Of Faith and Facebook
Are teens rejecting faith for Facebook? The folks over at the Barna Group suggest that something like that may be happening. Barna has been studying the intersection of Christianity and culture for years now. And while the researchers say that faith is actually doing pretty well amongst teens—more than six in 10 participate in at […]
Movie Monday: Despicable Me
Dastardly Gru may have struggled in his quest to become the world’s No. 1 supervillian. But he had no trouble at all propelling his film, Despicable Me, to the top of the box office this weekend. Universal’s new animated effort earned more than $60 million and booted The Twilight Saga: Eclipse off the weekend’s top […]
Movie Tuesday: Revenge of the Twihards
Just like their namesakes did in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, teams Edward and Jacob joined forces for a long holiday weekend to cast down their competition and posture triumphantly on the field of battle. The new Twilight film bit big at the box office, collecting $82.5 million during the Friday-through-Monday weekend. It’s already pocketed a […]
Snap Judgments
Some folks say that they and cameras do not get along. But few people can say, as I can, that they’ve killed one with their face. It’s remarkable it didn’t happen sooner. I was a gangly, pimply, brace-filled, bespectacled child in junior high, often taunted by classmates, teachers and the biology lab’s hamster mascot. It […]
Movie Monday: Grown Ups
So, given your choice of watching children’s toys act like adults or real adults act like children, what would you pick? Most Americans went with the playthings this week, pushing Toy Story 3 to the top of the weekend’s movie charts again with $59 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The Adam Sandler-helmed Grown Ups, […]
You’ve Got a Friend in Us
Plugged In has been talking about Facebook and Twitter for, oh, years now—their pros, their cons and how they’re changing the way we relate to each other. Now, Plugged In has launched its very own Facebook page and Twitter feed (@pluggedintweet, if you want to follow us there), where we’ll be chatting about—well, among all […]
Movie Making, the Syfy Way
Syfy, the oddly spelled cable outlet once known as the Sci-Fi Network, has never been known for its award-winning original programming. Known for such films as Aztec Rex (in which Aztecs and Conquistadors team up to fight a rampaging dinosaur), The Man with the Screaming Brain and, of course, Dinoshark (pictured here). So perhaps it […]
Movie Monday: Toy Story 3
It was easy to figure out this week’s big movie (ahem) buzz. Toy Story 3, the newest installment in Pixar’s timeless franchise, collected an estimated $109 million this weekend—enough cash to buy everyone in New York City a Barbie doll. It was Pixar’s biggest opening ever and, if the estimates hold, it’ll rank as the […]
Mmmmmm, Pop Culture …
Quick: When you hear the name Homer, do you think of the father of Western civilization’s literature, the Greek poet who crafted The Iliad and The Odyssey? Or do you think of a yellow-skinned cartoon character who has a thing for donuts? Mmmmmm, donuts … Don’t feel ashamed if you answered Matt Groening’s paterfamilias from […]
Movie Monday: Get Him to the Gutter
Are you sure we’ve made it to the summer blockbuster season? You wouldn’t know it by the box-office takes as of late. Shrek Forever After took the title for the third straight week with $25.3 million—and that says more about its competition than its longevity. All of the newcomers finished below expectations and sent movie […]
