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Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Adults
We’ve come to one of our most prickly categories now, picking through the best films Hollywood offered this year and deciding what’s truly praise-worthy in
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Teens
We’re in our second day of unveiling the nominees for the Plugged In Movie Awards, and we’ve hit one of my favorite categories: Best Movie
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie for Kids
For the last several weeks, Hollywood has been handing itself a bevy of awards, with the biggest honors—the Oscars—just around the corner. Alas, the movies
Maze Runner Sprints Past Jumanji
There’s a little spring in the teen dystopian movie yet. Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the third chapter in the Maze Runner series, galloped to
CES 2018 and Its Quirky Joys
The Consumer Electronics Show of 2018 is already in our rear view mirrors, and Las Vegas is still buzzing over all the glorious gadgetry goodness
Culture Clips: Who Needs an Oscar, Anyway?
As I mentioned already, the Academy announced its Oscar nominations yesterday, and I offered a bit of a sad headshake as to how comparatively un-family
Oscar’s Would-Be Winners Lose Out on Family Friendliness
Believe it or not, Oscar and Plugged In can sometimes agree on what makes a great movie. Sure, the Academy Awards will always have its
12 Strong Can’t Outmuscle Jumanji
The juggernaut that is Jumanji just keeps chugging along. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle—a movie predicated on a magical board game—continues to claim a monopoly
Culture Clips: The Holy Throwers Edition
Anyone who watched the Minnesota Vikings pull off a near-miraculous win against the New Orleans Saints last weekend probably saw Case Keenum—a one-time backup quarterback
Jumanji Wins Another
Let me start with a confession: I just didn’t see the juggernaut that is the new Jumanji coming. Oh, sure. I knew the pedigree. The
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