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Villainy or Sympathy? The Trend of Villain Origin Stories in Film

Some of Hollywood’s most popular outings in the last two decades seek to sympathize with villains. Why is that?

Good Grief: What Hollywood Can Tell Us About Loss … and Moving On

In many a movie or television show, Hollywood reminds us that there is life after loss. Grief can nearly crush …

The Anxiety of Beauty

When everything they see sparkles with AI perfection, how can your kids avoid feeling like an ugly mess?

Movie Monday: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Has Monster Start

‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ stomped the competition with a record-setting, live-action, foreign-language opening.

On the Radar: Smartphones and Disordered Eating, Family Vlogging and ‘Touch Starvation’

Smartphones can impact disordered eating behaviors. Children of family vloggers can now ask their parents to remove content. And how …

Movie Monday: ‘You Can See Everything’ Sees Its First Win

In a slow week at the box office, Nathan Fielder’s buzzy documentary topped the charts, narrowly beating ‘Clayface.’

On the Radar: Trick-or-Treat Age Cutoff, Gen Z and Unemployment and the Paranoia Game

How old is too old for trick-or-treating? Gen Z processes job struggles with humor. And what’s the Paranoia Game?

AI Gets Religion. (And It Doesn’t Get Religion at All.)

AI certainly seems in need of a little old-time religion. But what religion are we talking about? And can a …

AI, Bane of Cybercriminals Everywhere?

There looks to be some help on the anti-cybercrime front. And the cavalry is coming from a surprising source: AI.

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Movie Monday: ‘Clayface’ Sculpts a Weekend Win

Well, it’s no ‘Joker.’ But still, another R-rated film about a Batman villain has topped the box office—this time, it’s …

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