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GuideMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Old TV Shows That Still Work on Modern Kids

What actually holds a nine-year-old's attention from 1960, what to preview first, and how to watch it without paying for four streaming services.

GuideWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Survival Films Worth Pausing to Talk About With Your Kids

What one man can do, another can do — and a handful of adventure movies that actually teach it, with the content concerns named up front.

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StoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Eight Classics and the Production Disasters Behind Them

The shark didn't work, the Tin Man nearly died, and the snow was fire extinguisher foam. What went wrong on set often made the movie.

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Family Movie Night Picks Your Teenagers Won't Mock

Fifteen films that hold a sixteen-year-old and a forty-five-year-old at the same time, with the content concerns named up front.

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GuideMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Movie Speeches That Still Work, and Why

Seven scenes worth rewatching with your family, and the mechanics underneath them that you can steal for a toast, a locker room, or a hard conversation.

BRO TakeMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The Best Sports Movies Ever Made, Ranked

Fourteen films worth a Friday night, ranked, with the content concerns named up front so nobody has to lunge for the remote.

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Date Night Movies You and Your Wife Will Both Finish

Thirteen films that hold up for both of you, with the content concerns named up front and a system for picking one before 9 p.m.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

The Classic Movies Your Kids Should See Before Thirteen

An age-by-age viewing ladder, with the content concerns named up front and the ones that will lose a kid in six minutes flagged.

GuideMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Clean Comedies That Are Actually Funny

Seventy years of proof that a comedy doesn't need to be filthy to work, plus the content warnings the streaming apps never bother to give you.

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GuideMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

The Westerns Every Man Should Watch At Least Once

Start with 85 minutes of Gary Cooper, end with a six-hour cattle drive, and know exactly which ones you can put on with the kids in the room.

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The Sitcom Bits That Still Get a Laugh Fifty Years Later

A conveyor belt from 1952 still beats most of what's on streaming, and there are reasons for that you can steal.

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GuideMusicDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Build a Road Trip Playlist One Decade at a Time

Seventeen songs an hour, six decades deep, and a running order that survives hour nine somewhere outside Amarillo.

GuideMusicDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Classic Rock Albums That Hold Up From Track One to the End

Turn off shuffle, give a record forty-five minutes of your actual attention, and find out which ones were built to be heard whole.

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GuideMusicDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Start a Vinyl Collection Without Torching Your Budget

The turntable matters more than the records, the thrift bins are better than you think, and the suitcase player is quietly eating your albums.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Music5 min

Clean Music a Teenager Will Actually Turn Up

Cars6 min

Detroit's best idea was a big engine in a cheap car

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GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Old Spice, Clubman And The Splash That Costs Seven Dollars

The classic barbershop aftershaves outlasted every trend for a simple reason, and they ask exactly one thing of your skin in return.

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Books6 min read

Classic Adventure Novels That Survive Being Read Out Loud

Which ones hold a nine-year-old at bedtime, which ones quietly kill the habit, and where you'll want to skip a paragraph.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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