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Movies 101

"Trap" & "Robot Dreams"

Published August 9, 2024 at 7:15 PM PDT
From left: Josh Hartnett and Ariel Donoghue in Trap (2024); Dog and Robot from Robot Dreams (2023).
From left: Josh Hartnett and Ariel Donoghue in Trap (2024); Dog and Robot from Robot Dreams (2023).

We’re all prey to our emotions, whether we’re talking about pangs of fear, the warmth of connection or the angst of loss. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two movies that take their audiences on a virtual road trip through a maze of emotions—the latest from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, titled Trap, and the Oscar-nominated animated film from 2023, Robot Dreams.

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