Movie Monday: Guardians of the Galaxy
Rocket would be so pleased. Guardians of the Galaxy banked a truly cosmic paycheck this weekend, pocketing an estimated $94 million to easily top the box office. Marvel’s ragamuffin star hoppers crushed all comers as if powered by a fiscal Infinity Stone, and managed to obliterate the box office’s August earnings record en route. The […]
The Devil’s in the Demographics
The entertainment we consume is supposed to, on some level, reflect the real world. Oh, sure, big blockbuster movies aren’t exactly documentaries: There may be gigantic monsters stomping around or sentient apes laying claim on civilization, but the demographics of a given movie try to have at least a passing resemblance to the cities and […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Go to Corinth
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will officially come out tomorrow (though there are some early showings tonight if you want to stand in a really, really long line). It’s not a particularly religious movie (you can check out my review tonight and read all about it), but it did remind me—odd, I admit—of 1 Corinthians 12:12-31. […]
Movie Monday: Lucy
I typically use just 10% of my brain to write Movie Monday blogs. What is the other 90% of my brain up to? Who knows? Maybe it has a second job or something, or it just likes to hum ’80s pop tunes to itself while the rest of my brain is hard at work. But […]
Eating Like Hercules
I’d like to think of myself as a healthy person. I run regularly. I lift weights sometimes. I’m eating a bit better than I used to. I drink a lot of water, despite its alarming lack of sugar and carbonation. In some ways, I’m healthier at 45 than I was at 18 or 22. Which […]
Movie Monday: Still Going Ape for … Well, You Know
We’re sinners. That’s what most of us Christians are taught from before we really know what sin is. We’re prone to lie and steal and will even destroy ourselves if given a chance. We’re so screwed up that, without God, there’s no hope for us. Those views are reflected, rather quirkily, in the box office […]
One Last Picture
Sophia Steffel died this month. She was only 6 weeks old. She spent her entire life in a hospital, tethered to hoses and tubes. She had what’s called a hepatic hemangioma in her liver—a tumor—and her parents were aware that her prognosis was not good. But Sophia’s father, Nathen Steffel, told ABC News it was […]
A Curiously Charming Cat
Nickelodeon has announced the cancellation of its hit show Sam & Cat after just one season. The reason wasn’t given, but everyone knew the show had some issues. Earlier this year, star Jennette McCurdy—who played the tough-talking semi-bad girl Sam—posted some revealing selfies to the Internet. Shortly thereafter, she skipped Nick’s Kids’ Choice Awards (even though […]
Movie Monday: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Who would’ve thought box office success would be so … hairy. Well actually, pretty much everyone. Most assumed that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes would run away with this week’s box office title. The film’s predecessor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was a simian smash in 2011, and critics declared Dawn […]
When Spies Go Social
Don’t let the cute birdie logo fool you: Twitter is a strange, unpredictable beast. It’s less like an innocuous little finch and more like a testy, bipolar Pteranodon, liable to carry you to the social media stratosphere one day, then try to claw your eyes out the next. So many users—especially celebrities—have torched their own […]