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Spending a Night at the Museum
There’s another Night at the Museum pic (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb) hitting theaters this weekend. And while I don’t want to
Why I Like ‘The Interview’
We talk a lot at Plugged In about how influential movies can be in our lives. But rarely do we see one cause an international incident.
Of Star Wars, Storytelling and Christmas
A long time ago … In a galaxy far, far away … … there was a movie unlike anything anyone had ever seen before: Star
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
Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology
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