Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein and Henry Sheehan review this week’s releases, including “Chappie,” “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Unfinished Business” and more. TGI-Filmweek!
Filmweek: 'Chappie,' 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,' 'Unfinished Business' and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein and Henry Sheehan review this week’s releases, including “Chappie,” “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Unfinished Business” and more. TGI-Filmweek!
Guests:
Lael Loewenstein , film critic for KPCC and Variety
Henry Sheehan , film critic for KPCC and CriticsAGoGo.com
'Chappie' and 21st Century sci-fi grasps to imagine future of artificial intelligence
"Chappie," the big science fiction film opening this weekend, takes on the concept of artificial intelligence - when robots become empowered to think for themselves often with dangerous consequences.
It's well-trodden ground by sci fi masters such as James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd, Stanley Kubrick and George Lucas. However, in the 20th century, those filmmakers had the advantage of the genre being more fictional than scientific.
As our techie culture continues to make leaps and bounds, are filmic portrayals of artificial intelligence keeping up? What makes a robot believable in the 21st century? What was evocative about R2-D2, the Terminator, and Samantha in Spike Jonze's "Her?"
Guests:
Lael Loewenstein , film critic for KPCC and Variety
Henry Sheehan , film critic for KPCC and CriticsAGoGo.com