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Michael Lewis' Blockers tells the stories of good public servants driven away by the Trump administration.

Why Threads got its reputation, and how it still manages to be the best alternative to Twitter.

Colleen Hoover's Verity is chock-full of impossible twists.

Country women are taking over the pop charts. But is there room for the godmother of them all?

Donald Trump is eager to sign the bill. Democrats shouldn't let it get there.

Digger has a huge twist. It's a disaster of almost apocalyptic proportions.

Keep one eye on the very real cheating scandals its actors naturally reference.

John Steinbeck's East of Eden considers matters of good and evil. Zoe Kazan's version does something else.

Two of the directors behind last year's Academy Award winner are back with a sensational new doc. Its already earning awards--and attracting death threats.

"R-Patz" was a derided teen heartthrob. Now he's in four of the biggest movies of the year and seems headed for his first Oscar nomination.