Movie Monday: TRON’s Legacy
There are lots of folks who’d say there really is no such thing as an original story, and that all of our books and movies essentially rework tales we’ve been telling around the campfire since obsidian was considered cutting-edge technology. But still, it’s interesting that the week’s top three films all drew inspiration from work […]
Movie Monday: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The cinematic waters proved to be a little choppy for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader this weekend. While King Caspian’s noble flagship did land in first place at the box office, it did so with an underwhelming $24.5 million—$40 million off the pace set by The Lion, the Witch and […]
Leave It to The Beaver
Forget Mad Max. Sayonara, William Wallace. Mel Gibson’s new role? A troubled executive who talks through a puppet. The Beaver (the name of the movie and the species of the puppet) isn’t due out ’til next year, so I don’t know too much about it. But I do know my first two reactions were when […]
Movie Monday: Tangled
It was a slow weekend at the local cineplex, with most folks apparently staying home to trim the tree rather than catch a film. Tangled turned the tables on last week’s champ, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and pushed its total take to nearly $100 million. But the movie lost 56% of […]
Voyages Are Best Made Together
I’m reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader out loud to my daughter. Granted, she’s nearly 17 and could read the book on her own. But she’s nice enough to humor me. She knows that C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia stories are among my all-time faves, and that I’ll miss her when she goes off […]
Harry and the Hair
Harry Potter’s latest adventure has topped the box office for at least one more week. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 narrowly bested Disney’s new computer-animated charmer, Tangled, at theaters this weekend, earning $50.3 million to Tangled’s $49.1 million. But it’s not as if Disney’s fretting over the film’s split ends. Tangled, over […]
Giving Thanks and Finding Deals
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays—a time filled with family, food and (of course) football. It’s a time of reflection and, well, thanksgiving, as we think of all the blessings that have been bestowed upon us. But as we all gobble up our mashed potatoes and fall asleep from all that tryptophan, I’d encourage […]
Movie Monday: The First Deathly Hallows
The Hallows were far from deadly for Harry Potter and his mates. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 worked its magic on the box office and conjured more than $125 million this weekend, according to boxofficemojo.com. It’s technically the biggest take of any Harry Potter film ever (though if you factor in inflation, […]
Murder, We Like
We Americans love our hot dogs. We love our apple pie. We love our baseball. And we especially love our murder mysteries. I was thinking a bit about this cultural trait while reviewing CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Without much critical love, CSI has become perhaps the most popular show of the decade and helped turn […]
Movie Monday: Unstoppable Megamind
You can’t keep a good supervillain down. DreamWorks’ animated Megamind stopped a runaway train in its tracks to claim the box office crown for the second week in a row, sequestering more than $30 million en route, according to boxofficemojo.com. Unstoppable, Denzel Washington’s newest cinematic vehicle, still cleared the weekend with a good head of […]