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The Dangerously Mixed Messages of To the Bone
A confession: I don’t understand eating disorders. I get the desire to be thin. But I don’t get the compulsion to starve oneself, or to
Culture Clips: If You Can’t Beat a Shark, Jump It
Each summer, Discovery Channel faces a unique programming challenge: making its “Shark Week” programming feel fresh. That’s no small challenge, given the fact that this
Seeing Ghosts (and a Hint of Faith) in A Ghost Story: An Interview with David Lowery
Pete’s Dragon director David Lowery seems obsessed two things: time and loss. And he mulls them both deeply in his quirky new film, A Ghost
Dunkirk Triumphs
The British didn’t win the battle of Dunkirk in 1940. But thanks in part to the ingenuity of some regular-but-heroic folks determined to help rescue
Dunkirk Shows Us We’re Stronger Together Than Alone
This Christopher Nolan guy? Yeah, he can make a pretty good movie. In the decade I’ve been working at Plugged In, I think I’ve reviewed
Culture Clips: Thrones and Zombies and Doctors, Oh My!
Game of Thrones just roared back for its seventh season. And any way you want to slice it, HBO’s graphic fantasy series (based on George
Augmented Reality 1.5
As we all know, Pokémon GO is an augmented reality app that set the world on fire a year ago. But just in case you’re
War For Planet of the Apes Wins Weekend Battle
You could say that Caesar made some salad. War for the Planet of the Apes, featuring the super-smart alpha chimp Caesar, scrambled up the box
Parents Blame Children’s Deaths on 13 Reasons Why
The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has been out for more than three months now, but it’s still in the news for all the wrong
Culture Clips: What Will the Future Look Like?
This Friday, moviegoers will line up to see War for the Planet of the Apes, a dystopian vision (at least for us human types) of
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