Even Great Animated Movies Can Make Bad Babysitters
In 2020, faith and spirituality was a huge part of many of its best animated movies. And not always in the best of ways.
Dark Night of the Screen: How My Depression and My Job Meet
When we’re at a loss for words, entertainment helps us find the pictures—the communication tools we’re looking for.
Watching (Out for) Those Super Bowl Commercials
It seems that, even during the Super Bowl, moms and dads can’t watch uncritically—or without an eye toward how the content is impacting their children.
The Plugged In Show, Episode 62: The Book Was Way Better Than the Movie!
Books and movies impact us differently. They scratch different sides of the brain. And each can move us, and change us, in different ways.
What WandaVision Tells Us About Our Own Alternate Realities
WandaVision is more than an innocuous television distraction. You could read it as a commentary on television itself.
The Plugged In Show, Episode 61: Tech to Get You and Your Family Moving
The Plugged In team takes a look at some apps that encourage exercise and video games that force you to flex those literal muscles a bit.
‘It’ll Be My Family Movie.’ An Interview With News of the World Director Paul Greengrass
News of the World is playing in theaters now. And if it’s not exactly a film for the whole family, there is encouragement viewers can pluck from it.
The Plugged In Show, Episode 60: What Are the Kids Listening To?
If screen-based stories like movies and television can make you think, music makes you feel.
Dementia is Having a Cinematic Moment: What Christian Families Can Take Away From It
More than any time I can remember, last year featured a number of thoughtful movies dealing with the issues of dementia and memory loss.
Mama, Don’t Let Your Teens Grow Up to Be Pirates
It’s not like the Bible says, “Thou shalt not steal, unless it feels like it’s not hurting anybody too much and you’ve got a snappy broadband connection.”