Culture Maven c d kaplan joins James every Tuesday morning to catch listeners up on what's worth seeing at the cineplex. They will often play the "Stump the Culture Maven" quiz. Hilarity often ensues. If you missed a single star-studded episode, you can download it here. Or not, really, it's up to you.Culture Maven c d kaplan had nothing good to say about the new film “Takers,” and he also had none of the correct answers on the Stump the Maven Classic (TM) quiz. However, the morning was redeemed by James sharing an astute observation about fashion trends at this year’s Kentucky State Fair.
Culture Maven c d kaplan is back from a trip to NYC, where he saw a couple of films, including the indie comedy “The Concert.” And on the first day of J-County school, he scores a 40% on The Lightning Round quiz. Way to set the tone for the school year, Chuck.
No quiz to trip up the Culture Maven today, but he brings two favorable film reviews, “Dinner for Schmucks” which he confesses wanting to see based on the title, and “The Kids Are All Right.”
Culture Maven c d kaplan really enjoyed the new film “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” although it’s hard to tell given the tangled and purple prose of his review. I mean, honestly, does anybody ever know what the hell this guy is talking about? He also does a terrible job on, frankly, an awesome edition of The Lightning Round.
Culture Maven c d kaplan was numbed by the new Christopher Nolan film “Inception.” He also reviewed two other films, phoned it in on the quiz, and was generally rude to James. Nothing new there.
Culture Maven c d kaplan has a review of the new romantic comedy “Cyrus,” which is evidently about Miley Cyrus and how her dad starts dating some woman who has an icky relationship with her son. Or something. He manages to speak coherently and in complete sentences, and only drops in a few pretentious foreign phrases. And he nearly gets a perfect score on the Stump the Maven Classic (TM) quiz. So close.
Culture Maven c d kaplan has really good things to say about the new film “The Secret in Their Eyes,” and once again is rude and unpleasant with his host, James, who is simply trying to help him be his best. Also, he phones in a perfect 0% on the Stump the Maven Classic (TM) Quiz.
Culture Maven c d kaplan gets all snooty and high-minded this week, pondering the larger role of film criticism in modern society and the ennui plaguing viewers relative to criticism and post-modern approaches to the cinema. Or something. Whatever. He also gets a near-perfect 66% on the Stump the Maven quiz.
Culture Maven c d kaplan has some really great things to say about the new Pixar film “Toy Story 3.” There’s also a soccer-tastic edition of the Stump the Culture Maven (TM) Lightning Round (TM), which he gets a failing grade of 60% on. He’s a big sports fan, you know.
Kyle is in for James today, and he lobs a real softball “Lightning Round” quiz to the Maven. Then it’s a review of the cinematic adaptation of “The A-Team,” now in theaters with a shoestring budget of $100 million dollars. Hooray for Hollywood!
Culture Maven c d kaplan reviews a new documentary about some family in the hills of North Dakota that gets drunk a lot and shoots at each other, or something. Also, he has a surefire good-time laugh chuckle at “Get Him to the Drinky,” that new comedy about the rock star that falls down a lot. Pretty sure that’s what it’s about. Also, there’s an amazing new Stump the Maven quiz, which he actually does pretty well on.
Culture Maven c d kaplan really liked one movie this week. He really disliked another one. Can you guess which one is which? He also bombed on a timely-as-if-ripped-from-today’s-headlines edition of the Stump the Maven Quiz.
Culture Maven c d kaplan has mixed feelings about Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita,” which recently made a local appearance, but his feelings are 100 percent clear on the new “Sex in The City 2: Full Throttle: City Harder” film. There’s also an extremely manly quiz. Guess how he did on it.
Culture Maven c d kaplan has spent a lot of time in New Orleans lately, and he’s also spent time with the NOLA-related HBO series “Treme,” which he reviews in this installment. He also nails a perfect score on a New Orleans themed Stump the Maven quiz, right down to the trick question at the end!
Culture Maven c d kaplan is back from New Orleans Jazz Fest, and he’s got a bunch of highlights to share with you in this week’s episode.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan is on the road, his umpteenth visit to the New Orleans Jazz Fest, and he takes a few minutes to phone in and give us an update on the awesomeness that is going on down there.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan is in full Dirty Old Man Mode today as he reviews the film “Chloe.” James gives him one more shot at a Lightning Round quiz, which he kinda does okay on. Kinda.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan had a lot of really good things to say about “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” which sounds awesome. We didn’t have a Stump the Maven quiz because he was acting bad last week, being all pissy and not taking it seriously. So he’s in a time-out. In the danger zone.
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So I’ve totally forgotten the name of the movie c d kaplan reviewed yesterday. I guess I could break open this audio file and find out what it is, but that would involve listening to him, which, frankly, I’m over my quota of that for the week.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan stops by to help us with our fund drive, which we really appreciate. But he didn’t see any movies this week due to basketball, so instead of a review, he rattles off the names of a bunch of films that have nothing in common except that he, like, totally watched them this one time.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan did really well on the Lightning Round (TM) today, getting 9 out of 10 right. Bully for him! He also really loved the new Roman Pulanski film, and was moderately amused by that one movie about the guy and the hot girl.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan went to see a Michael Haneke film this week. I guess he did something bad and felt like he needed to atone. Then, he shares the joy with us via an extended monologue about the film in German! Good thing there was the Lightning Round (TM) to make it all better.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan has been under the weather, so he didn’t get out to the cinema – instead he stayed in and watched the Patton Oswalt film “Big Fan,” on a recommendation from James. The Lightning Round also took place. A good time was had by all.
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Culture Maven cd kaplan really didn’t care for “Shutter Island,” and then he droned on about some other stuff, but we really weren’t paying attention. It was some other movies, or something. Whatever. He did extremely poorly on the Lightning Round (TM), proving that if he had to fend for himself on a desert island, his rear end would be grass.
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The Culture Maven quickly dispenses with the innocuous and forgettable “Valentine’s Day,” and then offers quick reviews of a few films from the 2010 Jewish Film Festival in Louisville, including “For My Father” and “A Matter of Size.”
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Culture Maven c d kaplan chimes in with some thoughts on the upcoming Academy Awards, and delivers his review of “Crazy Heart” featuring Jeff Bridges. With the genteel Kyle Meredith as sub host today, c d faced no tricky quizzes or harsh interrogations.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan introduces you to his Mavonette awards, naming his favorite films and performances of the year. And he does really well on THE LIGHTNING ROUND Quiz, despite continuing to have a really bad attitude about the whole thing.
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Culture Maven c d kaplan enjoyed the new Terry Gilliam film “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” even if he didn’t entirely understand it. He gets a C- on the Lightning Round Quiz, then proceeds to badmouth the quiz itself, which is like the total essence of being a bad loser.
[podcast]http://archive.wfpk.org/Podcasts/20100119-maven.mp3[/podcast]
Culture Maven c d kaplan reviewed a couple of movies this week. I think he liked them, but I’m not really sure because I was kinda zoning out. Whatever. But we did have massive amounts of fun with our new quiz, THE LIGHTNING ROUND! He totally failed, getting a whopping 66% correct. But man, was that fun![podcast]http://archive.wfpk.org/Podcasts/20100105-maven.mp3[/podcast]
Culture Maven c d kaplan HATED HATED HATED the new reinvention of Sherlock “Iron Man in Victorian England” Holmes. But he loved loved loved the new George Clooney film “Up in the Air.” Also, this was funny: James was all worried about the Stump the Maven quiz because someone had removed the applause sound effect from the computer, but he needn’t have worried because like always, Chuck scored a perfect 0%.
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