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FilmWeek

Filmweek: ‘No Escape’, ‘We Are Your Friends,’ ‘Z for Zachariah,’ and more

By FilmWeek Staff
Published Aug 28, 2015
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 24: (L-R) Pierce Brosnan, Lake Bell and Owen Wilson attend the special screening of NO ESCAPE with Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan at Dolby 88 Theater on August 24, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Weinstein)
(L-R) Pierce Brosnan, Lake Bell and Owen Wilson attend the special screening of NO ESCAPE with Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan at Dolby 88 Theater on August 24, 2015 in New York City
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Filmweek: ‘No Escape’, ‘We Are Your Friends,’ ‘Z for Zachariah,’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Wade Major, and Amy Nicholson review this week’s releases, including the thriller “No Escape;” a tale of LA’s DJ scene in “We Are Your Friends;” an adaptation of a celebrated novel with “Z is for Zachariah;” and more. TGI-Filmweek!

Guests:

Wade Major, Film Critic for KPCC and IGN’s DigiGods.com

Lael Loewenstein, Film Critic for KPCC and “Variety”

Amy Nicholson, Film Critic for KPCC and Chief Film Critic for “LA Weekly”

August 28, 2015 films reviewed:

No Escape
We Are Your Friends
Z for Zachariah
Zipper
Turbo Kid
Guidance
Forbidden Games (1952)
The Second Mother
When Animals dream
Rosenwald
Butterfly Girl

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