Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Captain Jack Sparrow returns, and Netflix gets booed at Cannes
Our critics review the fifth franchise of “Pirates of the Caribbean;” “War Machine,” in which Brad Pitt plays General McMahon and Ben Kingsley portrays Hamid Karzai; and “Baywatch,” a film adaptation of the old David Hasselhoff series. We also look at what’s been going on at the Cannes Film Festival.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOur critics review the fifth franchise of “Pirates of the Caribbean;” “War Machine,” in which Brad Pitt plays General McMahon and Ben Kingsley portrays Hamid Karzai; and “Baywatch,” a film adaptation of the old David Hasselhoff series. We also look at what’s been going on at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Alonso Duralde
film critic; co-host, "Linoleum Knife" movie podcast; author, “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” (Second Edition) and "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film"
Dave White
film critic and co-host of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife
Alicia Malone
host on Turner Classic Movies
The full episode
4 of 5What did Trump accomplish on his first trip abroad?- 0:00How did President Trump do on his world stage debut?
- 10:38ICE detains U.S. citizen in San Bernardino
- 17:39Remembering media-shy LA philanthropist Jerry Perenchio
- 28:12Captain Jack Sparrow returns, and Netflix gets booed at CannesYou’re reading this
- 43:10At Big Sur, how do you get rid of one million tons of dirt?