Movie Monday: The Green Hornet
The box office had less Grit, more guns over the weekend, as The Green Hornet buzzed to $34 million and the weekend win—with, of course, receipts still to be counted for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Thanks in part to a bevy of 3-D screenings (which accounted for nearly 70% of Hornet’s sting), the Seth […]
We Could Be Heroes
I recently wrote a review of NBC’s new show The Cape (a kinda dumb but kinda fun superhero show) and noted our hero fell in cahoots with a band of odd-but-likeable bank robbers. I said that while the show features a man trying to “do the right thing—the heroic thing—within the bounds of his imperfect […]
Plugged In … There’s an App For That
Well, Plugged In’s iPhone app has been up and running for about a month now, and we’ve heard that a few of you have even downloaded the thing. This is gratifying to me personally, as I spent months slaving over code, making sure that— My editor reminds me that I, personally, had next to nothing […]
Movie Monday: Season of the Grit
Forget the new releases: Cinemagoers this weekend favored an old movie based on an older movie set in the old, old West. The Coen Brothers’ True Grit triumphed at the box office after playing second fiddle the last two weekends to Little Fockers. Grit rustled up $15 million, according to boxofficemojo.com, compared to Little’s $13.8 […]
Movie Tuesday: A Little Gritty
We’re back in the office after a day off, and it looks like the new year’s starting off much as 2010 ended, at least as far as movies are concerned. Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro’s rather foul comedy, Little Fockers, was technically the repeat winner at the box office this weekend, according to the […]
Should Old Box Office Receipts Be Forgot …
Well, 2010 is closing shop, making it a natural time to take stock of the year behind us and look forward to the year ahead. And if entertainment studios are doing the same thing, they may look at the year-end box office figures and have an important New Year’s resolution: To make more family films. […]
Speaking About the Unspeakable
On Dec. 28, MTV aired a special spin-off of its popular 16 and Pregnant program. Titled No Easy Decision, it focuses on a 19-year-old girl—pregnant for the second time—as she decides to have, and goes through with, an abortion. The girl, Markai Durham, had been featured on 16 and Pregnant in the past, opting then […]
Miley. Sigh.
I don’t want to write this post. How many times must we talk about Miley Cyrus’ latest indiscretion? When does this tripe stop qualifying as “news” and slips to a gossip site afterthought? I’m tired of this story. I don’t want to talk about the latest batch of photos taken of Cyrus—one of which shows […]
Movie Monday: Little Fockers
Personally, I don’t see Little Fockers as an ideal way to celebrate Christmas, but loads of people apparently disagreed. The Ben Stiller/Robert De Niro-fronted comedy took the weekend’s box office title, collecting an estimated $34 million en route. True Grit, the Coen Brothers’ new take on John Wayne’s classic Western, rode in at No. 2 […]
Texting Santa
Back when I was a kid, I’d write a letter to Santa nearly every year. I didn’t bother with sending it like most kids did. I’d just leave the note by his milk and cookies, figuring he probably had some spare loot under the sleigh seats. And I still remember the year Santa answered back, […]