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An eye-opening look at how the current media landscape has incentivized us to see our fellow citizens as characters in an ongoing entertainment—and how we can fight back, from the popular and award-winning staff writer for The Atlantic.

Whether it's our reality-television-star President or our expertly curated Instagram feeds, the line between fact and fiction—between what's real and what's fabricated for entertainment—has

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It was a dark and stormy night... The fantastical journey of awkward and plucky heroine Meg Murry explodes onto the big screen with an all-star cast in Disney's blockbuster adaptation of the classic children's novel A Wrinkle In Time, directed by Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay. Meg, her precocious little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin travel to bizarre and extraordinary alien worlds on an epic quest to rescue her...

Filmed by Chilean master Raúl Ruiz in 1990 but left unfinished until it was completed by his wife and collaborator Valeria Sarmiento in 2017, THE WANDERING SOAP OPERA is a dreamily interconnected series of vignettes that spoof on telenovela conventions while reflecting Ruiz's feelings upon returning to his native Chile after more than 15 years away. In one episode, a man seduces a woman by showing her his muscles, which are actually slabs of raw...

Mary Shelly and Bram Stoker, two great icons who had the human ability 'afforded' to some ... the ability to love what they did. Writing though, to both of them was a beloved hobby. Mary Shelley was a maker of things such as tissue boxes, from seashells, so she was self employed and wasn't normal because she didn't have a proper job. Her seafront shop (can't give you the location, or you may mob it) was called Shelly's Shelly Stuff.Bram Stoker, another...

For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who is also struggling...

Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's...

While on vacation, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to prevent the apocalypse.

"Millions of teenagers and adults download music from the Internet using a technology called peer-to-peer file sharing. With a few mouse clicks or taps on the screen, people can listen to their favorite songs without buying the album or tracks, and they can share them with their friends. Movies, games, and software can be shared as well. But most of this material is copyrighted, and downloading deprives the artists that created it. Find out what is...

"Billy Batson (aka Shazam!) and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with having adult Super Hero alter egos, but a vengeful trio of ancient gods have arrived on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago. Now, Billy and his family are thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives and the fate of their world"--Container.

A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.