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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Mortal Kombat’ takes itself too seriously but fans of the 1995 film will enjoy, says critic

    Critics review the new “Mortal Kombat,” based on the 1990s video game featuring Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, and Sonya Blade; “Together Together,” starring Ed Helms as a single man who decides he’s ready to have a child via surrogate, played by…

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 23, 2021 • 14m Listen

    Critics review the new “Mortal Kombat,” based on the 1990s video game featuring Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, and Sonya Blade; “Together Together,” starring Ed Helms as a single man who decides he’s ready to have a child via surrogate, played by Patti Harrison, and the two end up spending a lot of time together; the thriller “Stowaway,” in which a three-person mission to Mars winds up with an extra passenger; “Sisters with Transistors,” a documentary profiling the women who pioneered electronic music.

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    Whether schools and businesses can require COVID-19 vaccinations
    1. 0:00California public schools have 160,000 fewer students enrolled. What does that mean for their future?
    2. 8:28Can schools and businesses require COVID-19 vaccinations?
    3. 16:06Creating tiny homes for unhoused Angelenos: Moral, financial and aesthetic questions
    4. 26:30‘Mortal Kombat’ takes itself too seriously but fans of the 1995 film will enjoy, says criticYou’re reading this
    5. 41:00Watching the Oscars this Sunday? Nibble on appetizers and have a drink ready
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Producer, Press Play

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      William Bibbiani

      film critic for the Wrap and co-host of the Critically Acclaimed Network

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      Katie Walsh

      film reviewer for the Tribune News Service, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wrap

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Whether schools and businesses can require COVID-19 vaccinations
    1. 0:00California public schools have 160,000 fewer students enrolled. What does that mean for their future?
    2. 8:28Can schools and businesses require COVID-19 vaccinations?
    3. 16:06Creating tiny homes for unhoused Angelenos: Moral, financial and aesthetic questions
    4. 26:30‘Mortal Kombat’ takes itself too seriously but fans of the 1995 film will enjoy, says criticYou’re reading this
    5. 41:00Watching the Oscars this Sunday? Nibble on appetizers and have a drink ready
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand