Movie Monday: Is It Awkward That Ride Along Wins Again?
Even though the nation’s collective attention was turned toward a certain football game in New Jersey, most movie theaters across the country were still open for business. And perhaps they had the right idea: A movie—almost any movie—might’ve been preferable for Denver Broncos fans (like me) to watching their boys in orange-and-blue get drubbed. So […]
No Oscar For You! Nomination Taken Back for ‘Alone Yet Not Alone’
The song “Alone Yet Not Alone,” from the Christian movie of the same name, made headlines when it snagged a surprise Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Now that its nom’s been revoked, it’s making headlines again. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rescinded its nomination because of what the Academy characterized as […]
Movie Monday: Ride Along Again
If you release a movie in a forest of theaters and no one goes to see it, does it make a sound? Not at the box office, apparently. While two new movies—I, Frankenstein and Gimme Shelter—made their way to the Cineplex this past weekend, movie audiences yawned a collective yawn and left the box office’s […]
Movie Monday: Ride Along
Ubiquity, thy name is Kevin Hart. It’s nearly impossible to escape the comedian/actor’s influence these days. He was in three movies in 2013, including his stand-up flick Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain. He’s scheduled to appear in four more in 2014—beginning with the buddy-cop flick Ride Along. I’m assuming it’ll be just a matter of […]
Movie Monday: Lone Survivor
It’s lonely at the top, they say. So it’s sorta fitting that Lone Survivor, a bloody and harrowing depiction of the horrors and heroism of war, would stand atop the box office ratings. Lone Survivor, technically in its third weekend of release, rolled from two theaters to nearly 3,000 and earned an estimated $38.5 million […]
Toeing the Entertainment Brand
I wore my Batman socks to work the other day. I like them a lot, even though they don’t match anything I own. They were a Christmas present, which showed the giver (my wife) knows a great deal about me. Perhaps too much. I was so proud of these socks of mine that I showed […]
Movie Monday: Frozen Ices its Competition
The weather outside was indeed frightful across much of the country this weekend. Temperatures plunged, the winds howled and, if you lived on the east coast or the Midwest or even here in Colorado, you were on the hunt for an extra pair of wool socks. Appropriate, then, that the box office looked a bit […]
Pop Culture’s Top 10 Movers and Shakers (2013 Edition)
Was 2013 really that boring? After all, yahoo.com tells us that the year’s biggest news story was the tawdry-but-insignificant Jodi Arias trial, and Google includes “Celebrity Pregnancies” on its 2013 Zeitgeist lists. For many people, governmental shutdowns, Boston bombings and Obamacare glitches played second fiddle to the coming of Prince George. Maybe that’s just an […]
Movie Monday: Hobbit Cuts Christmas Newcomers Down to Size
Sure, he’s short. He eats five meals a day. He doesn’t look anything like a cinematic hero should. But this self-effacing halfling must have what it takes. Gandalf saw something special in ol’ Bilbo Baggins, and it seems that moviegoers are seeing the same. Despite facing a veritable Middle Earthian army of Christmas newcomers, The […]
Merry Christmas, to Our Family and Our Friends
It’s Christmas Eve, and we all have a great deal of Christmas-centric traditions to begin engaging in. I’ll be fortunate to spend today and tomorrow with family—eating lasagna, opening presents, talking, sharing and maybe playing a game that someone might’ve put under the tree. That game could be of the video variety in my family, […]
