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Crazy Rich Asians Scores Sane Rich Weekend
We’ve officially hit the August movie doldrums. All the high-profile summer blockbusters have come and gone. Oscar hopefuls and holiday flicks are back stage still,
Vodcast: What’s Up With the New Oscars Category?
I’m a sucker for traditions. Growing up, we didn’t have many of them, and now that I have my own family, we love creating our
Culture Clips: “Mom, Where’s My Bulletproof Backpack?”
It’s back-to-school time. That means school supplies. Pencils? Check. Erasers? Yup. Trapper Keepers? (Oh wait, it’s not the ’80s anymore. Oh wait again, they have
Chris Pratt Seems Like a Great Guy. But …
I really like Chris Pratt. He seems like a fun, funny, down-to-earth guy who, despite being one of this moment’s great action heroes, doesn’t take
Meg Paddles to First Place
The prehistoric monster that stars in The Meg (the shark, not Jason Statham) would never be mistaken for something you’d throw in a tiny aquarium
Eighth Grade,’ Like Eighth Graders, Needs Parents
Eighth Grade, the movie, is rated R, and for some pretty obvious reasons. Our intrepid reviewer Kristin Smith noted lots of profanity (including about 10
Culture Clips: Make Me Look Like Myself, Only Better
We all probably have a favorite photo of ourselves—the one we use on our Facebook pages and Christmas cards, the one where the light was
When Social Media Bullying Turns Uglier
When I was in elementary school, I was frightened terribly by a boy named Winfred. Winfred was a huge (I thought) fifth-grade bully. Somehow I
Fallout Hangs on to No. 1
What’s an impossible mission? Out-adorabling Winnie-the-Pooh, that’s what. But out-earning him? Yeah, that’s possible. Mission: Impossible – Fallout took the No. 1 slot for the
Vodcast: The Dark Knight, 10 Years Later
There’s a sign/T-Shirt/bumper sticker going around that goes something like this: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman.” We’d quibble
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