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Will the soundtrack to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ stack up against the original?

The sequel to Top Gun opens in theaters over Memorial Day weekend. The soundtrack from the original movie was a major success. The music for Top Gun: Maverick has a lot to live up to.

Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year’s walk will honor Black artists’ contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

These are the movies NPR critics are looking forward to this summer

The Bob’s Burger’s Movie, Jordan Peele’s Nope, and Fire Island with Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster are all on our critics’ lists.

‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta has died at age 67

Actor Ray Liotta, who rocketed to film stardom in Goodfellas, has died in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic where he was filming a movie. He was 67.

Tom Cruise returns to the danger zone in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Three Decades after the original Top Gun, Tom Cruise returns to lead a fresh squadron of Navy fighter pilots in Top Gun: Maverick.

Kevin Spacey faces charges of sexual assault in Britain

Prosecutors say they have authorized charges against the actor of four counts of sexual assault as well as one for “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”

The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)

Opens Friday, May 27, 2022Movie Details Play Trailers

The designer of the X-wing and other iconic ‘Star Wars’ ships has died

Colin Cantwell worked on other films including 2001: A Space Odyssey and WarGames. He was 90.

A 2nd ‘Downton Abbey’ movie is out and there may be more to come

NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to film critic Kenneth Turan, who reviews the new film: Downton Abbey: A New Era.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is ridiculous. It’s also ridiculously entertaining

Tom Cruise was in his early 20s when he first played the cocky young Navy pilot with the need for speed. Now, 36 years later, he’s back — and Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is as insubordinate as ever.

Movies you missed: ‘Top Gun’

Scott Simon speaks with Melissa Kuypers, manager of operations at NPR West, about the 1986 movie “Top Gun,” which she had never seen before.

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