DINOS! RACECARS! SUPERHEROES!

Host of KCRW's The Business Kim Masters and her partner in Banter Matt Belloni are unpacking the big blockbuster bets of the season. Listen here.

Chris and Paul Weitz talk Murderbot

Brothers/consummate creative collaborators Chris and Paul Weitz have range: late '90s, laugh-out-loud-raunch-fest American Pie, early 2000s pensive dramedy (and Nick Hornby adaptation) About A Boy... and now the critically revered Apple TV+ series Murderbot. The latter stars Alexander Skarsgård as a security robot who gains free will and becomes obsessed with a schlocky show called Sanctuary Moon. It was just renewed for a second season, so of course we need to hear all about it directly from the source(s).

Larger-than-life exec Barry Diller dishes about Who Knew?

Who among us can resist a Hollywood tell-all? And when it's coming from someone who's been involved with as many aspects of the industry as Barry Diller has, you just know you're in for something very, very good. For a taste of what's in store, sample this conversation.

Summer TV reviews: Ballard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

In the market for a new series to obsess over? We got you. NPR's Eric Deggans is on deck to unpack some splashy premieres including Amazon's Bosch spin-off, Ballard, Paramount's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Paramount's Dexter: Resurrection (pictured above: Dexter star Michael C. Hall). 

Weekend Film Reviews: Superman, Kill the Jockey, Apocalypse in the Tropics

Mutters to self: "Must not make 'it's a bird, it's a plane...' pun, must not make 'it's a bird, it's a plane...' pun..." Oh well, I tried. Film critics Witney Seibold and Christy Lemire share their sharp takes on James Gunn's Superman (without resorting to any wordplay at all!). Plus, they speak on Luis Ortega's Kill the Jockey, Petra Costa’s Apocalypse in the Tropics (documentary), and Mahdi Fleifel's To a Land Unknown.