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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' is worthy only of silver

Our critics review "The Kitchen," about wives who become powerful mobsters in Hell's Kitchen; "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," a live-action film based on the "Dora the Explorer" cartoon, in which Dora tries saving her parents while trying to…

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Aug 9, 2019 • 1 min read

Our critics review "The Kitchen," about wives who become powerful mobsters in Hell's Kitchen; "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," a live-action film based on the "Dora the Explorer" cartoon, in which Dora tries saving her parents while trying to solve a mystery about a lost Incan civilization; "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," about horror stories that become real for a group of teens; "After the Wedding," about a woman who needs money for her orphanage in India and travels to New York to meet a benefactor.

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    Barbara Bogaev

    radio journalist

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    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    Michell Eloy

    Line Editor, Press Play

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    Digital News & Culture Editor

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    Amy Nicholson

    host of the podcast “Unspooled” and film reviewer for the Los Angeles Times

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    senior U.S. critic for Screen International and author of “This Is How You Make a Movie”

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