Last night's Primetime Emmy Awards included big wins for Hacks, The Bear, Shōgun, and Baby Reindeer. And if you're nostalgic... more

Never visit your weird new friends at their enormous isolated country estate. That's a basic rule that an American family... more

In Netflix's new film Rebel Ridge, Aaron Pierre plays Terry, a young Black man who enters a small Southern town... more

Maybe you think you've seen every scary mother-in-law fiction has to offer — you absolutely haven't. In the new... more

We all love a fancy wedding. The music, the flowers — the body washing up on the beach. At least... more

There's a reason Beetlejuice was a hit back in 1988: it delivered both the spectacle and big stars of a... more

Maybe you're going up for a promotion, or just got out of a bad relationship. Whatever it is, your mood... more

In the clever new Netflix series Kaos, the Greek Gods are a rich and powerful modern-day family. They're led by... more

Some people may flinch at the genre of reality TV – it's full of tropes and manipulative editing and ridiculous... more

The new movie Afraid is latest in the well-established genre of "the computer is alive" stories. John Cho plays a... more

In the new film The Crow, Bill Skarsgård plays a man who gets brutally murdered alongside his soulmate (FKA twigs).... more

Sabrina Carpenter has had two of the year's biggest hits with "Espresso" and "Please Please Please." Now, she's released a... more

It's practically a tradition for famous people to portray a really offbeat version of themselves in TV and movies. The... more

In the new psychological thriller Blink Twice, Naomi Ackie plays a woman who is invited to the private island of... more

Part of the fun of reality TV is putting yourself in the shoes of the people you're watching. Maybe you'd... more

In the new Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, a fishing boat in the Florida Keys pulls in a human arm,... more

The vinyl record, the CD, the DVD, the VHS tape — even the paper book has been the subject of... more

Alien: Romulus is the latest entry in the venerable Alien sci-fi/horror film franchise, and it leans hard into the horror.... more

The movie Didi is a vibrant coming-of-age dramedy and was a Sundance film festival favorite. It stars Izaac Wang as... more

We've got dirty words on the brain, and we're chatting about the use and functions of profanity in entertainment. In... more

In the new, stylishly odd horror film Cuckoo, Hunter Schafer plays an American teenager who reluctantly moves with her family... more

The 2016 Colleen Hoover novel It Ends With Us was a massive bestseller. And now that book is a movie.... more

It's summer, and whether you're taking a trip – or simply staying out of the heat with the AC running... more

There is nothing better for the summer doldrums than a blast of Olympic glory. For a couple of weeks this... more

The moving drama Sing Sing stars Colman Domingo as the leader of a tight-knit theatre ensemble within one of the... more

M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller Trap stars Josh Hartnett as a father attending a pop concert with his teenage... more

The second season of HBO's House of the Dragon is almost over. The war between two rival factions of the... more

The dryly funny new Apple TV+ series Time Bandits reimagines the 1981 Terry Gilliam film of the same name. A... more

Trying to declare the "official" song of the summer isn't a new sport. But this year feels like the first... more

In the highly meta Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman finally meet up for their own big movie.... more

In Netflix's weirdly compelling dark comedy The Decameron, the bubonic plague is ravaging Florence in 1348. A group of rich... more

What makes a good karaoke song? In this encore episode, we're suggesting three great songs to sing at karaoke night.Learn... more

In the new Apple TV+ series Sunny, Rashida Jones stars as a woman living in Kyoto, whose husband and young... more

Twister was one of the biggest disaster movies of the '90s. Now, it's finally got a sequel — one with... more

The nominations the Emmy Awards were just announced, and it was a good day for The Bear, which set a... more

The best-selling card game Exploding Kittens has been adapted into a new Netflix animated series. It does plenty of its... more

They're calling it the scariest movie of the year. The new horror film Longlegs follows FBI special agent Lee Harker... more

The cheeky new romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon stars Scarlett Johansson as a NASA publicist at the height... more

Sports aren't just games. They're intertwined with epic stories about struggle, human behavior, historic greatness and grand emotions. In other... more

Despicable Me 4 is the latest film in an animation franchise that made household names of reformed supervillain Gru (Steve... more

It's summer, so we're talking all about road trips. Should you blast music that's familiar or unfamiliar? What makes for... more

The new movie MaXXXine stars Mia Goth as an adult-film actress who gets her big break in Hollywood, only to... more

The Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today, so we're bringing you an episode of the NPR podcast Wild... more

A lot has happened to rapper Megan Thee Stallion over the last couple of years including a highly publicized trial... more

The Bear just returned for its third season and it's still one of the most stressful and most interesting shows... more

In the post-apocalyptic world of A Quiet Place, aliens kill anyone who makes a sound, forcing humans into a near-silent... more

Kinds of Kindness is a weird, dark, and bleak film. It's directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) and it re-teams... more

The new film Fancy Dance offers something all-too-rare on screen: contemporary Indigenous perspectives, front and center. Lily Gladstone plays a... more

Jim and Pam. Mulder and Scully. Janine and Gregory. Carmy and Sydney. Meredith and McDreamy. You know how it... more

The new Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte is a murder mystery. Someone is killing great Jedi masters, and while... more

Financial scams are an unfortunate phenomenon, but what happens when a fraudster messes with the wrong grandma? The very fun... more

The brilliant and idiosyncratic new HBO series Fantasmas has a simple plot. Creator and star Julio Torres searches New York... more

The second half of Bridgerton's latest season just dropped on Netflix, and naturally the course of true love continues to... more

Whether they're lightly perspiring, gently glowing, or soaked through from sweltering, people in the movies sweat a lot. But... more

Pixar's Inside Out introduced us to the core emotions inside an 11-year-old girl named Riley. We met Joy (Amy Poehler),... more

Presumed Innocent was a blockbuster legal thriller as a novel, and then a hit movie starring Harrison Ford. Now, Apple... more

This is the time of year when so many students graduate. Whether it's graduation episodes of our favorite TV series,... more

Am I OK? is a about what happens when you finally come to accept your sexuality much later in life... more

Netflix's entertaining dark comedy Hit Man is not about a hired killer. It's about a guy who pretends to be... more

The venerable British science fiction series Doctor Who is back with a new season. Ncuti Gatwa — who is Black... more

The new FX limited series Clipped tells the story of Donald Sterling, the then-owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, who... more

The Sopranos changed television. The HBO series was centered on mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a deeply flawed male antihero.... more

Sometimes, our favorite musical artists are too good to be true because they're sprung from the imaginations of Hollywood screenwriters.... more

The Peacock series We Are Lady Parts is a bold and very funny comedy about an up-and-coming London punk band... more

What is it about a show that turns you into a bitter-ender, that keeps you dutifully watching every last episode,... more

Today, we are bringing you an episode of a new NPR podcast hosted by our pal Rachel Martin. It's called... more

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is packed with bone-crunching practical stunts and lots of gnarly, diesel-powered chase scenes. It also... more

It's rare to find a series with such an impeccable pedigree as HBO's The Sympathizer. It's based on a Pulitzer... more

In the new movie IF, a 12-year-old girl (Cailey Fleming) discovers she can see other people's imaginary friends. It stars... more

The Netflix series Bridgerton is back, as gossipy and over-the-top as ever. Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and her crush... more