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Movie Tuesday: Fast & Furious 6
By the time most film franchises reach their sixth installment, they’re running on fumes. In contrast, the Fast & Furious movies just keep getting, ahem,
No S.H.I.E.L.D. From Superheroes
Broadcast television networks have announced their bevy of shows ready for the fall. And from what I can see, it should be an interesting autumn.
Did You Hear About the ‘Scandal’ in Church?
When you go to your Sunday service and plop down in the pew, do you think about Scandal? No, not the choir director’s new chest
How ’24’ May Have Changed America
A few weeks ago, I spent a couple of days on the set of a faith-based movie being filmed in Waxahachie, Texas, called Hoovey. If
A Moment of Silence, Hollywood Style
As a culture, we’re pretty big on moments of silence. We’re not very good at being quiet, mind you, but we very much like to
Movie Monday: Star Trek Into Darkness
Sequels: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Trek franchise. It’s mulit-decade mission: to exploit new demographics, to seek out new fans
Too Beautiful to Be a Terrorist’
How much does someone’s physical beauty influence the way we think about them? An unfolding storyline related to 19-year-old alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev offers
Who Do You Trust?
Maybe you’ve heard by now that the Reader’s Digest has put out its list of the 100 most trusted people in America. Yes, there still
Into Darkness … and Finding Light?
I’ll be seeing Star Trek Into Darkness tonight—attending the screening with who knows how many costumed Ferengis and Klingons and perhaps the occasional Horta.
Start Reading This Post … Before I’ve Even Finished Writing
When I first started writing for Plugged In, the publishing world had just begun transitioning away from lead-based movable type in hand-cranked printing presses. OK.
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