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Girls With Bows
Call it the Katniss Effect. Around the country, anecdotal evidence suggests that a fair number of girls are picking up Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen’s
Touring From the Grave
A 2004 Disney Channel movie called Pixel Perfect involves a tech-savvy teen creating a holographic lead singer for his rock band, the Zettabytes. All goes
Movie Monday: Think Like a Man
Katniss had a good run. After four weeks as box office champ, The Hunger Games was finally toppled by a couple of films about—well, couples.
Sorting Out the Good, the Bad and the Excellent
Whenever Christians start arguing about entertainment—why they see or don’t see certain things, Philippians 4:8 is sure to pop up before the conversation gets too
Dick Clark: 1929-2012
“Dick Clark died today” I said last night as my family put dinner together. “Who?” my daughter-in-law asked. Who? Who’s Dick Clark?! That was what
Do We Really Need Another Total Recall?
If you’ve been looking ahead to this year’s movie offerings, well, you’ve got to admit that the pickins appear to be pretty slim. We’ve got
‘Sinners’ in the Hands of Seductive Pop Stars
Madonna and Nicki Minaj represent different generations. But both singers know a thing or two about provoking the status quo for the sake of generating
Movie Monday: Nyuh-nyuh-nyuh! Hunger Games Wins Again
From the very beginning, we knew The Hunger Games would be tough to take down in the box office arena. It scored the equivalent of
Don’t Watch. But If You Do …
The Bible never comes right out and says what to do with movies. Moses didn’t bring back a commandment that said, “Thou shalt not watch
If You Tweet, They Will Come
Play catch with a major league starting pitcher? Most of us will never get the chance. But thanks to Twitter, it might be a good
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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 >>