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If you think old people only like to eat hard candy, watch Turner Classic Movies, and talk at length about their acid reflux, think again. Sure, the film shows us that it’s easy to become isolate...

All Carl wants to do is watch daytime TV in his living room with the shades drawn in peace. Is that too much to ask? After losing Ellie, life’s lost a lot of its meaning for Carl. Who knows—may...

Oscar and Felix. Elliott and E.T.. Turner and Hooch. Carl and Russell rank up right there with the greatest odd couples of all time. Their friendship is a thoroughly unlikely one. As film critic Ia...

Up is an unfinished love story. What do we mean? When Ellie passes away, the book doesn’t close on their lifelong love affair—not because they hadn’t hit Paradise Falls yet, but because their...

What do you think of when you hear the words “exploration” and “adventure?” Exotic locales, dinosaur bones, maybe an Indiana Jones style leather jacket? What if we told you the biggest, bes...