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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
Being a Superhero Gets Real … Painful
The folks who make superhero movies these days have their craft down to such a science you’d swear that what you’re seeing on the big
Spider-Man Comes Home to No. 1
Yeah, sure. Spider-Man can’t fly or turn green or bash bad guys back to the Bronze age with his gigantic hammer. But when it comes
A Look At VidAngel’s New Netflix Filtering Service
For some, movie and TV show filtering is the white whale of the family entertainment business—an elusive tool that gives viewers the ability to watch
Pokémon Go’s Influence a Year Later
Plugged In’s coverage of video games typically leans in a cautionary direction. (As does, frankly, our coverage of other entertainment media as well.) For years,
Culture Clips: Game of Thrones Conquers Millions, Facebook Billions
Winter is coming. In, like, about five and a half months or something. In the meantime, HBO’s Game of Thrones is coming, too. Its seventh
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