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Not Worth Mentioning?
Want to watch a trailer? They’re all on YouTube. Need to know where you’ve seen that balding character actor before? Cross-reference him on IMDb.com. It’s
Celebrities Just Seem to Grow on Vines
Ever wonder why there seem to be so many celebrities out there these days? Why every time you go to the supermarket you see about
In Facebook We (Don’t) Trust
What do you think of Facebook? That’s a question lots of people have been asking recently. In fact, the Associated Press and CNBC conducted a
Movie Monday: Avengers Torpedo Battleship
Davy Jones, meet Battleship. OK, so Universal Pictures’ titanic new release didn’t exactly burble to the box office’s briny depths this weekend: It only felt
The Series Is Dead: Long Live the Series!
Yesterday, Time’s movie critic Richard Corliss released what he considers to be “The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far).” The Artist launched the
Statistics and Social Saints
OK, 80% of people are convinced that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot and completely useless (ba-dump-chuck). But I’ve got a few
A Novel Study in Character
Reading can change our lives—quite literally, according to a new study. Researchers say that literary characters can have a sizable impact on how we think
A Deluxe Addendum to Jason Mraz
Three weeks ago, we reviewed Jason Mraz’s new album, Love Is a Four Letter Word. And apart from a couple of passing allusions to cohabitation,
Movie Monday: Avengers Sucks Life From Shadows
A few weeks ago, Forbes magazine declared that Tony Stark—a.k.a. Iron Man—was worth a whopping $9.3 billion, making him the world’s fifth richest fictional character
It Didn’t Really Bother Me at All
Have you ever had this experience? You go to a movie with a friend, a movie that perhaps has some content that’s a bit edgy.
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Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>