Heather: A BIG SCREEN REBOOT
OF A CLASSIC T.V. CARTOON, AND
THE STORY OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE
ARE ON AREA SCREENS THIS WEEK.
Tim: HERE TO TELL US ABOUT
"DORA & THE LOST CITY OF GOLD"
AND "BRIAN BANKS," ARE -- I'M
NOT GOING TO SAY PUNCHES HAVE
BEEN THROWN ALREADY, BUT THEY
HAVE BEEN.
FILM CRITICS PAM POWELL AND
CHUCK KOPLINSKI.
[LAUGHTER]
Tim: THERE WAS NOTHING
AGGRESSIVE, BUT A LITTLE
ELBOWING.
Guest: JUST PRACTICING A FEW
KARATE MOVES FROM LAST WEEK OR
THE WEEK BEFORE.
WE'RE ALL GOOD.
Heather: SHE PROBABLY TESTED
THOSE MOVES ON HER BROTHER.
BECAUSE HE'S HERE TODAY.
Guest: CHOKEHOLD.
Heather: LET'S START WITH
"BRIAN BANKS."
THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
Guest: IT IS.
IT'S ABOUT A PROMISING TEEN
FOOTBALL PLAYER WRONGLY ACCUSED
OF RAPE WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD
DURING HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS SENT AWAY, TRIED AS AN
ADULT AND SENT AWAY FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
HE'S WRONGLY, INJUSTICELY PUT
BEHIND BARS.
WE MEET HIM AS AN ADULT AS HE'S
RELEASED FROM JAIL.
AND WE LEARN ABOUT HIS STORY,
AND HOW HE'S TRYING TO GET HIS
LIFE BACK ON TRACK.
HE'S PAID THE PRICE BEING BEHIND
JAIL BARS EIGHT YEARS BUT STILL
HAVING TO PAY A PRICE.
WE LEARN ABOUT HIS STORY AND GO
BACK IN TIME.
IT'S A NONLINEAR STORY TELLING
TECHNIQUE THAT GIVES US INSIGHT
WHO THIS MAN IS.
ALDRIS HODGE, WHO YOU SEE THERE,
WHO YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE IN
A MOVIE CALLED "CLEMENCY" IN IN
A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AMAZING
PERFORMANCE, AS WELL AS THIS
FILM.
WE ARE IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED WITH
THIS YOUNG MAN AND CONNECTED
WITH HIM.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PRO
FOOTBALL PLAYER, BUT HE'S NOT.
WE HAVE THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
TAKING ON HIS CASE.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO.
BUT HE CONVINCES THEM.
THIS IS AN INSPIRING STORY.
IT'S A PREDICTABLE FILM.
WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE TRUE
HISTORY.
HOWEVER, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY
ABOUT PERSEVERANCE AND
REDEMPTION.
I LOVED IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL.
I WAS IN TEARS.
THE WOMAN WHO PLAYS HIS MOTHER,
SHERI SHEPHERD, DOES AN AMAZING
FILM THAT BROKE MY HEART.
AND REALLY SHOWED US WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO BE A MOTHER, WHOSE SON
HAS BEEN WRONGLY ACCUSED.
Tim: LIKE FROM THE "VIEW"
SHERI SHEPHERD?
Guest: YES.
Tim: YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR
HEAD.
Guest: IT'S A STORY THAT
NEEDS TO BE TOLD BUT I WISH NOT
IN A HEAVY HANDED MANNER.
BEYOND MUSIC TO TELL ME HOW TO
FEEL.
THE LEAD PERFORMANCE IS STIFF.
I DON'T BLAME THE KID.
I BLAME THE DIRECTOR.
WHO DIRECTED THE "ACE VENTURE
RA" FILMS.
IT'S AN OKAY MOVIE.
I WISH THEY TOOK MORE OF A
SUBTLE APPROACH.
Tim: LET'S GET TO "DORA &
THE LOST CITY OF GOLD."
Guest: YEAH, I LOVED DORA!
IF YOU, LIKE ME...
Tim: SPEAKING OF MUSIC
TELLING YOU HOW TO FEEL.
Guest: NO, NO, NO.
IF YOU LIKE ME, HAD A KID WHO
GREW UP WATCHING DORA, AND YOU
HAD TO WATCH DORA TOO, YOU'RE
GOING TO LOVE THIS MOVIE.
THEY INCLUDE EVERY LITTLE THING
FROM THE SHOW IN THE MOVIE.
AND THERE'S THE MONKEY!
AND NOW DORA IS A TEENAGER.
AND BOY SHE'S GREAT.
SHE'S A GO-GETTER.
THERE ARE HER PARENTS, LONGORIA
AND PENA.
THEY SHIP HER BUTT OFF TO LOS
ANGELES. TALK ABOUT A JUNGLE.
SHE'S GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SHE'S REUNITED WITH HER COUSIN
DIE
DIEGO.
SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS.
THEY DON'T GET ALONG AT FIRST,
BUT THEN THEY DO.
AND THEY'RE KIDNAPPED AND ARE
BROUGHT BACK TO THE JUNGLE.
HER PARENTS HAVE GONE MISSING.
THERE IS MERCENARIES AND THINK
DORA CAN LEAD THEM DO THEM.
THEY KIDNAP DORA AND DIEGO AND
WHO OTHER TEENAGERS AS WELL.
IT'S A CLEVER FILM.
DORA'S BACKPACK IS HER BEST
FRIEND.
THERE'S A BRAVE MOMENT SHE GOES
THROUGH SECURITY.
IT'S A PROBLEM, BECAUSE
EVERYTHING IN THE BACKPACK IS,
OF COURSE, NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE AT SCHOOL.
THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT GETTING INTO
NEW COMMUNITIES.
ACCLIMATING YOURSELF.
BUT STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF.
IT'S ALSO A GREAT ADVENTURE.
IN THE TRADITION OF THE "RAIDERS
OF THE LOST ARC" AND "TOMB
RAIDER".
I LIKE THIS MOVIE.
Heather: THIS DORA IS OLDER
THAN THE CARTOON.
Guest: THAT'S TRUE AND FINE
BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE HAS GOTTEN
OLDER.
Heather: GOOD POINT.
HOW COOL TO MEET...
Guest: EUGENIO DERBEZ.
YES.
THE WORLD'S NICEST GUY, NEXT TO
ME.
Guest: OOH, HERE'S THE BAR.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
Heather: YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ON THE MORNING SHOW TOMORROW.
Tim: IF THEY ARE STILL ALIVE
WITH THE ELBOWING GOING ON.
Guest: I'LL TELL YOU WHERE
THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS.
Tim: WE'LL CONNECT YOU WITH
THEM ON FACEBOOK THROUGH OUR
WEBSITE AT www.CILiving.tv.
Heather: TIME TO ANNOUNCE