A ‘Plugged In’ Contagion Alert!?
Why in the world would Plugged In post a warning about this year’s flu outbreak? What’s a virus got to do with entertainment? Well, we’re not talking about the flu, actually. And contagion may have more to do with entertainment than any of us thought. I was working my way through a wired.com story about violence […]
What You Read Last Year
Januarys are busier than most months for me. On top of editing and publishing, I’m also doing a whole lot of calculating and tabulating. Now, there’s nothing inherently special about turning the calendar over from one year to the next, nothing that really makes the needto know what’s what any more vivid than it is […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Diamond in the Rough (Nominees)
This is our last category for the Plugged In Movie Awards. It should be—and not just because it’s the last thing some of our readers might think Plugged In would do! It is the category that stretches us the most, and will make you think the hardest. It’s our Diamond in the Rough category. Clichéd as […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Christian Movie (Nominees)
It’s our third day of announcing our nominees for the first-ever Plugged In Movie Awards. On Tuesday we rolled out our picks for Best Movie for Kids. Yesterday it was Best Movie for Teens. Today we’re looking at the category of Best Christian Movie released in 2012. This is our effort to recognize some of […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Teens (Nominees)
Yesterday we launched our first-ever Plugged In Movie Awards with nominees in the Best Movie for Kids category. Today we present five nominees in the Best Movie for Teens category. Vote for your favorite on our FACEBOOK PAGE or right here on our blog. Note that you’re more than welcome to vote and speak your mind […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Kids (Nominees)
On Feb. 24, Daniel Day-Lewis and some other people will smile, strut onstage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, collect gleaming statuettes and tell the world how much they love their agents. The Academy Awards is, by far, the biggest awards show in what has become known as awards season—when everything from Grammys to BAFTAs to Razzies […]
A New Year. A New Entertainment Regime
My daughter recently read Animal Farm for her middle school class. Or maybe I should say she tried to just read Animal Farm. Because the second I got a whiff of George Orwell’s fertile satirical fields, I had to get in on that little assignment too. So she read it and we all listened to it, […]
Talk to Us (It Won’t Even Cost You a Dime)
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Our Prayers and Our Hearts Are With You
We have very little to say right now about pretty much anything other than that we are grieving. Our prayers and our hearts are with those in Connecticut today.
What the Maelstrom Looks Like From the Inside
I’ve had my small share of public humiliation, most of it coming my way in middle school and high school. I’ve gotten red in the face. I’ve walked away from a group of “friends” while trembling violently. But my “public” has always been restricted to about 50 or 75 people at the very, very most. […]