Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Film Roundup: Pixels, Paper Towns, Southpaw
Adam Sandler’s Pixels seems to be universally loathed by critics—it earned a 19 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, aliens have intercepted a time capsule that was sent into space in the ‘80’s that included footage of old video games - and they mistake it for a declaration of war. That and more on today’s film roundup.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAdam Sandler’s Pixels seems to be universally loathed by critics—it earned a 19 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, aliens have intercepted a time capsule that was sent into space in the ‘80’s that included footage of old video games - and they mistake it for a declaration of war. That and more on today’s film roundup.
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GMO Bill Passes, 'What Pet Should I Get?', and Michael Silverblatt on Harper Lee- 0:00GMO Bill Passes the House
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Dave White
film critic and co-host of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife
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"
The full episode
4 of 4GMO Bill Passes, 'What Pet Should I Get?', and Michael Silverblatt on Harper Lee- 0:00GMO Bill Passes the House
- 14:54'What Pet Should I Get?'
- 24:11Bookworm on Harper Lee
- 36:24Film Roundup: Pixels, Paper Towns, SouthpawYou’re reading this