Tag: Movies
Godzilla vs. Kong: A functional morphologist uses science to pick a...
Kiersten Formoso, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The 2021 film “Godzilla vs. Kong” pits the two...
In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right
Stephanie Herold, University of California, San Francisco and Gretchen Sisson, University of California, San Francisco
According to decades of research, abortion is an incredibly common...
Here’s why Christmas movies are so appealing this holiday season
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College
With the pandemic limiting travel over the holiday season, many Americans will be settling in front of the television to...
The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and...
Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Reviewers varyingly called...
Rumors of Chris Pratt’s being a ‘MAGA Bro’ show how Twitter’s...
Aaron Duncan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
When actor Chris Pratt found himself trending on Twitter on Oct. 17, it wasn’t because of his new film or...
On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in...
Magda Romanska, Emerson College
The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have forced Hollywood and other artists and filmmakers to rethink their subject matter and...
More penises are appearing on TV and in film – but...
Peter Lehman, Arizona State University
If you’ve noticed an uptick of male frontal nudity in TV and in movies in recent years, you’re onto something.
In...
Regal Cinemas’ decision to close its theaters is the latest blow...
Matthew Jordan, Penn State
A film industry in free fall just suffered its latest blow.
Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, announced that it would...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
