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Writer Mark Russell says artist Steve Pugh's character designs bring humanity to his updated version of The Flintstones.

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Yabbadabba-What? These Aren't The Flintstones You Remember

5:39pm August 02, 2018

by Mallory Yu

When you say The Flintstones, most people think of the old Hanna Barbera cartoons. But a new comic book adaptation keeps the humor, and tackles some heavy themes like capitalism and human frailty.

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International women of mystery Aubrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon) in The Spy Who Dumped Me.

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'The Spy Who Dumped Me': Man, They Could Have Done This Better

5:00pm August 02, 2018

by Chris Klimek

Kate McKinnon is dependably great, but this overlong and shaggily plotted action-comedy never generates enough laughs or surprises to make it anything more than an "August time-waster."

Out, But Looking In: Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) don't need no miseducation in The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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'The Miseducation Of Cameron Post': Lesbian, Interrupted

5:00pm August 02, 2018

by Ella Taylor

Chloë Grace Moretz plays a queer teenager shipped off to a conversion therapy camp in this even-handed if occasionally sluggish film that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

In Christopher Robin, Ewan McGregor goes into the woods today; he's in for a big surprise.

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In The Sticky-Sweet 'Christopher Robin,' Pooh Happens

5:00pm August 02, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

A grown-up Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) returns to his childhood chums in the Hundred Acre Wood in Marc Forster's rote but charmingly animated children's film.

Mental Illness: [Enter Stage Right]

4:35pm August 02, 2018

With the success of shows like "Dear Evan Hansen," Broadway's latest trend puts mental health challenges center stage.

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Documentary Reveals The 'Secret History' Of Hollywood Pimp Scotty Bowers

2:52pm August 02, 2018

by David Edelstein

A veteran of World War II, Bowers bought a gas station on Hollywood Boulevard in 1946 and began arranging trysts for stars. A new documentary that's "as sympathetic as it is lurid" tells his story.

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'The Incendiaries' Is A Poignant And Powerful Look At Campus Life

7:00am August 02, 2018

by Jean Zimmerman

R.O. Kwon's new novel explores the attractions — and dangers — of faith, against the overheated, over-the-top backdrop of an upper-crust college somewhere in the Northeastern United State.

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Cartoonist Thi Bui Weaves Together Personal And Political History

7:28pm August 01, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Bui's Eisner Award-nominated graphic memoir The Best We Could Do chronicles her family's struggles in fleeing war-torn Vietnam to immigrate to the United States.

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Humpback whales feed at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary near Provincetown, Mass., in July 2014.

Scientists Are 'Spying On Whales' To Learn How They Eat, Talk And ... Walked?

6:05pm August 01, 2018

by Dave Davies

Paleobiologist Nick Pyenson is dedicated to uncovering the "hidden lives" of whales. He says that 40 million to 50 million years ago, they had four legs and lived at least part of their lives on land.

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'The Incendiaries' Is An Angsty Back-To-School Novel About Believing In God

1:32pm August 01, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

R. O. Kwon's pensive debut novel charts a well-worn path from eager innocence to bruised experience. But it tweaks the conventional campus novel formula in a few crucial ways.