Contributor: Emily Tsiao

Emily studied film and writing when she was in college. And when she isn’t being way too competitive while playing board games, she enjoys food, sleep, and geeking out with her husband indulging in their “nerdoms,” which is the collective fan cultures of everything they love, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and Lord of the Rings.

Culture Clips: Just Another September, Just Another iPhone?

Yesterday, Apple fans around the world celebrated as the company released the new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The greatest feature of the iconic brand’s latest iterations seems to be the cameras: Depending on which model you get, th …

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Overcomer

When you find your identity in the One who created you, it changes your perspective on everything.

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Angel Has Fallen

The filmmakers want us to see that violence isn’t the answer … the kind of violence this R-rated actioner unleashes from start to finish.

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Blinded by the Light

This dramedy focuses on a struggling teen’s dreams, and how the music he loves helps him overcome the obstacles he encounters.

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Cookies: Delicious Treat or Malicious Threat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7ebyqBn_M   Ever since 2013, when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the Nation Security Agency’s data mining practices, people have been concerned about online privacy violations. The fear that Snowden’s disclosu …

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Culture Clips: Are Video Games Linked to Mass Shootings?

Tragedy struck the communities of El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, this weekend. A total of 31 lives were lost in separate mass shootings, with more injured. As the friends and families of these victims mourn the loss of their loved ones, it can be dif …

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Tech Tuesday: Why You Should Care About DDoS Attacks (and What You Can DDo About Them)

Player 1: “Everyone attack the boss NOW!” Player 2: “We’re almost there! He’s at 10%!” Player 3: “Healer, I need help! I’m almost out of health points!” Player 4: … Player 1: “Healer! We’re about to lose! What’s going on?” Player 4: … “Sorry friends, m …

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Descendants 3

So the good guy’s a bad guy and the bad guys are good guys? It certainly seems so. When Mal, the daughter of the Sleeping Beauty witch Maleficent, and her pals (fellow villains’ kids—VKs for short—Carlos, Jay, and Evie) left their home on the Isle of t …

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Culture Clips: Lil Nas X is Music’s New Record-Setting Sheriff

The music industry has a new top dog: “Old Town Road.” It took 24 years to beat “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men as the music industry’s longest-running pop chart-topping song. That ditty spent 16 straight weeks on the top of Billboard’s …

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Culture Clips: Will a Curious Trailer Kill These Cats?

In case you missed it, the new trailer for the upcoming movie musical Cats came out this week and audiences are … unsure about how they feel. On the one hand, the movie is taken from one of the longest-running Broadway shows of all time. With its star- …

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Culture Clips: Netflix Edits 13 Reasons Why

When 13 Reasons Why debuted on Netflix two years ago, many voices offered a strong word of caution regarding the graphic depiction of a teenage girl’s suicide in the first season’s final episode. Experts worried that the scene could act as a trigger fo …

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Stuber

More problematic than this buddy cop movie’s comedic failures are its intense violence and frequent profanities.

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Is Summer the Time for Fun and Game … Shows? (TV Sure Thinks So.)

Ah, summer…warm weather, no school, and nothing new to watch on television. Whatever shall we do without the latest episode of This Is Us to keep us entertained every week? The answer—at least the answer broadcast TV execs want us to give : Watch all t …

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