A flop in 1982, Ridley Scott's loose adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel explores the nebulous definition of what it means to be human via a noir-inspired story of killer robots and those that killed them.
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This week, Spike Lee remakes an Akira Kurosawa noir for a vibrant New York City and an ass-kicking Bob Odenkirk loses its novelty.
On the unique qualities of Laura Linney as one in a pair of screwed-up siblings in 'You Can Count on Me' and 'The Savages.'
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Brian De Palma's 1983 update of Howard Hawks' 1932 gangster movie classic arrived amidst a storm of controversy that's never fully lifted.
Critic Jen Chaney joins the podcast for a discussion of a post-apocalyptic teen zombie comedy that takes its protagonists seriously.