FilmWeek: ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ ‘Masterminds,’ the new Tim Burton, and more, plus a closer look at 'Command and Control'

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell review this week’s new movie releases including: the dramatic portrayal of the 2010 man-made disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, “Deepwater Horizon,” plus the new Tim Burton fantasy, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children;” an action funny starring the biggest names in comedy these days including Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Zach Galifianakis; and more. We'll also have a conversation with Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser about "Command and Control." TGI-FilmWeek!

FilmWeek: ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ ‘Masterminds,’ the new Tim Burton, and more, plus a closer look at 'Command and Control'

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell review this week’s new movie releases including: the dramatic portrayal of the 2010 man-made disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, “Deepwater Horizon,” plus the new Tim Burton fantasy, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children;” an action funny starring the biggest names in comedy these days including Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Zach Galifianakis; and more. We'll also have a conversation with Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser about "Command and Control." TGI-FilmWeek!

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell review this week’s new movie releases including: the dramatic portrayal of the 2010 man-made disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, “Deepwater Horizon,” plus the new Tim Burton fantasy, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children;” an action funny starring the biggest names in comedy these days including Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Zach Galifianakis; and more. We'll also have a conversation with director Robert Kenner and producer/author Eric Schlosser of "Command and Control." TGI-FilmWeek!

FilmWeek: ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ ‘Masterminds,’ the new Tim Burton and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell review this week’s new movie releases including: the dramatic portrayal of the 2010 man-made disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, “Deepwater Horizon,” plus the new Tim Burton fantasy, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children;” an action funny starring the biggest names in comedy these days including Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Zach Galifianakis; and more.

TGI-FilmWeek!

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Tim's Hits

• "Generation Startup"
• "A Man Called Ove"
• "Milton's Secret"
• "American Honey"

Andy's Hits

• "Amanda Knox"
• "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy"

Mixed Reviews

• Tim and Andy: "Deepwater Horizon"
• Tim: "Chronic" & "Flock of Dudes"
• Andy: "A Man Called Ove," "Loserville" & Claude Chabrol Series: "Betty," "The Color of Lies," "Night Cap," "The Swindle" & "The Torment"

This Week's Misses

• Tim and Andy: "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
• Tim: "Masterminds," "Denial" & "Amanda Knox"

Guests:

Tim Cogshell, Film Critic for KPCC and Alt-Film Guide; Tim tweets from

Andy Klein, Film Critic for KPCC

'Command and Control' documentary examines nuclear-weapons risks in the U.S.

In theatres today (at the Nuart in Los Angeles), "Command and Control" is a new documentary looking at the risks of a nuclear weapons accident on American soil.

Based on Eric Schlosser's investigate book of the same name and directed by Robert Kenner ("Food, Inc."), the film recounts how a dropped wrench at an Arkansas weapons facility in 1980 could have caused an explosion 600 times as devastating as Hiroshima.

Guests:

Robert Kenner, Director, "Command and Control;" Kenner's other credits include "Merchants of Doubt" and "Food, Inc." - both critically acclaimed investigative documentaries

Eric Schlosser, Producer and Author, "Command and Control"