Far More Than Fifty Shades of Comments
On Thursday I published a blog titled “We’re Reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey. Here’s Why.” The response was … interesting. First, a shout-out to all those who let me know that they were praying for me and offered encouragement (even if you disagreed with our decision to cover the film). Much appreciated. It was a […]
Fifty Shades of Green
We’ve seen quite a bit of discussion in this space over whether Plugged In should’ve reviewed Fifty Shades of Grey. But there’s no question that lots of people watched it. Fifty Shades roared to the top of the box office this weekend with an estimated $81.7 million haul. That’s the second-biggest opening ever for a […]
All of Oscar’s Top Picks Are on a (Spiritual) Journey
Late last year, Ridley Scott unveiled his ambitious, controversial epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, with Christian Bale as Moses. It was the story of a man who had it all, lost it all, found something better and dragged a whole nation to a strange land promised to them by God. It was not nominated for […]
We’re Reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey. Here’s Why.
A few days ago, Plugged In received an email from a concerned reader, asking us not to review Fifty Shades of Grey. “I’m fairly confident anyone who visits this website will not be interested in seeing the film,” the man’s note said, “and I am troubled at the thought of sending one of your employees to […]
SpongeBob Soaks Sniper
Are you ready for Movie Monday, kids? I can’t heeear you! After three weeks as the biggest movie in the land, American Sniper just couldn’t get his absorbent, yellow opponent in its crosshairs. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water indeed established a beachhead on the box office shores and charged up the cinematic mountain, […]
Brian Williams and a Matter of Trust
Brian Williams might not have been in a helicopter that was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. But his reputation sure took a hit. Williams, anchor for the NBC Nightly News, recently apologized for lying about (or, possibly, misremembering) an incident that took place in 2003 when he was covering the war in Iraq, claiming that […]
Forget Sex and Sarcasm: Sweet Sweeps Super Bowl Ads
Lots of folks were wiping their eyes during this year’s Super Bowl, and it wasn’t because they really disliked the New England Patriots. (Or, at least, not entirely.) Some, perhaps, blamed the onions in the nacho dip or stray dust in the air, but the real reason for all those overactive tear glands were the […]
Movie Monday: Sniper Shoots Three-peat
Super Bowl? What Super Bowl? Despite a clash of gridiron titans Sunday, many Americans still found time to watch American Sniper. Again. Clint Eastwood’s war biopic collected an estimated $31.9 million, breaking the previous Super Bowl weekend record set in 2008 by Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert ($31.1 million). So dominant […]
In Support of Selfies
Reality star Kim Kardashian is set to publish a book. Now, some will find the pairing of the words Kim Kardashian and book strange in and of itself: Nothing against Mrs. K., but she just doesn’t strike me as the bookish sort. But when I heard that Kardashian’s book will be 352 pages worth of […]
Movie Monday: Sniper Shoots to No. 1 Again
In its second tour of weekend duty, American Sniper showed its superior grossing power, collecting an estimated $64.4 million to coast to its second straight Box Office win. If you took the grosses for the weekend’s three new releases and combined them, they still didn’t even add up to half of Sniper’s earnings. Not only […]
