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The 'Schitt's Creek' Finale Gave David A Happy Ending
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
The gentle Canadian sitcom with the rabid international fanbase came to an end last night after six seasons. Included: A tearful wedding, many tearful goodbyes and one last weird Moira pronunciation.
Short Attention Span Theater: A Quick Look At Quibi's Launch Titles
Monday, April 06, 2020
The streaming service "designed specifically for your phone" launches with 50 shows — and over 100 more on the way. Here are our highlights from the opening batch.
Wanted: Stories With Happily Ever Afters - Here's Where To Start Looking
Thursday, March 26, 2020
In uncertain times, we want stories that reassure us that everything will be okay. Here are some books, films, plays and TV shows that believe in Happily Ever After.
Immersive, 'Open-World' Video Games To Get Lost In At Home
Friday, March 20, 2020
Here are recommendations for pleasant, immersive video games now that old hands, as well as the dilettantes among us, have more time to play them.
Head Back To Hyrule: When This World Is Uncertain, Return To Game Worlds That Aren't
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Troubling times can lead you back to wander the hills and valleys of vast videogame worlds you've already beaten — or abandoned.
'Onward': Timid Teen On A Mythic Quest For Elf-Assurance
Thursday, March 05, 2020
The opening minutes of Disney/Pixar's latest animated film are Disney-Channel cheesy, but as soon as Onward starts highlighting the comic physicality of its characters, it finds itself.
Tech Bubble: 'Devs' Is Stylish, But Hollow At The Center
Thursday, March 05, 2020
Writer/director Alex Garland's techno-thriller limited series tries to be many things at once, but it parcels out its pulpy delights sparingly, in favor of ponderous navel-gazing.
'Slow Burn' Captures The Drip-Drip-Drip Of Watergate
Sunday, February 16, 2020
By focusing on figures who "played roles in the story that are larger than history remembers" this gripping adaptation of a hit podcast reminds us how slowly the Watergate scandal unfolded.
'Birds Of Prey' Is A Fun, Fast, Feathery Mess
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Like its main character Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Birds of Prey is frenetic and wildly uneven — but the bone-crunching fight scenes zip by so fast it never wears out its welcome.
Star Boors: Humanity Is Cruising For A Bruising In Sci-Fi Comedy 'Avenue 5'
Sunday, January 19, 2020
It takes HBO's space-cruise comedy (from the creator of Veep and The Thick Of It) a while to find its footing — but that's understandable, given how wonky the ship's gravity turns out to be.
Meet 'The New Pope,' Same As 'The Young Pope'
Sunday, January 12, 2020
It's got a new title and a new lead actor, but everything else about writer/director Paolo Sorrentino's series — a soapy, deeply weird peek under the papal robes — remains intact.
Highly Specific Superlatives: TV And Movies From 2019
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
NPR's All Things Considered best of 2019 lists are going highly specific this year. Up first: highly specific superlatives from TV and movies.
NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2019
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Parasite, Knives Out, Avengers: Endgame, Little Women and Marriage Story are among the year-end list of 20 films that NPR critics loved the most.
'The Rise Of Skywalker' Makes For An Exciting, Exhaustive, Effortful Ending
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The final chapter in "The Skywalker Saga" returns J.J. Abrams to the director's chair, and the result, while overstuffed with characters and plot, delivers on space-operatic action.
NPR's Favorite TV Shows Of 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
Series such as Fleabag, Watchmen and Succession highlight our pop culture critics' list of the 19 best television and serial streaming programs of 2019.
Superman Reveals His Identity To The World
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Fans of Superman know he's really the bookish Clark Kent, but on Wednesday he revealed his identity to the world within the comics.
'Frozen II' Lets It Go ... Darker
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Yes, there's another earworm-ballad, but the sequel at least attempts to course-correct for the pernicious princess obsession that Disney unleashed on the world in the first place.
'The Crown' Gets A Fresh Polish
Friday, November 15, 2019
The cast has changed, but the formula — i.e., heavy hangs the (figure)head that wears the crown — remains comfortingly intact.
Hell Is Other Popeyes: Gorgeous 'The Lighthouse' Sails Into Maritime Madness
Thursday, October 17, 2019
An old salt (Willem Dafoe) and his young assistant (Robert Pattinson) descend into a surreal maelstrom of myth and madness as they maintain a lonely lighthouse.
Rip Taylor Was In On The Joke
Monday, October 07, 2019
The comedian, who died Sunday, knew how to make an entrance — tossing confetti, laughing boisterously and insisting the audience join him.