Contributor: Bob Waliszewski

Chasing Liberty

Mandy Moore is back onscreen as a rebellious First Daughter who wants freedom from lame living … which in her mind means getting plastered, swimming nude and losing her virginity.

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Plugged In regularly receives letters and emails requesting lists of films we recommend. It sounds like a simple request and an easy one to fulfill. But it isn’t quite as cut and dried and it might seem. Why? Well, first of all, I’ve been working in th …

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The Truth Behind The Vow

Are you intrigued by movies claiming to be based on a true story? Note that I said claiming to be. It’s the rare Hollywood drama inspired by actual events that doesn’t take liberties in the interest of spicing up the narrative. That may involve inventi …

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Deep in the Heart

A drunken, no-account Texan loses everything … except a second chance.

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Super Bowl Ads: What Were They Selling?

With the Denver Broncos eliminated from the NFL playoffs several weeks ago, I have to admit I had no “dog in the fight” when it came to this past weekend’s Super Bowl. That said, like a billion other people on this planet, I watched it anyway. Chock it …

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The Profanity Puzzle: Is It a Sin to Watch a Profane Movie?

Editor’s note: A version of the following post originally appeared in Jim Daly’s Finding Home blog. Recently we received the following email: In your movie ratings you include a section labeled “profanity.” I have a particular problem when the Name of …

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Time Changer

The year is 1890. Bible professor Russell Carlisle has just finished writing a scholarly work on morality….

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The Greening of Whitney Brown

A self-focused high schooler gets a major life change when her family goes broke and they move to the country. But what better place to learn some good old horse sense than on the farm?

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The Katy Perry We Knew

It’s been a while since Katy Perry stopped by to chat with me about her music. Yes, that Katy Perry. Although it may be hard to believe, a decade ago Katy (then known as Katy Hudson) dropped by Focus on the Family to help get the word out about her sel …

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Snow Dogs

When Miami-based Ted Brooks discovers he’s actually adopted and that his birth mother has died and left him an inheritance, he heads for her hometown of Tolketna, Alaska.

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How High

‘How High’ is ‘Cheech & Chong’ transported into the 21st century.

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The Jensen Project

NBC teams up with Walmart and P&G (among other advertisers) to deliver its second family-minded TV movie. The first (Secrets of the Mountain) was low-tech. This one’s all about nanobots.

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X2: X-Men United

From Marvel Comics’ colorful world of superheroes springs X2, a sequel that picks up where X-Men left off.

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Glitter

A vanity piece for Mariah Carey? Obviously. A challenging role? Hardly.

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What’s Not to Like About Family TV?

If I were to compile a Top 10 list of the most positive developments within the world of entertainment, somewhere on it would be an entry that reads: The Walmart/Procter & Gamble Family Movie Nights films. Although these two companies’ pockets are …

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