Joffrey from HBO's Game of Thrones

Mini Miscreants: Top 10 Li'l Screen Villains

As we prepare for the Game of Thrones finale, we recognize Joffrey and nine other baddies who showed us that terrible, horrible things can come in small packages

Where the Wild Things Are Author Maurice Sendak Dies

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Maurice Sendak, the children’s book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” died early Tuesday. He was 83.

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Lou Dobbs Vs. Kids’ Movies: Does Children’s Morality Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias?

Dobbs spun a scary new bedtime story for his audience: “the President’s liberal friends in Hollywood” attempting to “indoctrinate” children by exposing them to the anti-capitalist credos of Occupy Wall Street. The claim is ridiculous on its face—and more so if you take it seriously.

Top 10 Movies Based on Kids' Books

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We’ve complained so often about Hollywood’s destruction of our childhood memories that it seemed appropriate to point out the happy exceptions.