Time Click-Clacks On
Already, 2011 has been a year of loss. Elizabeth Taylor died. So did Jane Russell. And let’s not forget the Denver Nuggets’ loss last night to Oklahoma City. But nothing rocked me quite as much as the report that the typewriter had clicked its last clack. India’s Godrej & Boyce—the last company in the world […]
Movie Monday: Madea Can’t Get to Rio
Those wacky animated birds had another nice weekend in the sun this week, as Rio bested a bevy of new releases to retain its hold on the box office’s No. 1 slot. Rio snagged an estimated $26.8 million, a cool mil higher than Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family made in its opening weekend. But […]
Movie Monday: Rio
For the first time in a while, the box office soared this weekend—thanks largely to a lucrative performance by the animated birds of Rio. 20th Century Fox feathered its nest with an estimated $40 million this weekend from the CGI film—the highest opening for any film this year. It more than doubled the take of […]
Bobby, Take That iPad Out of Your Mouth!
I just ordered an iPad. I made the move after much hemming and hawing and debating and waffling. I knew all the reasons why I shouldn’t buy one—the cost, the unnecessary expense, the unreasonable outlay of cash—but the image of me reading Dickens or flipping through family photos on the thing finally overrode all my […]
Movie Monday: Hopping Over Arthur
Just call E.B. the little bunny that could. With theaters hosting drunken millionaires, teen assassins, world-class surfers and seriously impaired knights this weekend, the animated lark Hop won the box office derby for the second straight week. The rabbit-centric film, starring the Russell Brand-voiced E.B., hopped over highly touted new release Arthur and nibbled an […]
Marketing: Now Part of a Healthy Lunch!
If you are what you eat, I am the most boring person alive. At least at lunchtime. My typical noonday meal consists of a sandwich, a banana and a handful of baby carrots—simple, nutritious fare that I eat, in part, to make me feel better about the cheese-encrusted noodles I’m likely to scarf down at […]
Movie Monday: Hop
The animated Easter movie Hop bounded to first place at the box office this weekend, stuffing $38.1 million into its multi-hued basket. The opening had its makers over at Universal Pictures jumping for joy: The holiday flick may not have delved into the true meaning of Easter, but it did outperform its modest expectations and […]
YouTube Sensations Are People Too
It’s Friday, Friday, had to write a blog on Friday. So what better person to write about today than Rebecca Black? For those who haven’t heard of the 13-year-old singer, let me fill you in. On a whim last year, Rebecca and her family ponied up $2,000 and gave it to Ark Music Records, a […]
Of Moses and Dad: Fraser Heston Remembers His Father
I just wrote a story about the intersection between faith and film (look for it April 4), in which I opined that Hollywood is far from the irreligious entity Christians sometimes accuse it of being. We’ve seen a barrage of movies lately that take faith and spirituality very seriously. Granted, they rarely espouse a traditional […]
Movie Monday: Wimpy Kid Thumps Sucker Punch
Leave it to a wimpy kid to win a weak weekend. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules floored Zack Snyder’s newest stylized rumble Sucker Punch to claim the box office belt this week. Perhaps Wimpy took some tips from the NCAA tourney’s VCU this weekend, as its upset victory wasn’t even that close: Wimpy […]