Does It Matter Who Plays Whom?
“I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.” Or maybe it should be, “I’m not a writer, but I post on Plugged In’s blog.” I’m curious today about whether it matters or not who it is who plays somebody or other in the movies or on TV. And I have to admit, it’s […]
Sex and the Middle School
I went to a meeting at my daughter’s middle school on Monday that I really didn’t want to go to. No, she hadn’t done anything bad that triggered a sit-down with the principal. Her teachers all love her every bit as much as she loves school. (Lucky, right?) This particular meeting, you see, was the […]
Licensed to Text and Tweet … But Not Drive
When I was a teen I could not wait to get my learner’s permit. Then I was on pins and needles the whole time I had it, waiting for that big moment when I was finally fully licensed to drive a car. Never mind that I didn’t have my own auto, that I always had to […]
I’m Giving This Blog Post 3.5 Plugged In Plugs
If you’re wandering around the Plugged In website this afternoon and happen to open up one of our new movie reviews, you’ll notice they look a little different. We’ve made the pictures bigger! Pretty nifty, right? OK, OK, that’s not the only thing that’s new. We’ve also added five big electrical plugs and three human heads […]
Good. Well That’s Sorted Then’
There’s all sorts of talk this week about good girls gone bad as the R-rated Spring Breakers(which features former Disney starlets Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens) hits mall theaters this Friday. (Look for our review that evening.) But I’m actually much more interested in good girls gone good. And something the young Emma Watson said/did […]
(N)Ice Music, From Norway of Course
Stacking wood on Norwegian TV was the topic of last week’s post from my fine writing colleague Paul Asay. Maestro of the blog that he is, he managed, somehow, to make a Plugged In sort of point out of a controversy over whether wood dried better with its bark up or down. Well, not be outplayed […]
Put That Comment Box Back Where It Was or So Help Me!
Some of you have already noticed that the “LEAVE A COMMENT” box has disappeared from the bottom of our posts today. I had to take it away because I just didn’t like some of the feedback I was getting on my grumpy-about-the-Oscars post yesterday. Sorry, but that’s just the way it has to be from […]
Put Those Oscars Back Where They Came From or So Help Me!
I didn’t watch the Academy Awards telecast on Sunday this year. Or last year. Or the year before. Never mind that as the online editor for Plugged In, I really do need to know who won, what was said and how things went. I just couldn’t bring myself to care about all that until first […]
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It’s not my favorite thing to keep checking on the Plugged In Poll today. But I keep doing it anyway. The results are just not going my way, you see. We asked, “What do you think about teachers using movies—historical dramas such as Lincoln—in classrooms for middle school and high school?” And I honestly expected a […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: The Golden Magnifier Goes To …
Announcing the winners of the first ever Plugged In Movie Awards! BEST MOVIE FOR KIDS Nominees: Brave, Chimpanzee, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Plugged In’s Pick: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted We do love our Pixar movies. WALL-E. Up. Toy Story 3. They’re all instant classics […]