Cube Critics

With the advent of Earth Day and the annual Disney nature film release ("Born in China" this time round,) MPR Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr discuss nature movies worth hunting out to watch at home.

The Cube Critics look far afield this week with an expedition to find a lost city in Amazonia, and a visit with wild but apparently family friendly animals in China. But is all really well as Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis consider what they find?

The Fate of the Furious blew the doors off the box office this weekend. Now it may have both the Rock and a nuclear submarine, but F8 is basically a chase movie. That, of course, got MPR Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis thinking about their favorites.

The Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival opens this week, and MPR Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr have been sampling the eclectic fare. However Euan also couldn't resist the chance to see "F8" aka "The Fate of the Furious," the latest in the car-napping franchise that ate Hollywood.

The arrival in theaters of "Going in Style" this week reminds Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis of the deceptively simple charms of heist movies. And of course they have a list of recommendations

This week we swing from the youngster generated mega-hit of the Japanese anime "Your Name" to the comforting geriatric criminality of the heist movie "Going in Style." Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis have opinions of course.

"The Zookeeper's Wife" this week offers a tale of the effort to save Jewish lives during the time of the Warsaw ghetto. MPR Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis suggest some less well-known films on the Holocaust well worth watching at home.

A little sci-fi, a little history, and a little art house this week on Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr's viewing schedule.

Stick with us on this one: Cube Critic Stephanie Curtis has come up with a new movie genre. The movies are already being made and she argues to Euan Kerr that they should be recognized as a collective force. Are you convinced?

What does it mean when the sequel to "Trainspotting" isn't the most controversial movie opening this week? Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr discuss "Raw," "Trainspotting 2," and "Wilson."