Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases including the final part of “The Hunger Games” series, the heralded indie “Carol” starring Cate Blanchett, a promising Christmas comedy, “The Night Before,” and more. We also speak to the author who wrote the very first Walter Brennan biography. TGI-Filmweek!
FilmWeek: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,’ ‘Carol’ and more
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases including the final part of “The Hunger Games” series, the heralded indie “Carol” starring Cate Blanchett, a promising Christmas comedy, “The Night Before,” and more. TGI-Filmweek!
Guests:
Lael Loewenstein , film critic for KPCC
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor
Christy Lemire , host of YouTube’s “What the Flick?”
New biography delves into the life of scene-stealer Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan was one of Hollywood’s most memorable Hollywood character actors.
But more so than his scene-stealing turns, it was his distinctive voice that audiences young and old will remember, a voice that has come to symbolize the genre of the American Western.
Brennan played the career-defining role of Grandpa in “The Real McCoys,” but his life was much more than the sum of his contributions to the movie industry.
Author Carl Rollyson includes hundreds of personal stories retold by Brennan's family and friends in the western icon's first published biography.
Guest:
Carl Rollyson , author of “ A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan ” (University Press of Mississipi, 2015)