A Reflective Sort of Post
I hated mirrors as a kid. Really hated them. When I was about 5, I heard an old-timey radio episode of The Shadow in which the faces of the dead would appear in a spooky ol’ mirror, and from that moment, for 15 years I refused to ever—ever—sleep alone in a room that had a […]
The Olympics Are Over. Were You Impressed?
“The bad news is that the Olympics are over,” fellow Plugged In critic Adam Holz proclaimed yesterday. “On the up side, Shark Week is here!” And really, the two television spectacles (the Olympics a sporting staple for NBC, Shark Week an annual obsession for fans of the Discovery Channel) are more alike than we might […]
Movie Monday: The Bourne Legacy
After three weeks at the top of the box office, Batman finally met his match: A chemically enhanced killer with a distaste for authority. No, no. We’re not talking about Bane, the big meanie from The Dark Knight Rises. We’re talking about Bourne. Or, at least, the dude’s legacy. The Bourne Legacy (which actually isn’t […]
Movie Monday: Dark Knight Makes It a Dynamic Three-o
It’s said that the rich get richer. And while that may not always be true—the rich could hypothetically blow their richness during an ill-advised weekend trip to Vegas—it seems to be the case with Gotham’s richest billionaire playboy. The Dark Knight Rises collected another $36.4 million this weekend, according to studio estimates. While that might […]
Olympics Fever: Catch It or Wash Your Hands?
My family’s been in the throes of Olympics fever the last few nights. We saw that weird baby rise up during the opening ceremonies, watched poor Jordyn Wieber break down after failing to qualify for the women’s gymnastics all-around, cheered my home state hero Missy Franklin (she goes to high school in Aurora!) splash to […]
Movie Monday: The Dark Knight Keeps Rising
It’s been more than a week since the tragedy in Aurora, Colo., turned the movie industry upside-down. But while we’ll be likely discussing the horror and its aftermath for months or years to come, that didn’t keep folks away from the movies this weekend. The Dark Knight Rises triumphed again at the box office, flapping […]
Movie Tuesday: The Dark Knight Rises
As promised, here’s a quick wrap of the weekend’s top money-earners. No bad puns this time around, though. 1. The Dark Knight Rises, $160.9 million (third-highest opening weekend of all time, behind The Avengers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) 2. Ice Age: Continental Drift, $20.4 million 3. The Amazing Spider-Man, $10.9 […]
Living in Gotham
Out of respect for the people killed or injured during the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., July 20, Warner Bros. (the company behind The Dark Knight Rises) and several other studios withheld box-office estimates this weekend. We’ll post figures when they’re released, perhaps later this afternoon—but for now, our “Movie Monday” post feels a little […]
A Dark Night
Early this morning, a shooter—allegedly 24-year-old James Holmes, according to police—opened fire in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. News reports are still flying in, but officials estimate that 12 people were killed in the attack, another 38 or 39 wounded. The youngest victim was 3 months old. I […]
Emmy Nominees: Rated TV-MA
Nominees for this year’s Emmy awards were released this morning, and many of the nominees have been showered with Emmy love many times before. AMC’s Mad Men—winner of the Outstanding Drama Emmy for each of its first four seasons— was nominated 17 times. ABC’s Modern Family—winner of the last two Emmys for Outstanding Comedy—snagged 14 […]
