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Contributor: Plugged In Staff

Alpha and Omega

Love is in the air as lupine friends Kate and Humphrey come of animated age in the wilds of Canada. But she’s an alpha and he’s an omega—and Mama’s none too happy about that.

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My Bloody Valentine

Advertised as a daring date movie, this 3-D updating of a 1980s slasher flick delivers hearts aplenty. But you already know they’re not the kind that taste sweet and say I Love You.

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War, Inc.

In this movie that Hilary Duff chose as her R-rated coming-out party, she plays ‘the Britney Spears of Central Asia.’

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Lemonade Mouth

The message is as clear as the Disney castle is colorful: Stand up for what you believe in—no matter what that may be. (And get famous in the process!)

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Seven Days in Utopia

Golf can get into a player’s soul. And once there it can either calm or claw the place to bits. Promising young pro Luke Chisholm is emotionally and spiritually shackled by the game—until he meets an enigmatic old-timer who shows him how to break the links.

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The Formula for Fame

Some silly things in life make me wonder why. Why, for example, does one of my coworkers love Mountain Dew so much? Why do I always get lost in the Bangkok airport, despite plotting my course with a map and having been there multiple times? And just wh …

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Funny Lady

I recently had the pleasure of talking to comedian Chonda Pierce. If you’ve heard of her, you know the girlfriend is funny. If you haven’t, then you’re missing out. Chonda recently hosted the fifth installment of the long-running comedy event Thou Shal …

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Are Kids Less Creative?

What seemingly grouchy adults have suspected for years is actually true—at least according to a new study. Overall, kids today are less creative than they used to be. Kyung Hee Kim, a creativity researcher at the College of William and Mary, examined a …

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Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

Glee takes its snappy songs to the big screen—and teaches us all a lesson about the massive influence entertainment wields in our culture. For good. And for ill.

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Morning News Nightmare

Every weekday morning while sipping coffee, doing my hair and/or trying to decide if a shirt needs to be ironed, I watch the news. Well, that is, I used to watch. Now, as of about three weeks ago, I might dare to watch a few minutes of local weather an …

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Digitally Distracted

It sounds like angels are bowling five feet above my head today. OK, it’s actually roofers working on our office building. But the distracting racket is enough to bring everyone’s productivity to a near standstill every few minutes. Truth be told, thou …

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30 Years of (Formerly) Musical Programming

Have you ever looked back at an historic event that occurred during your childhood and wondered why the years since whiz by at light speed (and how to make that stop)? Not that MTV’s Aug. 1, 1981 historic debut is exactly anything I commemorate with gl …

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Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Place the emphasis on the first two words in that title, then add an asterisk to the third. Now you’re close to truth in advertising for this PG-13 Steve Carell romcom that aspires to an R.

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Are Kids’ Films Going to the … Adults?

I recently had the pleasure of seeing Winnie the Pooh on the big screen. But even as a Pooh-o-phile, I’ll admit that such a tame, slowly paced, lightly plotted film’s charm isn’t for everyone. For some adults, in fact, it might feel like torture—and th …

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The Secret Life of Bees

A 14-year-old runaway’s already wobbly life spins off into a whole new orbit when she and her fugitive nanny meet the beekeeping Calendar Sisters.

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