Contributor: Paul Asay

I don’t think jury duty would’ve ever made my bucket list. But if it did, for some reason, I can cross it off now. I spent the day at the local courthouse yesterday, one member of a six-person jury deciding whether a man was guilty of assault or not. T …

After a couple of zombie-like weekends at the box office, a trio of new movies brought some life back to the cineplex. Ben Affleck’s crime drama The Town nabbed box office honors this week, stealing $23.8 million. Easy A had to be content with a solid …

We can’t all be at our best all the time. I wish we could. But sometimes, we drag a little, let our focus sag a little, and we forget for a moment that everything we do in our lives is, in a way, a reflection of and an offering to God. I was dragging a …

Ben Affleck tells us that Charlestown, an enclave of Boston, is home to some of the country’s most hardened bank robbers. Who knew that some of ’em could be so likable?

Foster the People’s breakout hit sounds as bright and refreshing as a sunny spring morning. And then you listen to the words … and it’s a total eclipse.

All was deathly quiet at the cineplex. Wind whistled through the box office. Tumbleweeds slowly trundled through the concession stand, branches sweeping up long-forgotten puddles of faux butter as they rolled toward the exits. And then, from underneath …

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.