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Movie Monday: Exodus Gods and Kings
Well, Exodus: Gods and Kings didn’t exactly part the waters. But during a slow December weekend, Ridley Scott’s biblical epic still showed enough Old Testament oomph

Game Goods 2014: Bob Hoose’s Year-End Picks
Right out of the clamshell box let me say that 2014 was a pretty decent year for video games. Those little digital bundles of button-mashing

Bale’s Take on Moses: Schizophrenic, Barbaric, Mercurial
Every time a big-name Hollywood director announces he’s going to tackle a familiar biblical story, I hold my breath. On one hand, it’s exhilarating that

Not Too Wild About Wild
In conjunction with the release of The Good Lie back in October, I interviewed Reese Witherspoon about her role in that film and her thoughts

What Does the Internet Say About Us?
Even though the Internet has been around a relatively short while, people often pontificate about what this digital domain says about us. And that’s a

Movie Monday: Mockingjay Repeats … Again
If you’ve seen The Hunger Games movies, you know that the mockingjay is known for its ability to imitate: Whistle a few bars and the mockingjays

Wishful TV Thinking
Primetime television has never been a hoppin’ forum for realism. Trust me on this: I grew up watching Fantasy Island. And while our television sets

Them’s The Tech Rules, Kiddo
I recently spotted an article from The Spectrum called “Keeping Tabs on Kid’s Tech” and was impressed with what one family did when it came
What Tim Lambesis Is Learning Now That He’s Away From the Cacophony
I don’t often think very much about metalcore music. If I’m listening to it (usually for this job), it’s kinda hard to think at all,
Kim K.’s Unlikely Invitation to an Important Conversation
I spend a lot of time in my job on the Internet, observing what’s happening in the news and popular culture. Here at Plugged In,
Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology
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