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Rampage Rocks Box Office, But Quiet Place Keeps Rolling
Movies don’t get much different from each other than Rampage and A Quiet Place. The former, based on a 1990s-era video game, is dumb, loud
A Real Hope Instead of a Virtual One
The movie Ready Player One imagines a near-future so bad that everyone living in it regularly escapes into a totally immersive virtual reality experience known
Culture Clips: The Unliking Facebook Edition
Ah, Facebook. Welcome back, old friend. We’ve seen quite a bit of you these days—well, in our Culture Clips blog, at least. Every time I
Facebook Upside Your Head
In spite of all the bad press Facebook has gotten lately over leaking-like-a-sieve privacy concerns, it seems that the youthful set is still flocking regularly
A Quiet Place Makes Some Noise
Movie houses have traditionally been a bit empty in the springtime. And really, it makes sense: The kids are still in school. The movie industry
Summer in the Forest: A Quiet Respite in a World of Noise
Sometimes people ask us how Plugged In chooses what movies it reviews. The short, simple answer is this: We watch the movies that make the
Culture Clips: Open the Culture Bay Doors, Hal.
About this time in 1968, Stanley Kubrick released a little ol’ movie called 2001: A Space Odyssey, making it one of the few movies older
A Conversation with Phoenix Wilder Director Richard Boddington
How often have you heard someone say, “They just don’t make movies like they used to?” Sure, many of today’s films feature nonstop action and
Ready Player One Nabs High Score
The movie’s all about the quest for an elusive, and extraordinarily important, video game Easter egg. It was released on Easter weekend. So maybe it’s
The #MeToo Movement and Women In Rap
My first job was as a high school teacher in inner-city Philadelphia. Fresh out of college, I was eager to teach and dying to make
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