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Three Snapshots of TV’s Power to Change Us
Media can impact culture in surprising ways. And I came across three stories recently that illustrate how television, in particular, informs and influences the way
Dude Perfect: Laughter, Epic Trick Shots and … Faith?
Dude Perfect began in a backyard. On a friendly lunch tab wager. And an epic trick shot. It continues now with a YouTube channel boasting over six million subscribers and prospects
The Spy Who Loved the Box Office
Spy flicks generally feature suave, debonair action heroes dodging death, seducing seductresses and meddling with megalomaniacs. And there is one such agent in the espionage
What Do Mirrors Have to Do With Earthquakes?
When I walked out of my San Andreas screening last week, there were a lot of things on my mind. I was thinking about the
Games Put on Their Big Boy Pants
In this day and age where video games are peeking up at you from every tablet, phone and TV screen, it’s pretty common for discerning
San Andreas Shakes Things Up
Well, it wasn’t exactly the biggest box-office tremor of the year. Avengers: Age of Ultron still has that title sewn up for the year. Still,
Oscars: The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
This year’s Oscars telecast was perhaps the first I remember where the actual telecast seemed a little anticlimactic at first. Kevin Hart’s going to be
The Terrible Truth of Beautiful Boy
“I need to find a way to fill this big, black hole in me.” Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) says this in Beautiful Boy, speaking in
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