19 of the Best Scary TV Shows to Watch Between Now and Halloween
There are good reasons for my love of TV anthology horror: If one story or episode isn’t great, there’s always the next one; plus, at under an hour, you’re not…
18 Sci-Fi Movies You Should Watch Before The Matrix 4 Comes Out
The Matrix, with its trippy, action-heavy explorations of the nature of reality (and heavy doses of trans allegory), brought mind-bending science fiction to the masses. It was, in many ways,…
30 of the Best Movies That Clock in at 90 Minutes or Less
Screenshot: Run Lola Run/Sony Pictures Classics Just when you thought blockbuster movies couldn’t possibly get any longer, the fine people at Universal Pictures announced the runtime for the next, long-delayed…
What to Do When Your Kid Thinks You’re Playing Favorites
Photo: Veja (Shutterstock) I wasn’t exactly surprised when, in the midst of a recent disagreement, my 11-year-old son expressed how upset he was by telling me that he believed I…
What You Should Say to Kids Instead of ‘Good Job’
Photo: ANURAK PONGPATIMET (Shutterstock) We’ve all said it. When our child climbs a rock wall for the first time, does a cartwheel, or brings home some less-than-stellar art, it’s almost…
How to Write a 5-Star Review That’s Actually Helpful (and Looks Real)
Photo: Irina Wilhauk (Shutterstock) Online reviews are a huge part of how we spend money nowadays, and nothing makes people hit that “Order Now” button like a 5-star review. Unfortunately,…
20 Movie Trailers That Are Better Than the Movie Itself
Screenshot: 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm Ltd. / YouTube There’s an art to the movie trailer, although not everyone who constructs a trailer is an artist. The best tell us…
How to Keep Your Kid Occupied at the Doctor’s Office Without Handing Them a Screen
Photo: Rocketclips, Inc. (Shutterstock) A thing that’s not fun to do when you’re a parent is take your young children to the pediatrician’s office. There are endless reasons why the…
35 Essential Summer Blockbusters of the Past 20 Years
Screenshot: Edge of Tomorrow/Warner Bros. Pictures (Fair Use) Remember movie theaters? Remember movie theaters in summer? It’s been a long time (463 days as of this writing) since I last…
35 Box Office Flops That Are Actually Worth Watching
Screenshot: Speed Racer/Warner Bros. British impresario Malcolm McLaren’s headstone reads, “Better a spectacular failure, than a benign success.” So it goes in life and, sometimes, at the movies. Hollywood makes…