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, […]
Movie Monday: Smaug Smokes Anchorman 2
Anchorman Ron Burgundy, despite making roughly 3 million personal appearances and boasting salon-quality hair, couldn’t find a way to pull a certain dragon off of his heap of box office gold. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug singed Burgundy’s hair and lit up the weekend for an estimated $31.5 million. Sure, that’s about a 57% […]
Is Phil Robertson Just Keepin’ It Real?
Phil Robertson, patriarch of the Robertson family and one of the stars of A&E’s hit show Duck Dynasty, has been suspended by the network for comments he made regarding homosexuality. Specifically, he told GQ magazine that the lifestyle is a sin, paraphrasing 1 Corinthians 6 while doing so. In announcing the suspension, A&E said: We […]
Television Tops 2013: Paul Asay’s Year-End Picks
I love lists. Odd, since I’m not a very organized person. But when it comes to organizing my Top 10 cherry-flavored candies or the Top 5 most painful moments in Denver Broncos history or the Top 20 best uses for duct tape, I’m all over it. One of my favorite articles ever was titled “The […]
Movie Monday: The Desolation of Smaug
Lots of people were draggin’ themselves into theaters this week—and most were on fire to see a certain hobbit, his bearded companions and one very large, intimidating flying lizard. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug torched the box office for an estimated $73.7 million—more than three times what its nearest competitor earned. It was the […]
Disney Short Pulls Back the Curtain on the Good Old Days
Frozen, Disney’s new animated musical, has thawed the crusty hearts of many a critic. It has an 88% “freshness” rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been called, by some, the best Disney flick since The Lion King. I don’t know if I’d go that far, but I appreciated Frozen quite a bit. It’s fun and […]