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In the dingier recesses of our minds, there are parts of us that we probably wouldn’t want everyone around us to see. You know, those

Last Wednesday, a 93-year-old Kansas City man was arrested for murdering his 95-year-old wife. According to the account I read (CBS St. Louis/AP), Harry Irwin

Why in the world would Plugged In post a warning about this year’s flu outbreak? What’s a virus got to do with entertainment? Well, we’re not

A fairy-tale weekend, it wasn’t. Granted, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters claimed the weekend’s box office tourney, grimly collecting an estimated $19 million en route

Sometimes quietly profound insights in life occur in the most mundane moments imaginable. Like, say, in your kitchen. While making toast for breakfast on a

On Jan. 22, ABC unceremoniously booted its comedy Don’t Trust the B‑‑‑‑ in Apt 23 after two suitably abbreviated seasons. The network has no immediate plans

On my nightstand at home I have a yard-thick Autobiography of Mark Twain, a light-reading young adult novel, a bound collection of mystery yarns and

Januarys are busier than most months for me. On top of editing and publishing, I’m also doing a whole lot of calculating and tabulating. Now,

They say if Mama ain’t happy, ain’t no one happy. But if a psychotic maternal specter can be made happy through the tabulation of box

This is our last category for the Plugged In Movie Awards. It should be—and not just because it’s the last thing some of our readers