Don’t Get Blogged Down In Our Changes
The only constant in life is change, so they say. And that’s particularly true if part of your life is lived online. And now change is coming to the Plugged In blog. No, we’re not going to start flooding the thing with lolcat videos or links to off-shore gambling sites. And none of the Plugged […]
Movie Monday: Sick of Vampires Yet?
I wish I could write about another movie. Really. It’s not that I have anything against Edward or Bella or their freakishly old child or Jacob’s perpetually bare chest or Oregon or young-adult literature or the horrible way that vampires have become undead James Dean clones in glitter. But it sure would be nice to […]
iCarly’s Quest for iFame Ends. iSorta.
Last Friday, Nickelodeon stalwart iCarly taped its final iShow and said goodbye (in an episode appropriately titled “iGoodbye”) to 6.4 million viewers. For Plugged In, iCarly’s exit was a little bittersweet. Nickelodeon’s kid-centric, half-hour sitcom was one of the cleanest shows on television: Sure, it had a bit of bathroom humor here and there, and […]
John McAfee and Me
I know John McAfee. You’ve heard of him, right? He’s the guy behind the once-ubiquitous (and still popular) McAfee antivirus software. He’s the guy who moved to Belize and was then accused of murdering his neighbor Gregory Faull and is now on the run from the law while posting missives on his blog. He’s the […]
Movie Monday: Take Two for Breaking Dawn – Part 2
This past weekend was a time of giving thanks for family, for friends and for all the many blessings we’ve been graced with. And apparently lots of folks were also grateful that Bella, Edward and Jacob are still whooping it up at the local movie theater. Granted, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 […]
Movie Monday: The Twilight Saga Goes Supernova
He has the tux, his specially imprinted Walther PPK/S, his Aston Martin. What does 007 not have in Skyfall? The No. 1 slot in this weekend’s box office derby. James Bond was no match for a hoard of warring sparkly vampires. But then again, who thought he would be? Edward, Bella, Jacob and Co. overcame […]
Ariel Winter and the Importance of Parenting
Ariel Winter wants to be an adult. The 14-year-old actress best known as Alex in Modern Family is asking for legal emancipation from her mother, Chris Workman. She alleges that her mother has physically and emotionally abused her for years. Workman argues that she’s never been abusive; Winter’s upset (Workman says) because Workman caught the […]
Movie Monday: Skyfall
Cash. Big Cash. That’s what Skyfall earned at the box office this weekend. Daniel Craig’s third turn as 007 gunned down an estimated $87.8 million in North America, augmenting the $428.8 million it has already made overseas. That’s about $516.6 million overall, for those of you keeping track—and James Bond’s barely cruised through the equivalent […]
License to Watch?
Don’t tell my editor this … but I have a soft spot for James Bond. It’s partly my grandmother’s fault. Grandma, a woman who was our family’s embodiment of prim, old-fashioned perfection, had a weakness for only two things: the Phoenix Suns basketball team and Britain’s favorite superspy. And when I was a teen and […]
Movie Monday: Wreck-It Ralph
Game over, man. Disney Animation’s Wreck-It Ralph, about an old-school videogame villain who’s tired of being the (literal) fall guy, made the week’s box office competition a no-doubt route. The sweet (but occasionally crass) fable collected an estimated $49.1 million—or more than 196 million quarters. The victory nearly doubled up on Flight, the weekend’s second-place […]
