entertainment culture
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Inside Out 2 Is Pixar Doing What Pixar Does Best
Over the past three decades, Pixar made a name for itself making animated films that perfectly thread the needle. On the one side? Vibrant, kid-friendly entertainment. The other? Complex, powerful, relatable adult themes. Wall-E is a movie about a robot, but it’s also about love, loneliness, and the end of the world. Toy Story is…
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25 Modern Christmas Classics You Should Watch Right Now
Christmas movies have been a tradition for decades, but the days when we had to watch George Bailey try to jump off of a bridge year after year are well past us. Holiday movies are an industry in and of themselves, with dozens, if not hundreds of new seasonal offerings released starting around June. Most…
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You Can Try These New YouTube AI Features Right Now
Google is rolling out AI features to all of its products, one after another. Bard is popping up in apps like Docs, Sheets, and Gmail, while artificial intelligence arrived on Google Maps a couple of weeks ago. Now, the AI revolution is coming to YouTube, but only to a limited group. Google announced two new…
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The 30 Best Teen Movies You Can Watch
Before the 1950s, filmmakers didn’t think about teenagers as anything other than adults-in-waiting—accessories to the adult characters in films. That changed circa the release of Nicholas Ray’s 1955 James Dean star vehicle Rebel Without a Cause, the success of which made studios realize that teens were driving around in their own cars and occasionally spending their…