‘Lilo & Stitch’ brings its fuzzy agent of chaos to the real world
The new Lilo & Stitch is mostly live-action and retells the original Disney animated film’s story of two orphaned Hawaiian sisters and the chaotic alien who upends their lives. The movie deviates from the original in many ways, but the central story is…
What’s coming in theaters this summer
A selective peek at the attractions Hollywood has in store between now and Labor Day.
Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary confronts the ‘burden of Black genius’
In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the overwhelming pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. Originally broadcast Feb. 10, 2025.
Is Tom Cruise the essential movie star?
On this installment of our Cineplexity series, NPR staffers discuss the films of actor Tom Cruise and whether or not he’s the quintessential movie star.
Final Destination still works — here’s why
The long-running franchise taps into a common fear: You’re going to die eventually, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Final Destination Bloodlines is the sixth installment.
Mission: Impossible’s overblown ‘Final Reckoning’ still thrills
The two hour, 49 minute conclusion to the seven-sequel franchise is self-congratulatory and inanely plotted. But, as always, it’s fun to watch Tom Cruise, now 62, execute eye-popping stunts.
In ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,’ Tom Cruise is too controlled
In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise has to save the world (again). But this time, as the movie stresses repeatedly, the stakes are really, really high. Higher than the buildings Tom sprints across or the planes he fights bad guys o…
One man’s effort to bring ‘Sinners’ to residents of the town where it takes place
The movie Sinners takes place in Clarksdale, Miss., but its residents can’t watch it without leaving town. Now the movie is coming to them.
Walton Goggins on his path to Hollywood: ‘I’m so grateful for the life that I have’
Goggins talks about how his unconventional childhood and experiences growing up in poverty shaped his approach to acting, from Justified to The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones.
‘One to One’ captures John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s life in Greenwich Village
In 1971, the year after The Beatles broke up, Lennon and Ono moved from London to New York, where they lived in a small Greenwich Village apartment for 18 months. A new film documents that period.
From Marvel to ‘Sinners’, should you stay for the post-credits scenes?
The movie ends, and the credits roll. That used to be your cue to start heading to the parking lot to debrief with your friends. That was before the era of the post-credits scene, which often teases the next installment, or offers one last joke or thri…
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