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Walt Bodine Show
4:11 pm
Thu March 22, 2012

Movie Critics: New Releases, Hunger Games

On this Friday's Walt Bodine Show, co-host Russ Simmons and the Movie Critics will review recent movie releases, including John Carter, Jeff Who Lives At Home, 21 Jump Street, The Hunger Games, and We Need To Talk About Kevin.

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Film Review
1:19 pm
Thu March 22, 2012

'We Need To Talk About Kevin' A Modern Horror Story

Tilda Swinton tests a mother's courage in "...Kevin."

In the opening scene of We Need to Talk About Kevin,  Lynne Ramsay's film about the aftermath of a mass murder at a high school, people are sensually writhing in what looks like pulpy blood.

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Film Review
1:55 pm
Thu March 15, 2012

Son's Illness Provokes A 'Declaration Of War'

Valerie Donzelli and Jeremie Elkaim as parents at war.

In the fresh and edgy new French film Declaration of War, young parents become consumed with the fear that their son's constant shrieking and wobbly, delayed steps signify something frightening.

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Up to Date
11:45 am
Fri March 9, 2012

Up to Date's Film Critics' "Three To See"

Looking for a great art, independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of March 9-11, 2012?

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Thu March 8, 2012

What's Showing In Art, Independent, Foreign and Documentary Film

Car companies that destroyed their electric cars in 2006 are now scrambling to be the best producer of the vehicles. A young woman coming of age as an African-American lesbian living in Brooklyn. Two single people who take a different route to parenthood from their married friends.

These are just some of the latest topics being addressed by independent, foreign and documentary films.  Friday on Up to Date, critics Cynthia Haines, Steve Walker, and Bob Butler tell us how well these films do in shedding light on their subjects.

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Central Standard
9:56 am
Tue March 6, 2012

"Kick Me" Kicking Off in KC

In the second half of this Tuesday's Central Standard, we interrogate a KCK cop about his emerging career as an indie film star, before he becomes famous.

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Film Fest
8:30 am
Mon March 5, 2012

True/False Film Festival Explores Art And Artifice

Rise and fall of the American dream in "The Queen of Versailles."

The power of art and the fallibility of artifice met head on at this weekend's 9th annual True/False documentary film festival in Columbia, Missouri.

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