2015 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Christian Movie

All this week we’re announcing the nominees for the Plugged In Movie Awards in the categories of Best Movie for Kids, Best Movie for Teens, Best Movie for Adults and Best Christian Movie. These films represent what we consider to be the best of what got released in 2014, and not just artistically speaking, but […]

2015 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Adults

All this week we’re announcing the nominees for the Plugged In Movie Awards in the categories of Best Movie for Kids, Best Movie for Teens, Best Movie for Adults and Best Christian Movie. These films represent what we consider to be the best of what got released in 2014, and not just artistically speaking, but morally and content-wise, too. Our […]

2015 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Teens

All this week we’re announcing the nominees for the Plugged In Movie Awards in the categories of Best Movie for Kids, Best Movie for Teens, Best Movie for Adults and Best Christian Movie. These films represent what we consider to be the best of what got released in 2014, and not just artistically speaking, but morally and content-wise, too. Our […]

2015 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Kids

All this week we’re announcing the nominees for the Plugged In Movie Awards in the categories of Best Movie for Kids, Best Movie for Teens, Best Movie for Adults and Best Christian Movie. These films represent what we consider to be the best of what got released in 2014, and not just artistically speaking, but morally and content-wise, too. Our […]

Show and Tell and Talk

It’s officially show-and-tell day here at the Plugged In offices. That was one of my favorite things in grade school, so why dampen down the good vibrations just because we’re adults? In this case, we’ll show, and you can tell … us what you think of the new look and feel of our blog. You’ll […]

The Media That Moved You (To at Least Click)

Movies were a big deal in 2014, with Christian movies jostling elbows with dystopian thriller movies. But so were TV shows, music releases and video games. We had more readers reading our reviews last year than ever before, and for that we’re grateful. Grateful that the hard work our team does matters to you. And […]

Hope for Those Who Still Haven’t Set Up Their Christmas Tree

There is an informal series of Christmas-themed cartoons that Bill Watterson included in his much-loved Calvin and Hobbes strips. Some of them have become favorites around our house every holiday season. The gist is always about the same, that Calvin’s excited about Christmas and Dad is pretending to not care a whit about it. One begins […]

What Tim Lambesis Is Learning Now That He’s Away From the Cacophony

I don’t often think very much about metalcore music. If I’m listening to it (usually for this job), it’s kinda hard to think at all, brain-rattling as it is. And when I’m not listening to it (usually for everything else), I can’t seem to remember what I’m supposed to have learned from it while I […]

Happily Married and Happier for It

I’ve been married for 20 years now, and I can say the last two decades have been the best and happiest of my life. I’m not just writing that because my lovely bride will surely read this at some point, either. Heidi collaborates with me, completes me, complements me and even compliments me from time […]

Top 10 Reasons Kids Like to Swear

I can safely say that I know more swear words than my daughter does. Not that it’s a contest or anything. And never mind that she goes to a public school and is a freshman in high school. My job as the editor of Plugged In necessitates me knowing and documenting just about every profanity, […]