George Prentice

6 days ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | George Prentice |Gemma Gaudette

The president is now pushing tariffs on movies made outside the United States. He says it's about protecting American jobs and culture, but critics worry it could backfire. So what does that mean for Hollywood and the movies we all watch? Resident movie critic and Morning Edition host George Prentice joined Idaho Matters to give us his opinion.

6 days ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | George Prentice

According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 1 in 4 adults live with a disability. That could mean hundreds of thousands of Idahoans enduring the difficulties of not being entirely mobile. Modern science may give them some amount of hope with engineered prosthetics. But how about those individuals who are, or yearn to be, athletes. “Typically, if you’re leg is to be amputated, you’re given a prosthetic leg.

1 week ago | idahopress.com | George Prentice

The backdrops couldn’t be more different. However, just because the locales have next to nothing in common, the themes of healing, defining what a family is, and reconciliation are quite familiar. And one more thing of importance: the inspiration for each screenplay was very personal. “I spent some time going to therapy, really addressing my childhood,” Zoe Kelly told me during a recent visit to Morning Edition.

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | George Prentice

For a filmmaker, seeing your finished product showcased at a film festival is a major achievement. Indeed, that’s exactly what happened for Bradley Elliot Norton, director of Stockton to Table Rock. He helped shepherd the film to Filmfort, part of the 2024 Treefort Festival, and then on to film festivals in Iowa, Kansas, Montana and Wyoming. But he’s particularly thrilled to be bringing his film “home.”“We’re through the roof.

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | George Prentice

If President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs on China – climbing as high as 145% – intended to halt Chinese goods from flooding into the U.S., the President got his way. The question, many economists ask, is: What’s the endgame? The trade war between China and the U.S. has indeed escalated to the degree that major U.S. retailers are now warning about impending supply shortages, according to CBS News. But it’s much more than goods from China that has retailers and wholesalers worried.