Cesar Chavez, Noah, and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mar. 28, 2014

In today’s film roundup, we talk about the new Cesar Chavez biopic, the biblical epic Noah, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest return to the screen. Also, our guests defend Gwyneth Paltrow against all the haters out there.

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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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