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Great Art and Great Messages Make Great Films
“I have a dream!” Of course you know I just borrowed those four famous words from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., during this, the

Show and Tell and Talk
It’s officially show-and-tell day here at the Plugged In offices. That was one of my favorite things in grade school, so why dampen down the

The Media That Moved You (To at Least Click)
Movies were a big deal in 2014, with Christian movies jostling elbows with dystopian thriller movies. But so were TV shows, music releases and video

Movie Monday: Taken 3
Movie audiences apparently aren’t as tired of being Taken as all of us movie critics are. Liam Neeson’s third PG-13 patriarchal vengeance fantasy took in an estimated

What Is a Christian Movie, Anyway?
A year ago, as 2014 opened, the entertainment world was declaring that it would be the year of the Christian movie. Hollywood, we were told,

In Movies, Everything Old Is New Again
We all have to grow up sometime … but our entertainment doesn’t. If you look at some of the big movies coming out this year,

CES Shows Tomorrow’s Tech Today! (Maybe.)
It’s that time of year again, when happy techies trek to Las Vegas to get a gander at the latest whiz-bangs and whoo-yah gadgets that

Honey, Where Did We Pack the Rabbit Ears?
I don’t watch much TV. Oh, occasionally, I’ll tune into The Voice or American Idol or Parenthood. But, honestly, that’s about it. If TV went

Movie Monday: The Hobbit’s Win Streak Goes Ever Ever On
When Peter Jackson gets his hooks into a work of Tolkien, you can count on the movies stretching out a bit. The Lord of the
Pop Culture’s Top 10 Movers and Shakers (2014 Edition)
Pop culture was, as always, in a giving mood in 2014. Hollywood gave us blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
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