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Star Trek Beyond Boldly Goes to No. 1

The summer movie season is a time for pretenders. Studios release their biggest, flashiest products in the hope of hitting a box-office bonanza. But not

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Caviezel on the Cross

When I first saw The Passion of the Christ I had mixed emotions. I was greatly moved by what I had just seen, but it

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Pets Ain’t ‘Fraid of no Ghosts

When there’s movies playin’ in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Animated pets! Or so said American moviegoers this weekend. Despite the arrival of Ghostbusters,

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Secret Life of Pets Not So Secret Anymore

Pets can be pretty expensive. You gotta buy ’em food. Take ’em to the vet. Replace the furniture they’ve scratched or gnawed on. And if

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Finding Dory Flaps to First Again

We’ve all heard about the law of the jungle: Kill or be killed. Eat or be eaten. We know that those who live in the

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We All Scream for Our Screens

Last week I ruminated on the joys of unplugging for a bit. But truth is, it didn’t take me long to reconnect. Granted, my job

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Box Office Still Looks Fishy

Fish, unless they’re breaded, carved into sticks and thrown into a freezer, don’t typically last that long. You want to enjoy them when they’re as

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Finding Dory Finds Cash: Lots of It

Don’t buy a blue tang fish. Just don’t. As Adam Holz pointed out a few blogs ago, the last thing the natural world needs is

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Hollywood Likes Morality: Its Own

Last week, Plugged In Director Bob Waliszewski asked us whether Hollywood should do a better job of making good—as in ethically good—movies. Whether it should

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