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The not-so-stealthy reboot of the sci-fi/comedy franchise skimps on comedy to focus on world-building, an overplotted story and set dressing.

In Jim Jarmusch's archly pessimistic zombie comedy, characters repeat the same gags and prove humanity isn't worth saving. Sound like fun?

Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Count von Count, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and other surprise guests gather at NPR's headquarters to celebrate 50 years of love, learning and joy.

Anaïs Mitchell's long-developing musical won eight awards, including best musical, while The Ferryman won best play.

Thanks to a sure(ish) grip on Marvel's mutants-as-metaphor approach to storytelling, the film brings a classic comics storyline to life. Sure, it's melodramatic — but that's the X-Men for you.

The slaying of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago cop has been widely reported but Richard Rowley's documentary lays out the CPD's cover-up, and its ultimate collapse, in stark detail.

A young man attempts to reclaim a grand home in San Francisco's gentrified Fillmore district in this "wistful fairy tale built from real-life materials."

This Russian rock musical set in the nightclubs of '80s Leningrad is strongest when it leaves a cliche-ridden love-triangle plot behind to focus on the rebellious, heart-lifting spirit of music.

Champion James Holzhauer's winning streak ends at 32 games in Monday's viewing. He won more than $2.4 million, the second highest winner in regular-season play.