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The musical Wicked is a bold, revisionist take on The Wizard of Oz. It imagines that back in college

Gladiator II

2024/11/21

The new film Gladiator II is a sequel to Gladiator, Oscar-winning swords-and-sandals blockbuster tha

A Real Pain

2024/11/20

The moving dramedy A Real Pain stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as two very different cousins

If you've ever loved a movie musical, then you've probably got a favorite movie musical number — a s

If you've ever loved a movie musical, then you've probably got a favorite movie musical number — a s

In the deeply goofy Christmas action comedy Red One, the holiday season comes to an emergency halt w

Say Nothing

2024/11/14

One night in Belfast in 1972, a mother of ten was abducted from her home in front of her children an

Emilia Pérez

2024/11/13

Emilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the c

There are songs you want to groove to, and songs you want to pump up to. But sometimes, you just wan

In the claustrophobic thriller Heretic, two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe E

Today, we're bringing you an episode of How To Do Everything, a new NPR podcast from the team behind

Elections can be pretty stressful. And it never hurts to have some emergency distractions on hand if

The Penguin

2024/11/4

In the HBO new series The Penguin, an unrecognizable Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oswald Cobb

What if you spent eternity in one living room? That's the premise of Here, a new drama starring Tom

The Diplomat

2024/10/31

In the Netflix drama The Diplomat, Keri Russell plays an ambassador who's thrust into an internation

Conclave

2024/10/30

The new movie Conclave is a fun and twisty political thriller. Ralph Fiennes plays a cardinal tasked

Agatha All Along

2024/10/29

Agatha All Along is a darkly funny new Marvel show on Disney Plus. It stars the selfish, sardonic an

In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns for a third time as a sad-sack loser with an alien symbi

Woman Of The Hour

2024/10/23

Netflix's Woman Of The Hour is not your conventional serial killer movie. It's based on the true sto

We've all been there. A major movie is mentioned, you shrug, sheepishly, and someone says, "I can't