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Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom, far left) moves from New York to California in pursuit of her ex (Vincent Rodriguez III, third from left) in the CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. (Also pictured: Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner and David Hull)

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'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Challenges Stereotypes One Song At A Time

5:43pm March 04, 2016

by NPR Staff

The show follows a woman who dreams of getting back together with her summer camp boyfriend. Co-creator Rachel Bloom says it's about "deconstructing people and finding the truth beneath tropes."

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The series finale of Downton Abbey airs this Sunday.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Fond Farewell To 'Downton Abbey'

5:25pm March 04, 2016

by Linda Holmes

Barrie Hardymon and Audie Cornish sit in for a chat about saying farewell to the Crawleys, and about the general pleasures and challenges of entertainment that lives in the past.

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Gerard Butler stars as Mike Banning in London Has Fallen.

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Saving The President's Bacon Again In 'London Has Fallen'

2:26pm March 04, 2016

by Chris Klimek

Gerard Butler once again rushes to the aid of the commander in chief in what critic Chris Klimek calls "a slow-release capsule of apocalyptic dread."

Evan Jonigkeit plays Specialist Coughlin and Tina Fey plays Kim Baker in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

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'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' Can't Quite Find Its Footing

1:54pm March 04, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Tina Fey stars as a war reporter in a film that struggles to attain a complicated tonal balance between comedy and commentary that it can't quite manage.

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Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step

1:49pm March 04, 2016

by David Edelstein

Fey plays a neophyte reporter charged with covering the Afghanistan occupation in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Critic David Edestein says the film isn't bad, so much as "shapeless and blandly apolitical."

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In Richard Price's 'The Whites', Haunted Cops And Cases They Couldn't Close

1:49pm March 04, 2016

Price says that in every precinct there's one cop who just can't let go of a case. "They all reminded me of Ahab ... looking for their whales," he says. Originally broadcast Feb. 17, 2015.

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Zootopia's first bunny officer Judy Hopps finds herself face to face with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox in Zootopia. Featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy and Jason Bateman as Nick.

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'Zootopia': A Nimble Tale Of Animal Instincts And Smart Bunnies

11:00am March 04, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Disney's latest talking-animal picture is a surprisingly deft film about prejudice and divisiveness that manages to avoid the heaviness that delivering a message can bring about.

The Outlaw (1943) was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency because Jane Russell's blouse kept falling off her shoulders.

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C Is For 'Condemned': A Nun Looks Back On 47 Years Of Unholy Filmmaking

10:32am March 04, 2016

by Beth Accomando

A new Turner Classic Movies series honors films that were deemed salacious, immoral or downright lewd by the Catholic Legion of Decency. Condemned is hosted by respected critic Sister Rose Pacatte.

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Christian Bale stars as Rick and Natalie Portman as Elizabeth in Terrence Malick's drama Knight of Cups.

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More Literary Whispers And Another Quest In Malick's 'Knight'

10:30am March 04, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Enigmatic writer-director Terrence Malick returns with Knight Of Cups, which bears a strong resemblance to his last two films, Tree Of Life and To The Wonder.

Jenjira, a volunteer watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with a mysterious sleeping illness in Cemetery of Splendor.

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The Ordinary World Shares Space With Ghosts, Spirits And 'Splendor'

10:30am March 04, 2016

by Ella Taylor

Cemetery Of Splendor, the latest from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, beautiful imagery accompanies a story of believers and the healing of mysteriously sleeping soldiers.