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The Transformers franchise has been around for decades, and it's brought us many toys, TV shows and movies. Now, in the new animated film Transformers One, the origin story of Optimus Prime and M...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/1200551204/transformers-one-is-an-animated-origin-story-with-a-light-touch

What would you do if you met your future self, who's a couple of decades older and maybe a little wiser? Would you freak out? In the delightful new movie My Old Ass, a teenager named Elliott (Mai...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/19/1200336830/the-delightful-my-old-ass-seeks-wisdom-from-hindsight

In The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aerobics TV star who turns 50 and is promptly ousted from her gig in Hollywood. She and Margaret Qualley duke it out in this excruciating body horror tale.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/nx-s1-5104156/the-substance-movie-review-demi-moore

Fall is beginning, and it's the perfect time to talk about all the great things we're excited to watch and listen to between now and the end of the year. Today, we're offering up a guide to spotl...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/1200121031/the-movies-tv-and-music-were-excited-about-this-fall

A teen meets her wisecracking, advice-dispensing 39-year-old self on a mushroom trip in Megan Park's coming-of-age rom-com My Old Ass.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/nx-s1-5109876/in-my-old-ass-a-teen-is-visited-by-her-39-year-old-self-during-a-mushroom-trip

A new film follows Trey Parker and Matt Stone as they renovate a dilapidated, inauthentic, 1970s Mexican restaurant. The labor of love becomes a money-pit as they chase the landmark's former glor...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/nx-s1-5110027/casa-bonita-mi-amor-review-trey-parker-matt-stone

In The Substance, Moore plays an aging actress who uses a black-market drug to create a younger version of herself. She says the film examines the pressures middle-aged women face to remain youth...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/g-s1-23240/demi-moore-reflects-on-aging-acceptance-and-finding-happiness-within

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the actor Aaron Pierre, who stars in the new Netflix movie "Rebel Ridge." It's a thriller about civil asset forfeiture.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/15/nx-s1-5075209/aaron-pierre-on-starring-in-netflixs-rebel-ridge

The Toronto Film Festival often predicts box office hits and award winners. NPR's Scott Simon talks with critic Siddhant Adlakha about some of this year's highlights.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5108896/highlights-from-the-toronto-film-festival

Jones, who died Sept. 9, voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King. He started out in theater in the 1950s, and later won a Tony and an honorary Oscar. Originally broadcast in 1...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/13/g-s1-22511/remembering-james-earl-jones-legend-of-the-stage-and-screen