Press Play with Madeleine Brand
In live-action remake, Mulan is like Rey from ‘Star Wars’ and talking dragon Mushu is gone
Critics review Disney’s live-action remake of “Mulan;” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” from director Charlie Kaufman about one couple’s unusual relationship and mind games; “The Andorra Hustle,” about a bank robbery in the tiny country of Andorra,…
By Madeleine Brand • • 15m ListenCritics review Disney’s live-action remake of “Mulan;” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” from director Charlie Kaufman about one couple’s unusual relationship and mind games; “The Andorra Hustle,” about a bank robbery in the tiny country of Andorra, situated between France and Spain; “Love, Guaranteed,” about a lawyer and her relationship with a new client, who wants to sue a dating website over its guarantee of love.
Also, one of the biggest releases of the summer is coming out today, but it’s not showing in LA. Audiences must head to the San Diego area where select theaters are showing Christopher Nolan’s new film “Tenet.”
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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
Witney Seibold
senior writer at SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed Network
Amy Nicholson
host of the podcast “Unspooled” and film reviewer for the Los Angeles Times
The full episode
4 of 4College life during a pandemic- 0:00Zoom classes, no dorm parties, daily symptom checks: Living on-campus during the pandemic
- 15:32Triple digit heat in LA this Labor Day weekend — what that means for the most vulnerable residents
- 24:36‘Merman Mike’ scuba dives to retrieve people’s lost keepsakes in Sacramento
- 34:26In live-action remake, Mulan is like Rey from ‘Star Wars’ and talking dragon Mushu is goneYou’re reading this