Movies

New sci-fi thriller, The Creator, takes audiences to the distant future where a war between AI and mankind rages. Courtney Lanning discusses this dark vision of the future in the week's movie review.

On today's show, the Bentonville Public Library kicks off 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. Plus, fall festivities return to Dickson Street with Downtown Fayetteville's Falltoberfest. Also, a movie review from Courtney Lanning.

On today's show, archeologists are busy digging up the remains of a homestead in Washington County from the Stone Age. Also, Brian Crowne is honored during live music with Divas on Fire at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Spade Robinson is a filmmaker whose latest project involves a suicide pact, a road trip and leaving behind failed careers and relationships.

The new DC superhero film Blue Beetle scampers into the box office today and Courtney Lanning, a film critic from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, offers a review. Lanning said it stands out among a sea of superhero movies.

"Meg" was released in 2018 and now, "Meg 2: The Trench" is in the theatres. Courtney Lanning, film critic for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, said the movie is a bait-and-switch.

Courtney Lanning calls Oppenheimer the best movie so far in 2023. From a stellar cast to meticulous directions, Lanning said the film delivers a three-hour clinic in storytelling. The full review is in today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Casa Jovero Market is one of the few specialty shops in Fayetteville. Ozarks at Large's Rachell Sanchez-Smith spoke with the store's owner Jose Rodriguez who opened the market this past month. Also, thousands of Arkansans were removed from Medicaid rolls in June, Fort Smith International Film Festival is set to begin August 25 and more.

The third Fort Smith International Film Festival begins August 25 at Temple Live. Executive Director Brandon Chase Goldsmith said more than 450 films from around the world were submitted.

This weekend offers First Friday in Bentonville, a film screening in Van Buren and more. But Becca Martin Brown, the arts and entertainment editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, is also telling listeners to make plans for future summer weekends.