John Paul Stevens' retirement. Rating restaurants online is one thing, but what about your coworkers? Then it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Reviews of Date Night, After.Life, La Mission, Mid-August Lunch and The Square. Later, guest host David Lazarus and the critics laud and lament the rise of 3D movies.
Justice John Paul Stevens announces retirement
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has announced that he will retire after the court's current session ends this summer. Stevens, who will turn 90 this month, was appointed by Gerald Ford and emerged as the leader of the court's liberal wing over his 34-year tenure. What is Justice Stevens' legacy, and who are his possible replacements?
Guests:
Robert Barnes, Supreme Court reporter for the Washington Post
Daniel Klerman, USC Law professor, who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Mark Tushnet, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
GetUnvarnished.com: career booster or destroyer?
There’s a new site on the social networking block – and it’s stirring up controversy. GetUnvarnished.com lets you anonymously rate your coworkers. But beware, your colleagues can review you right back. It’s sort of a cross between Yelp, where users review businesses, and LinkedIn, where professionals network. Only here, reviews can’t be erased, ever. Not by users anyway. Creators say the site strives to bring accountability and transparency to the office, by giving workers a place to speak their minds freely. But is that really a good idea? Will users be constructive or destructive? David talks with one of the co-founders and takes (lots of) semi-anonymous listener calls.
Guest:
Peter Kazanjy, co-founder of Unvarnished
FilmWeek
Guest host David Lazarus and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Claudia Puig of USA Today discuss the week’s new film releases including Date Night, After.Life, La Mission, Mid-August Lunch, Phyllis and Harold, The Square, When You’re Strange, Godspeed, and Women Without Men, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Live tweeting this week's reviews:
Guests:
Claudia Puig, KPCC film critic and film critic for USA Today Wade Major, KPCC film critic and film critic for boxoffice.com
An O.D. on 3D movies?
With releases in the past few months including Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, How to Train Your Dragon, and Clash of the Titans, Hollywood has increased its output of 3-D movies- as well as the ticket prices to go with them. What does this trend mean for moviegoers and the film industry? Is it a profit-driven gimmick that puts style over substance? Or does the 3-D treatment enhance the viewing experience?
Guests:
Claudia Puig, KPCC film critic and film critic for USA Today
Wade Major, KPCC film critic and film critic for boxoffice.com