Contributor: Paul Asay

The tagline for this Tom Cruise crimefest tells us that “The law has limits. He does not.” As if that’s a good thing.

This mother-son road trip movie hits its share of potholes and almost swerves off the road a time or two. But what’s that we spy on the horizon?

The Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow tracks down Osama bin Laden, step by bloody step. And when the hunt’s done, she asks us whether the reward is worth the price.

You know, I’m not sure whether those dwarves really need to risk life-and-limb tromping to Lonely Mountain to reclaim their family fortune. Looks like they’re making plenty at the movies. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey pillaged an estimated $84.8 mi …

Hey there! Great to see you again! It’s been a bit hectic reconnecting with you. Everything was ticking along just dandily—words were showing up on the blog and everything—when suddenly, our IT experts received a mysterious message from deep in the bow …

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-sho …

Former soccer star and current coach George Dryer wants to reunite with his son and ex-wife. But frisky soccer moms bar his way. (And he’s not inclined to barge right past them … at least at first.)

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 un …

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 …

If Roberta Flack’s silky song is on your lips right now, wipe it away quick. Because this Brad Pitt movie isn’t at all about love. It’s about death. And greed. And desperation. And politics?

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 f …

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 theate …

Pi and Richard Parker are lost at sea. And while their story is both beautiful and inspiring, its message is, in some ways, as unmoored as they are. (Did we mention that Richard Parker is a Bengal tiger?)

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 …

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 arg …