Bergman exhibit at the Academy with screenings at LACMA. Later, special editions and director's cuts, are they worth your time and money?
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FilmWeek for August 20, 2010: The Switch, Lottery...
KPCCs film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Tim Cogshell of Boxoffice Magazine review the week’s new film releases including The Switch, Lottery Ticket, Nanny McPhee Returns, The Tillman Story and A Film Unfinished, among others. Later, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Fest. And, will the summer movie season end with a bang... or a whimper? What films would you like to see come out of Hollywood? TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek for August 13, 2010: Eat Pray Love, The...
KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Claudia Puig of USA Today discuss the week’s new films, including Eat, Pray, Love; The Expendables, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World; Lebanon and more. Later, critic Peter Rainer shares tales from Ingmar Bergman week on the Swedish island of Faro. And Larry and the critics mark the passing of actress Patricia Neal. Later, do personal journeys translate to film?
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FilmWeek for August 6, 2010: The Other Guys, The Extra...
KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Andy Klein of Brand X review the week’s new film releases including The Other Guys, The Extra Man, Flipped, and Twelve among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, which films succeed, or fail, at portraying gay characters?
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FilmWeek for July 30, 2010: Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner...
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Andy Klein of Brand X critique the week’s new film releases including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist And Rebel, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, Gibson, Polanksi, Lohan: when it comes to Hollywood's crimes and misdeeds, can you separate the art from the artist?
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FilmWeek for July 23, 2010: Salt, Ramona and Beezus,...
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the films opening this week including Salt, Ramona And Beezus, Farewell, Valhalla Rising, and Mademoiselle Chambon. Then, Ingmar Berman Week, and a talk with Guillaume Canet about his film Farewell.
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FilmWeek for July 16, 2010: Inception, Sorcerer's...
Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of Brand X and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Inception, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Operation Endgame, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead, among others. And do ultra-hyped openings help or hurt films? TGI-FilmWeek!
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FilmWeek for July 9, 2010: Despicable Me, Predators, The...
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig of USA Today, Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Despicable Me, Predators, The Kids Are Alright, and The Girl Who Played With Fire, among others. Later, director Taylor Hackford and his wife actress Helen Mirren discuss their new film, Love Ranch.
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FilmWeek for July 2, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer, Andy Klein of Brand X and Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com discuss several of the week’s new film releases including The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Last Airbender, Love Ranch, and South of the Border among others. Next, Larry opens up the phones for “Twi-Hards” to sound off about Eclipse. Are you “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob?” And Oliver Stone discusses his new political documentary South of the Border
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FilmWeek for June 25, 2010
Guest host David Lazarus and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Knight and Day, Grown-Ups, The Killer Inside Me, Restrepo, and Let It Rain among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, Pam Grier is here with Larry.
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FilmWeek for June 18, 2010: Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex,...
KPCC critics Lael Loewenstein and Henry Sheehan review the week's releases, including Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex, Cyrus, Anton Chekhov's The Duel, I Am Love, 8: The Mormon Proposition and Stonewall Uprising. Later, Larry talks with the director of Toy Story 3.
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FilmWeek for June 11, 2010
Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of Brand X and Wade Major of boxoffice.com discuss the week’s new film releases including The A Team, The Karate Kid, Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, and Winter’s Bone, among others. Later, Larry talks with the director and lead actress of the new film Winter's Bone.
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FilmWeek for June 4, 2010: Get Him to the Greek, Splice,...
Larry Mantle and KPCC FilmWeek Critics Claudia Puig of USA Today, Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor, and Charles Solomon animation critic for amazon.com and animation historian, join Larry to discuss this week’s new film releases including Get Him To The Greek, Splice, Marmaduke, Ondine, Perrier’s Bounty, John Rabe, and Micmacs, among others.
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FilmWeek for May 28, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig of USA Today and Lael Loewenstein of Variety discuss the week’s film openings including Sex And The City 2, and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, among others. Lael and Claudia will also discuss the uptick in films made for women in light of the opening of Sex And The City 2. Are these films done well for women? Are they usually any good? What is your favorite “chick flick?” What type of women’s movies do you like? Later, John Rabe on John...
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FilmWeek for May 21, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer, Andy Klein of Brand X and Charles Solomon animation critic and historian for amazon.com, discuss the week’s new film releases including Shrek Forever After, MacGruber, Solitary Man, Holy Rollers, Kites, Looking For Eric, The Best Worst Movie, The Oath, and The Father Of My Children among others. Later, this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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FilmWeek for May 14, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Wade Major of boxoffice.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Just Wright, and Princess Kaiulani, among others. Later, the business backstage at Cannes, and the fine art of film preservation.
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FilmWeek for May 7, 2010
Larry talks with KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer and Henry Sheehan about the week’s new movie releases including Iron Man 2, Mother And Child, Babies, The Human Centipede, Casino Jack And The United States of Money, Behind The Burly Q, OSS 117: Lost In Rio, Mercy, and The Lightkeepers. Later, a history of DreamWorks studios and the men who would be king.
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FilmWeek for April 30, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Lael Loewenstein of Variety discuss the films opening this week including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Furry Vengeance, Please Give, Harry Brown, The Good Heart, The Good, The Bad, And The Weird, Dirty Hands, and Timer. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, Jerry Weintraub's still talking.
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FilmWeek for April 23, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer, Andy Klein of Brand X and Charles Solomon, animation historian and critic for amazon.com discuss the week’s new releases including The Losers, The Back-Up Plan, Oceans, The City Of Your Final Destination, Paper Man, No One Knows About Persian Cats, and Sita Sings The Blues. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, Carol Burnett joins fellow Hollywood High School alum Larry to reminisce.
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FilmWeek for April 16, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the week’s new film releases including The Joneses, Death At A Funeral, Kick Ass, Handsome Harry, The Secret In Their Eyes, Who Do You Love, The Perfect Game, Dancing Across Borders and The Cartel. Later, classic movie poster art from 1936-1943.
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FilmWeek for April 9, 2010
Guest host David Lazarus and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Claudia Puig of USA Today discuss the week’s new film releases including Date Night, After.Life, La Mission, Mid-August Lunch, Phyllis and Harold, The Square, When You’re Strange, Godspeed, and Women Without Men, among others. Later, is there a Hollywood overdose on 3-D movies?
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FilmWeek for April 2, 2010
Larry and the critics review the week's new movies, including Clash of the Titans, The Last Song, The Greatest, and The Secret of Kells. Later, Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mike Nelson is back to poke fun at Hollywood blockbusters, and Peter Rainer reviews the Bermuda Film Fest.
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FilmWeek for March 26, 2010
Guest host David Lazarus and KPCC film critics Andy Klein of Brand X, Wade Major of boxoffice.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com discuss the week’s new film releases, including How to Train Your Dragon, How Tub Time Machine, Chloe, and Waking Sleeping Beauty, among others. Then, Larry's back with the Dragon filmmakers.
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FilmWeek for March 19, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the week’s new film releases including The Bounty Hunter, Repo Men, Diary of A Wimpy Kid, The Runaways, Greenberg, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Tales From The Script, among others. Then, a look at the new documentary, Waking Sleeping Beauty.
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FilmWeek for March 12, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer and Claudia Puig of USA Today review the week’s new film releases, including Green Zone, Remember Me, She's Out of My League, Our Family Wedding, Toe to Toe, American Radical, The Art of the Steal, Children of Invention, Mother, and Brooklyn's Finest. Later, Larry talks with Alex Ben Block, editor of "Blockbusting," George Lucas' guide to timeless films.
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FilmWeek for March 5, 2010
Charles and Andy drag Larry down the rabbit hole to discuss Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Then, Larry Mantle and all the FilmWeek critics traveled to the Egyptian Theatre for our 8th annual Academy Awards preview show. Who will take home Oscar gold? Who will be disappointed? KPCC’s critics make their predictions.
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FilmWeek for February 26, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com and Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor discuss the week’s new film releases including Cop Out, The Crazies, A Prophet, Defendor, Easier With Practice, Formosa Betrayed, and The Yellow Handkerchief. Then, Larry talks with Gabourey Sidibe, the Oscar-nominated star of Precious.
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FilmWeek for February 19, 2010
Larry Mantle and critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Claudia Puig of USA Today discuss the week’s new film releases including Shutter Island, Ghost Writer, The Girl On The Train, Ajami, The Good Guy, Happy Tears, Blood Done Sign My Name, and October Country. KPCC critic Charles Solomon of amazon.com will also join Wade and Claudia to talk about the Oscar nominated animated and live actions shorts.
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FilmWeek for February 12, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Valentine’s Day, Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Wolfman, North Face, Red Riding Trilogy and Terribly Happy. Larry will also discuss the Santa Barbara Film Festival that runs through this weekend. Later, do romantic films distort our ideas about love?
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FilmWeek for February 5, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC critics Jean Oppenheimer and Andy Klein of Brand X discuss the week’s new film releases including From Paris with Love, Dear John, District 13: Ultimatum, and Frozen. The critics will also discuss the Academy Award nominations and the “Best of British Noir Series” at the NuArt. Then, true stories from Up in the Air.
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FilmWeek for January 29, 2010
Larry and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major review the week's releases, including Edge of Darkness, When in Rome, Fish Tank and Saint John of Las Vegas. Then Peter Rainer joins us live from Utah with the latest from the Sundance Film Festival. Later, Larry talks with biographer Mark Viera about the life of Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg.
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FilmWeek for January 22, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer and Henry Sheehan discuss the week’s new film releases, including Tooth Fairy, Extraordinary Measures, To Save a Life, Drool, and Creation. Larry and the critics also discuss the Golden Globe winners, and check in with Peter Rainer from the Sundance Film Festival. Then we talk with Peter Biskind about the life, career and loves of Warren Beatty.
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FilmWeek for January 15, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Andy Klein of Brand X and Lael Loewenstein of Variety review the week’s new film releases, including Book of Eli, The Spy Next Door, 44 Inch Chest, and The Last Station. They will also discuss their top films of 2009 and the Writers Guild of America nominations. Then, the great search for the worst movie, ever.
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FilmWeek for January 8, 2010
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com and Wade Major of boxoffice.com discuss the week’s new film releases including Leap Year, Youth In Revolt, Daybreakers, Wonderful World, Bitch Slap, Waiting For Armageddon, Bicycle Thief, and The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond. They will also discuss their top films from 2009. Then, Samson & Delilah, Australia’s foreign-language entry for the 82nd Academy Awards, tells the story of two children growing up in a remote Aboriginal...
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FilmWeek for December 23, 2009
Larry Mantle talks with KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, Claudia Puig of USA Today and Wade Major of boxoffice.com about the week’s new film releases including Sherlock Holmes, It’s Complicated, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Creation, The White Ribbon, Police Adjective and Gigante. Then, Larry and the critics discuss their favorite holiday films.
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FilmWeek for December 11, 2009
The week’s new film releases including Invictus, The Lovely Bones, A Single Man, Broken Embraces, Uncertainty, The Misfortunates, Until The Light Takes Us, Yesterday Was A Lie, and The Vicious Kind. Then Larry talks with the director and writer of the film, “Up In The Air,” Jason Reitman, about his critically acclaimed film and his career in Hollywood.
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FilmWeek for December 4, 2009
The week’s new film releases including Up In The Air, Brothers, Everybody’s Fine, The Last Station, Serious Moonlight, The Strip, Fifty Dead Men Walking, and The Secret of Kells. Then, Leslie Caron recounts living through Hollywood's Golden Era, from her iconic role in "Gigi", to her romance with Warren Beatty, to her struggles to overcome depression and alcoholism later in life. Today, Caron runs a bed-and-breakfast outside of Paris but continues to act. In 2007, she received an Emmy for a...
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FilmWeek for November 27, 2009
The week’s new film releases including Old Dogs, The Princess And The Frog, Ninja Assassin, The Road, Red Cliff, The Missing Person, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and The Sun.
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FilmWeek for November 20, 2009
The week’s new releases, including New Moon, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Blind Side, Planet 51, Defamation, That Evening Sun, and La Danse, among others. Plus "High Society", Grace Kelly's life, her impact on Hollywood, and her years as a princess.
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FilmWeek for November 13, 2009
the week’s new film releases including 2012, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Pirate Radio, Endgame, TEN9EIGHT: Shoot For The Moon, and Women In Trouble, among others, plus the cinematography of Laszlo and Vilmos.
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FilmWeek for November 6, 2009
The week’s new releases including Disney’s A Christmas Carol, The Men Who Stare At Goats, The Box, Precious, The Fourth Kind, The Yes Men Fix The World, Turning Green, The Wedding Song, Died Young Stayed Pretty, and Araya. Plus, author William Mann talks about his new biography of the famed film star, Elizabeth Taylor.
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FilmWeek for October 30, 2009
The week’s new film releases, including This Is It, Gentlemen Broncos, Skin, The House of the Devil, The Fall, and Jump. The AFI Fest presents movies by emerging and established filmmakers. Larry Mantle talks with AFI Fest’s artistic director about this year’s lineup. Finally, author Mitchell Zuckoff joins Larry Mantle to talk about legendary Hollywood movie maker Robert Altman.
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FilmWeek for October 23, 2009
The week’s new film releases including Amelia, Antichrist, Astro Boy, Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Ong Bak 2, Motherhood, Untitled, The Maid, The Canyon, and Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky. Mitch Albom is here. The author of Tuesdays with Morrie has written a new book that profiles a Jewish rabbi preparing for his own death and a Christian pastor who works with Detroit's homeless.
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FilmWeek for October 16, 2009
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig of USA Today, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon of amazon.com discuss the week’s new film releases, including Where the Wild Things Are; Law Abiding Citizen, Black Dynamite; New York, I Love You; Visual Acoustics; Trucker; and Bronson.
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FilmWeek for October 9, 2009
The week’s new film releases, including Couples Retreat; An Education; Bliss; 35 Shots of Rum; The Damned United; Good Hair; The Horse Boy; Paranormal Activity; and Peter and Vandy. And, a look at films of 1939, including the Wizard of Oz and Stagecoach.
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FilmWeek for October 2, 2009
the week’s new film releases including The Invention of Lying, Zombieland, Whip It!, A Serious Man, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, A Beautiful Life, My Fuhrer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler, More Than A Game, In Search of Beethoven, and The Providence Effect. And the arrest of filmmaker Roman Polanski.
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FilmWeek for September 25, 2009
The week’s new film releases, including Surrogates, Fame, The Boys Are Back, Capitalism: A Love Story, Coco Before Chanel, Disgrace, The Most Dangerous Man In America, We Live In Public, and Lord, Save Us From Your Followers.
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FilmWeek for September 18, 2009
The week’s new releases, including Love Happens, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, The Informant, Bright Star, The Burning Plain, American Casino, Laila’s Birthday, Crude, Paris, and You, the Living. And we talk about the Montreal and Toronto film festivals, and about the deaths this week of Larry Gelbart, Henry Gibson, and Patrick Swayze.
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FilmWeek for September 11, 2009
Reviews of the week’s new film releases including Whiteout, 9, Walt and El Grupo, The Other Man, Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, Big Fan, Loren Cass, White on Rice, Art and Copy, No Impact Man, and The September Issue. The critics will also discuss the career of Entertainment writer, Army Archerd of Variety who died this week. And, a talk with KPCC film critic Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media who has just returned from the Telluride Film Festival.
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FilmWeek for September 4, 2009
Reviews of this weeks films including All About Steve, Extract, Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy-Footed Mutha, Amreeka, Still Walking and The Headless Woman. Plus a talk about Russian film and the Russian government’s regulation of film.
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FilmWeek for August 28, 2009
Reviews of the week’s new film releases including Taking Woodstock, Five Minutes of Heaven, World’s Greatest Dad, Play The Game, This Beautiful City, Orgies and the Meaning of Life, The Baader-Meinof Complex, and Cloud 9. Plus a talk with Bobcat Goldthwait.
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FilmWeek for August 21, 2009
Reviews including Inglourious Basterds, Shorts, My One and Only, X-Games 3D:The Movie, Post Grad, Beeswax, Earth Days, and Gotta Dance. Larry talks with KPCC film critics Andy Klein of Brand X, Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media, and Wade Major of boxoffice.com about the films and career of director Quentin Tarantino.
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FilmWeek for August 14, 2009
Discussion and reviews of District 9, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Ponyo, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Spread, Bandslam, It Might Get Loud, Flame&Citron, and Grace, among others. Then, in light of news that Steven Spielberg will remake the Jimmy Stewart classic film, “Harvey," we open the phones to ask, Which films should NOT be re-made?
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FilmWeek for August 7, 2009
Reviews of G.I. Joe, Rise of the Cobra, Julie & Julia, Cold Souls, Paper Heart, Fragments, A Woman in Berlin and more. Plus, the deaths of screenwriter Bud Schulberg and writer/director John Hughes.
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FilmWeek for July 31, 2009
Larry talks with the KPCC film critics about all the week's new film releases including Funny People, Adam, and Thirst among others. Then, Larry is joined by filmmaker Werner Herzog about his new book, “Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo," and about his movie-making career.
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FilmWeek for July 24, 2009
Reviews of all the week's new film releases including The Ugly Truth, G-Force, Orphan, and Shrink among others. And, the new film, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg, and the DocuWeeks theatrical showcase.
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FilmWeek for July 17, 2009
Reviews of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, (500) Days of Summer, Tony Manero, Death In Love, Homecoming, The Poker House, Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America, and The Queen and I; I would definitely go to the movies if _____ directed/starred in/wrote it...
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FilmWeek for July 10, 2009
Reviews of Bruno, I Love You Beth Cooper, Blood: The Last Vampire, Weather Girl, Soul Power, An Unlikely Weapon, and Herb and Dorothy; James Gavin on the life and times of Lena Horne.
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FilmWeek for Jul 03, 2009
Reviews of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Public Enemies, The Girl From Monaco, and more; 20 golden years of the Disney master classes
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FilmWeek for Jun 26, 2009
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FilmWeek for Friday, June 19, 2009
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics weigh in on this week's new releases including "Year One," "The Proposal," "Whatever Works," "Irene In Time," "The Narrows," "Sex Positive," "$9.99," and "The End of the Line." Then Larry chats with producer Rebecca Yeldham about the line-up at this year's Los Angeles Film Festival. And finally, Larry talks with actor Patricia Clarkson about her role in Woody Allen's new film "Whatever Works."
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FilmWeek for Friday, June 12, 2009
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics discuss the week's new film releases including The Taking of Pelham 123, Imagine That, Moon, Tetro, The Art of Being Straight, Dim Sum Funeral, Food Inc., Kabei, Our Mother, A Wink And A Smile, Unmistaken Child, and Seraphine.
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FilmWeek for Friday, June 5, 2009
Reviews of: "Land of the Lost," "The Hangover," "Away We Go," "Downloading Nancy," and "My Life in Ruins."
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FilmWeek for Friday, May 29, 2009
Reviews of: "Up," "Drag Me To Hell," "What Goes Up," "Summer Hours," "Burma VJ," "Departures," "Tulpan;" Larry Interviews "Up" Director Pete Docter
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FilmWeek for Friday, May 22, 2009
Reviews of: "Terminator Salvation," "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," "The Girlfriend Experience," "Easy Virtue," and "O'Horten;" Larry Interviews Director Bent Hamer
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FilmWeek for Friday, March 27, 2009
Reviews of: "Monsters vs. Aliens"; "The Haunting In Connecticut"; "Spinning Into Butter"; "The Education of Charlie Banks"; "Three Monkeys"; and "Tokyo Sonata."
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