Contributor: Paul Asay

I’ve found myself on Disney duty lately here at Plugged In. I’ve been buried underneath what seems like a mountain of inoffensive pop tunes, happy endings and Jonas Brothers. My work computer has played so much Disney lately that it now assumes I’m a 1 …

Rihanna’s not the only girl in the world who’s blending pop, R&B and suggestive sexuality. But she wants you to think so.

Wow. You know the summer movie season’s really over—and I mean really over—when the top grossing film snags a measily $16.4 million over the weekend, even with an extra day to work with. Sure, most of America had Labor Day off, but they sure weren’t sp …

A mysterious, magical tablet has been shattered, and it’s playing havoc with the universe. So it’s up to Spider-Man to pick up the pieces. Or, should we say, Spider-Mans. There are four of them here, each with his own nifty suit—and set of problems.

This bloody, voyeuristic movie condemns those who voyeuristically watch bloody movies. (Or, as the case may be, streaming video.)

Plugged In recorded its weekly podcast yesterday (you can download it here), and I had the honor of sitting in on a fascinating conversation centered on profanity. No, no. They weren’t using profanity. Host Bob Smithouser and guest Alex McFarland were …

Box office boasting rights were too close to call Monday morning, what with two new PG-13 films, The Last Exorcism and Takers, separated by a mere $300,000. That’s less than the cast of Jersey Shore spends on tanners. According to boxofficemojo.com’s e …

Why do you guys cover some movies—particularly in the horror genre—and not others? That was essentially the question Ethan had for us recently. He wrote into Plugged In and asked: There’s a couple of movies that came into theaters (one in 2003 and the …

Takers take a whole lot of things in this throwaway film: cash, guns, armored trucks, helicopters. They also take your time for no good reason.

Ah, Lost. You’re a little like fake John Locke from Season 6: Gone, but still freakily among us somehow. ABC’s landmark show ended months ago, but with the final season now out on DVD, Losties have been able to renew their obsession. But for some folks …

It was a truly expendable week at the box office, with Sylvester Stallone’s holdover The Expendables earning top honors with a paltry $16.5 million. Still, Sly and his band of mercenaries-of-a-certain-age still had to fend off a motley collection of co …

I saw a piranha in Nebraska once. Granted, the fish in question—safely ensconced in a friend’s dorm room—subsisted entirely on Cheetos, old test papers and unwary college freshmen, which means it didn’t present a danger to normal folks. But if piranhas …

Kassie is having a baby! But not in the way you might at first think. It’s certainly not in the way her friend Wally thinks. And then something even more unexpected happens: A family is formed.

She’s famous for being famous—a minor actress who paved her way to celebrity through reality television, gossip rags and a touch o’ scandal. She’s been a sex symbol, a red-carpet fixture and a resident of the California penal system. She’d be a fitting …

Woe to Esperanza Spalding, who had the temerity to beat out Justin Bieber for 2010’s Best New Artist Grammy. The 26-year-old jazz artist immediately became persona non grata among some of Bieber’s fans. But who, exactly, is she?