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Viola Davis wields a torch in her right hand, stands center frame from the thighs up. She is wearing a tight fitting tribal skirt and leather crop top. She has two sheathed shortswords on a large belt and short, curly hair that is growing up. She looks very buff. In the background: various palm tree foliage.

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Andy Klein, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms. Also on the show, our film critics remember the life and legacy of Jean-Luc Goddard and a look at the best films coming out of TIFF this year.

FilmWeek: ‘The Woman King,’ ‘Pearl,’ ‘See How They Run’ And More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Andy Klein, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms. Also on the show, our film critics remember the life and legacy of Jean-Luc Goddard and a look at the best films coming out of TIFF this year.

Tom Hanks wears a loose blouse with a small leather vest over it. He was white curly hair and a white puffy moustache, he leans over looking to the right to the puppet Pinocchio which sits lifeless on a table. In the background: a small room with a bed.

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major, Lael Loewenstein, Peter Rainer and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Clerks III,’ Medieval’ And More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major, Lael Loewenstein, Peter Rainer and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

Cynthia Addai-Robinson wears regal golden scale armor with with a golden ankle-length skirt and a black cape. She rides an armored horse with a sword hilted on one side of the horse. She looks off into the distance with a slight smile while holding the reigns of the horse. In the background: A regal looking marble structure with a large door on one side and a mural on the other; townsfolk.

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Honk For Jesus,’ ‘The Rings Of Power,’ ‘Kaepernick & America’ And More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

Tilda Swinton is seen from behind from the neck up. She is wearing a vivdly red collared shirt, with the collar just visible. She has a natural red-head bob cut and looks to the right just slightly to meet her eyes with Idris Elba. Her glasses can just be made out. Opposite of Tilda is Elba, who is wearing a thick brown jean/cloth jacket wtiha dark brown hood pulled up, with his face fully visible. He is seen from the shoulders up, and one of Tilda's hands rests on the side of his face. He looks at Tilda with determined eyes. He also has a black beard with a brown patch on his chin. In the background: A greyish blue sky with clouds.

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: “Three Thousand Years Of Longing,” “Breaking,” “Funny Pages” And Many More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Lael Loewenstein review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

Piccolo is seen from the waist up, hovering in the air. He is holding one hand with two fingers pointed up to his forehead, with the fingers beginning to glow with a fiery orange. He is a green alien with two antennae and goblin like ears, and he is wearing a purple Gi. In the background, what looks like a sheer rock wall butting against perhaps a damn wall.

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Beast,’ ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero,’ ‘Orphan: First Kill’ And More

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

Aubrey Plaza as Emily is seen from the chest up, looking tired with a bob haircut, wearing a black tank top and a black jean jacket over it. She has one hand on a car trunk looking like she is aobut to close it, and she is looking at someone in a blue and white striped shirt, who is just in frame on the right side and is only shown from behind. In the background: a parking lot with scattered cars.

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Guest Host John Horn and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Wade Major, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Emily The Criminal,’ ‘Day Shift,’ ‘Inu-Oh’ And More

Guest Host John Horn and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Wade Major, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

Brian Tyree Henry (left) sits across a small wall-mounted table from Brad Pitt (right) on a bullet train. Both are sitting in train seats built for one. They are both looking directly at eachother, Henry has his hands in his lap and Pitt has one on his leg and another under the table, potenially holding some object. A water bottle, latpop, and hat rest on the table. In the background: two windows of the bullet train show a cityscape at night.

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Guest host John Horn and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Peter Rainer, Charles Solomon and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Bullet Train,’ ‘Easter Sunday,’ ‘Luck,’ ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ And Many More

Guest host John Horn and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Peter Rainer, Charles Solomon and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

Boyd Holbrook (left) wears khakis, a brown belt, a wife beater and a tan button-down shirt that is unbuttoned. He stands with one hand on his hip, and looks off to the right of the image out of the screen. To his right, B.J. Novak stands about 3 feet away, in black pants with an off-white V-neck with a white button-down shirt, also unbuttoned. He has one hand in his pocket, the other holding his phone out to Holbrook to record his voice. They are viewable from the waist up, with some of Holbrook's upper legs showing. IN the background, a white-sand lot the two stand in gives way about halfway up the image to an empty field with light arid shrubbery. On the white sand patch: two oil derricks and a breaker box.

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Guest host John Horn and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

FilmWeek: ‘Vengeance,’ ‘Sharp Stick,’ ‘My Old School,’ ‘Thirteen Lives,’ And Many More

Guest host John Horn and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.