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Oscars: The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
This year’s Oscars telecast was perhaps the first I remember where the actual telecast seemed a little anticlimactic at first. Kevin Hart’s going to be
How to Train Your Dragon 3 Flies Up to No. 1
It’s been a slow year thus far at the box office. The LEGO Movie 2 underperformed. Alita: Battle Angel staggered. We’re nearly done with February,
Plugged In Movie Awards 2019: And The Winners Are …
Nearly 900 movies were released in North America in 2018. (About as many as Netflix put out singlehandedly.) Seems like we here at Plugged In
A Talk With Tim Tebow About His New Christian Movie, Run the Race
Last week, I had the chance to go to Los Angeles and meet with the makers of Run the Race, a Christian movie about two
Culture Clips: Ariana Grande, Meet The Beatles
All these decades later, The Beatles are still the measuring stick. When you want to say some new musician is a big deal, do you
Alita Stomps on LEGO 2 Over Painful President’s Day Weekend
In the movie Alita: Battle Angel, the titular hero tells us she “will not stand by in the presence of evil.” Apparently, she won’t stand
The Strangely Pro-Life Message in Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel thundered into theaters Wednesday. Like lots of PG-13 action flicks, it’s kinda good, kinda bad and kinda ugly. (Of course, you can
Culture Clips: Justin & Hailey Talk Abstinence & Marriage
Justin Bieber has headlined Culture Clips (and other Plugged In blogs and articles) many times in the last decade. His wildly zigzagging trajectory has often
And the Best Homemade Grammy Award Goes To …
A whopping 84 Grammys were awarded this year (though not all were obviously doled out during Sunday night’s Grammy Award telecast). Childish Gambino, aka Donald
LEGO Movie 2’s Not-So-Awesome Debut
You’d think that The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part would be a blockbuster. After all, LEGOs are all about blocks, right? But while The
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