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‘Behind the Frame’ is a touching, interactive tale of art, cats, love and loss

Memory and a mystery relationship are poignantly conveyed through paintings in the short game ‘Behind the Frame.’

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 28, 2021 - Los Angeles Times reporter Todd Martens raises an Oscar while taking in The Oscar Experience at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on September 2, 2021. This part of the museum will let visitors experience what it's like to win and Oscar. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

I’d like to thank the Academy for my fantasy Oscar: The theme park influence on museums

Mother Tree from Academy Museum of Motion Pictures inaugural exhibition "Hayao Miyazaki." Photo by Sherry Huang, Courtesy Academy Museum Foundation.

How the Academy Museum created its most magical moment with plain ol’ string

Games in "WarioWare: Get It Together!" are simple, silly and time-based.

The new ‘WarioWare’ is the game for our attention-span-starved, pandemic times

Portrait of actor Simu Liu in a green and black striped sweater

Seen ‘Shang-Chi’ yet? Here’s everything to know about the making of the Marvel movie

Haters thought ‘Shang-Chi’ would flop. Stock-photo Simu Liu is having the last laugh

Does ‘Shang-Chi’ pass the ‘rep sweats’ test? We debate why the Marvel movie matters

‘Shang-Chi’ and what it took to finally get an Asian superhero movie into the MCU

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"A Musical Story" is a game about how we communicate through song.

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10 fall video games our critic can’t wait to play

Beyond “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” and new “Life Is Strange,” “Metroid” and “WarioWare” games are the stylistic “Deathloop,” the de-stressing fantasy “Lake” and more.

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Netflix’s quirky new cartoon comes from a surprising source: high-school show choir
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Meet Daniela Melchior, the heart of James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’
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