Movie Monday: The Expendables 2
Subtlety? Art? These are not the things a summer movie is typically made of. In the dog days of August, sometimes folks just want to
Subtlety? Art? These are not the things a summer movie is typically made of. In the dog days of August, sometimes folks just want to
I hated mirrors as a kid. Really hated them. When I was about 5, I heard an old-timey radio episode of The Shadow in which
We, the people, have always had an affection for those in the spotlight: the famous. Ever since the first scruffy human guy shuffled back to
How do teens today get their music? In this interconnected Internet age of digital downloads, ubiquitous iPods and music-playing smartphones, the conventional wisdom goes something
“The bad news is that the Olympics are over,” fellow Plugged In critic Adam Holz proclaimed yesterday. “On the up side, Shark Week is here!”
After three weeks at the top of the box office, Batman finally met his match: A chemically enhanced killer with a distaste for authority. No,
What is constant connectivity doing to our brains? That, in a nutshell, is the question Newsweek writer Tony Dokoupil explores in his July 16 cover
The other day I spotted a young girl, maybe 10 or 11, walking through the supermarket with her mom. Nothing out of the ordinary there,
Working at Plugged In, I have a front-row seat when it comes to observing trends in our culture. And one of the ones we’ve talked
It’s said that the rich get richer. And while that may not always be true—the rich could hypothetically blow their richness during an ill-advised weekend
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 >>