Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Movies: Star Trek, Divergent, Don't Think Twice
Our movie critics talk about this weekend's premieres: What Trekkies have to look forward to in the third installment of the Star Trek reboot, failure and success among a circle of improv players in Mike Birbiglia's Don't Think Twice, and why dystopian teen saga Divergent is being dropped from theatrical release and going straight to TV.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOur movie critics talk about this weekend's premieres: What Trekkies have to look forward to in the third installment of the Star Trek reboot, failure and success among a circle of improv players in Mike Birbiglia's Don't Think Twice, and why dystopian teen saga Divergent is being dropped from theatrical release and going straight to TV.
The full episode
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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'
Tim Grierson
senior U.S. critic for Screen International and author of “This Is How You Make a Movie”
Witney Seibold
senior writer at SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed Network
The full episode
4 of 5Stoking Fear as Trump's Political Strategy- 0:30Donald Trump's Acceptance Speech and the Use of Fear as a Tool
- 9:01New Statistics Report an Uptick in Crime in Los Angeles
- 18:32Who is on Hillary Clinton's Shortlist for VP?
- 28:30Movies: Star Trek, Divergent, Don't Think TwiceYou’re reading this
- 42:05Highlights from Comic-Con 2016