A Little Bathroom Reading For You
Sometimes I like to imagine what it would have been like to publish Plugged In decades ago, back when we could have been so much more positive about so much more that was broadcast on TV or projected onto movie screens, not to mention the condition of popular music lyrics. And video games? Well, they […]
Diverging From What Everybody Else Is Doing (Reading)
I just finished reading the first novel in the Divergent trilogy—and not because I’m secretly 45 going on 15. My 8th-grade daughter had been asking about the book because of the buzz and banter it was generating at her school. And the movie just made things all the more pressing. So I read it, and […]
Buy ‘Em All
You have to admit: It’s a seriously circular strategy. If you see something offensive at a store, why not buy it? Huh? But wouldn’t that just make the company responsible all the more eager to churn out more, thanks to increased sales data? Well. What if you bought the salacious something-or-other—so no one else had […]
A Mirror of Another Matter
I am not very fond of mirrors. Now, this is not a silica phobia. Nor is it a childhood fear of exploding glass shards that’s blossomed into an adult aversion. I just am not crazy about looking at my own reflection. I mentioned to my lovely wife (whose visage I mind not at all looking […]
2014 Plugged In Movie Awards: “Best Movie” Winners
Announcing the winners of the second annual Plugged In Movie Awards! And the Golden Magnifier goes to … BEST CHRISTIAN MOVIE Nominees: Black Nativity, The Christmas Candle, Grace Unplugged, Home Run, Not Today Plugged In’s Pick: Grace Unplugged With Christian movies getting a bit better each year, this category was stacked with solid choices … that ultimately […]
Giving Yourself to God in a Grammy World
There’s been lots of bad news lately about the Grammys. (And the Denver Broncos, too, but that’s another subject entirely.) So with such a dark entertainment cloud pressing so low to the horizon behind us, I wanted to make sure you’d heard some of the good news swirling around that particular awards show. Some of […]
Sports As More Than Merely Entertainment
I heard a funny/insulting/poignant description of professional football once: That it’s 22 men on the field who desperately need rest surrounded by 22,000 fans (or 82,000!) who desperately need exercise. But there’s more to it than that, isn’t there? My own family’s not big on football. Here in Colorado, we figured out that the Broncos […]
2014 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Adults
To voice your thoughts and vote for your favorite nominee, post a comment on this blog or on our Facebook page. To read our Plugged In Movie Awards introduction, link here. BEST MOVIE FOR ADULTS (NOMINEES) Gravity (PG-13): It’s an epic just 90 minutes long, an out-of-this-world spectacle that makes us long for home even […]
2014 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Christian Movie
To voice your thoughts and vote for your favorite nominee, post a comment on this blog or on our Facebook page. To read our Plugged In Movie Awards introduction, link here. BEST CHRISTIAN MOVIE (NOMINEES) Black Nativity (PG-13): This is not, at least by some measures, a “Christian” movie. It wasn’t made by a church […]
2014 Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Kids
To voice your thoughts and vote for your favorite nominee, post a comment on this blog or on our Facebook page. To read our Plugged In Movie Awards introduction, link here. BEST MOVIE FOR KIDS (NOMINEES) The Croods (PG): There are those who might’ve stayed away from this DreamWorks movie because of the name alone. […]