movies

From the archives: The Times' 1933 review of King Kong: The 8th Wonder Of The World

Renowned stage critic Frankfort Whitaker goes ape for the latest musical spectacular.

movies

Episodes Monday Rundown July 14 - 20 2025

This week: Red Rooms! Sorry, Baby! Donkey Kong! And we're recapping Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!

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July mailbag

This month: Art that surprisingly crossed over, great beaches, and superheroics!

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Episodes Monday Rundown July 7 - 13 2025

This week: Superman! Ron Howard! Chickens?

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Submit your July mailbag questions!

It's that time again!

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How Materialists pays homage to - and inverts - The Apartment

Celine Song's new "romcom" shares a lot of DNA with Billy Wilder's classic dramedy.

firebuds

A deep dive into the dark madness at the heart of Disney+'s Firebuds

Does this show take place in the Cars universe before the fall? Discuss.

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Episodes Monday Rundown June 30 - July 6 2025

This week: F1, Sunshine, and a new-ish trans YA novel.

movies

Five Indiana Jones reboots, pitched

And not a one of them stars Chris Pratt!

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Episodes Monday Rundown June 23 -29 2025

This week: Emily bends it like Beckham and checks out new music from Haim and Lorde.

movies

28 Years Later imagines a strange and beautiful apocalypse

The zombie sequel offers up a post-human world bursting with color.

video games

On having a body in Hollow Knight

How video games like Hollow Knight make movement central to their storytelling, by Lily Osler.