Glen Weldon

The final film in a stealth trilogy that began with Unbreakable, Glass is heavy on portentous explanations of comic book tropes that require no explanation. It's also just plain heavy. And slooow.

The characters have grown, their relationships — to each other, and to viewers — have deepened, the writing's sharp and the actors are having a ball. Dive in.

This FOX series based on the Justin Cronin trilogy combines the pulpiest elements of science-gone-awry thrillers with shlocky creature-features, but — early on at least — skimps on the fun.

The Sea King has undergone a series of sea changes: once a generic fish-cop, then a widely shared joke, and now, finally, the star of his own blockbuster film, as the ultimate bro.

This year we say goodbye to The Americans, but we also celebrate new gems like Queer Eye, Killing Eve and Homecoming.

From the record-breaking hit Black Panther to the melodrama A Star Is Born, our film critics pick their 15 favorite movies of the year.

Season 2 pops the protective bubble that Midge Maisel (Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan) blithely inhabited in Season 1, making this breezy period comedy even more rich and compelling.

The Extra U Is For Unctuous: Yorgos Lanthimos' latest is a gleefully nasty piece of work about a queen (the spectacular Olivia Colman) and two women (Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone) vying for her favor.

Corruption is kind of a big news story these days and it's one of Hollywood's favorite subjects. NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour takes a look at how corruption is presented in TV and movies.

The second installment of J.K. Rowling's follow-up Potter franchise is as overstuffed as the first, but it's less muddled. It dutifully advances the story, but fails to deliver thrilling set-pieces.

Stan Lee — born Stanley Martin Lieber — co-created many beloved Marvel Comics characters, but he became the company's tireless, beloved figurehead. NPR's Glen Weldon offers a remembrance.

A fearless performance from Rami Malek and rock-solid rock anthems can't lift this listless musical biopic out of the sea of clichés in which it treads water.

Tina (Eva Melander), a Swedish customs official, can smell when someone's lying. When she meets a stranger (Eero Milonoff) who knows more about her than he's saying, she sets out to find answers.

Director/co-writer Lee Chang-dong adapts a haunting Murakami short story about a young man drawn into the lives of a woman, her cat and a handsome, mysterious stranger.

Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka ably carries the Riverdale-adjacent series on Netflix about a young woman who's half mortal, half witch and all hero.

Part two of Gengoroh Tagame's heartfelt manga about a Japanese man coming to terms with his late brother's sexuality depicts an achingly real process of fits and starts, advancements and reversals.

It's a musical comedy! It's a romantic comedy! Mostly, however, it's a dark comedy. But in CExG's fourth and final season, Rebecca (Rachel Bloom), and the entire cast, are inching towards the light.

The Netflix reality series follows drag queen Alyssa Edwards (and her alter ego, Justin Johnson) through her/his offstage life as a dance instructor in Texas.

In a down-to-earth yet emotional season opener, Doctor Who introduces Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and her three companions.

The filthy, sex-crazed animated series returns to Netflix with some new cast members, and a renewed commitment to charting — hilariously, yet sweetly — the hellish landscape of adolescence.