Contributor: Paul Asay

Those About to Die focuses on the bloody, morally bereft games of ancient Rome. And the show follows suit.

First, we break down “dark patterns” and how kids are more susceptible to them. Then, Paul talks to Sing Sing director Greg Kwedar.

The Acolyte takes Star Wars fans into a time when the Empire didn’t exist. But that doesn’t make everything rosy—in that galaxy or on this show.

Gru & Co. repeat at No. 1, while Longlegs strides into the No. Slot, and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 continues its lucrative run as well

Arlene Pellicane discusses her new book, Screen Kids. Then the team talks about Luke Combs’ recent album, Fathers & Sons.

Nothing says love like a competitive, highly orchestrated reality TV show. Or so the folks at ABC would have you think.

The Bikeriders can feel a teensy bit like ‘West Side Story,’ but with a lot less dancing and a lot more swearing.

Though The Exorcism seems to come with better intentions than you’d expect, it’s possessed by more problems than it needed.

Boy Kills World is a stylish, salacious, incredibly bloody fever dream of a film. It’s as good as it’s name–or rather, as bad.

Despicable Me 4, the latest film to feature bad-guy-turned-good-dad Gru, treated North American theaters like banks just begging to be burgled.

First, we discuss Despicable Me 4 and the impact of Illumination Entertainment. Then, we unpack Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.

Space Cadet has its merits. But even as some of its messages reach a comfortable orbit, its problems pull it back down to earth.

The animated Netflix film The Imaginary is beautiful, scary and mostly clean. But its handful of problems aren’t imaginary at all.

These films don’t necessarily show America’s history, but they do exhibit what we’ve achieved, what we value and what we just kind of like.

Inside Out 2 earned an estimated $57.4 million this weekend. Add in overseas earnings and it’s the first film this year to gross $1 billion.