Avengers: Age of Ultron Zooms to Financial Stratosphere
Yeah, you know your movie is saddled with some superhuman expectations when $188 million draws a collective “meh.” That’s the bittersweet fate of Avengers: Age of Ultron. The superhero movie zoomed to a massive $187.7 million opening (estimated, of course)—the second biggest opening ever. And to be clear, no one’s crying over Ultron’s box office […]
When Demons Go Viral
At play practice one night when I was a high schooler in the late ’80s, some friends broke out a Ouija board. Though I’d grown up in a Bible church and had professed faith in Christ as a child, I definitely wasn’t walking with God at the time. If anything, I was running the other […]
The Avengers Get Judge-mental
Warm up the cash registers and credit card swipe machines. The Avengers: Age of Ultron will roar into theaters this Friday, and I think its weekend will look a little like founding member Hulk: big and green. I’m eagerly awaiting Adam Holz’s review on Marvel’s latest blockbuster (it’ll land on the site later tonight). But […]
Furious 7 Still Putting Along
It may be leaking a little nitrous down the stretch. But Furious 7, the biggest blockbuster from the Fast & Furious franchise, still had enough horsepower to chug past this weekend’s competitors and take its fourth straight checkered flag. Four box office wins in a row is quite the achievement—a feat not accomplished since The […]
Kristen Wiig and the Naked Truth
Comedian Kristen Wiig is starring in a weird little movie called Welcome to Me, rolling out in limited release May 1. We’re not the ones calling the project weird, by the way. That’s what Bill Murray called it, and if Bill Murray thinks something’s a little out there, you know you’re in rare territory. But […]
Furious Flies to Fiscal Firmament
Paul Blart gave it all he could. But the guy’s little Segway just couldn’t keep up with the Fast & Furious gang’s turbocharged, skyscraper-leaping sports cars. Furious 7 proved once again that a body in motion tends to stay in motion—motoring all the way to No. 1 against some lackluster competition. Sure, Furious is beginning […]
Ant-Man: A Tiny Lesson From a Tiny Superhero
So, the new trailer for Marvel’s newest superhero movie, Ant-Man, has just arrived on YouTube. And with 4 million views and climbing fast at the time of this post, the response has been … well, big. After watching another Marvel superhero, Daredevil, take a dark turn over on Netflix this week, it’s nice to see Ant-Man take […]
Furious Is Fast in Its Second Lap
Sure, maybe it slowed a little in its second week. But there’s still no stopping Furious 7. Vin Diesel’s supercharged action flick lost nearly 60% of its audience, but it still outpaced its nearest competitor by a factor of three and roared through the weekend’s checkered flag with an estimated $60.6 million. In just two […]
Yeezus and Me
Kanye West has never been known for his modesty. The talented rapper, perhaps as well known for his awards-ceremony interruptions as for his considerable artistry, has a penchant for comparing himself to Jesus, from his infamous Rolling Stone cover (where he wears a crown of thorns) to his 2013 album Yeezus, where he tells his […]
Furious 7 Speeds to Victory
It wasn’t exactly a shocker that Furious 7, the latest chapter in the durable Fast and Furious franchise, took the checkered flag this weekend. But the fact that it lapped the field five times? Yeah, that might’ve raised an eyebrow or two. Or singed ’em clean off. Furious 7 might as well have been a […]