Movie Round-Up

Aug. 08, 2014

In our weekly round-up of the latest movies and movie news, our critics do their critical thing on the 5th installment in the Step Up series of dance movies; Lasse Hallstrom's “The Hundred Foot Journey,” starring Helen Mirren; and the tornado movie “Into the Storm.”

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Credits

Guests:

Alonso Duralde - chief US film critic for The Film Verdict and co-host of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife - @ADuralde
Dave White - film critic and co-host of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife - @dlelandwhite

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Andrew Walsh, Christian Bordal, Matt Holzman, Jolie Myers, Anna Scott

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