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 […]
Movie Tuesday: Prince and the City
Sure, the franchise may be tired. Sure, the newest installment may have been a box-office disappointment. But, in a frame that saw the fewest number of movie tickets sold over a Memorial Day weekend since 1993 (according to hollywood.com), Shrek Forever After still smashed its way to the crown, scoring $55.7 million and topping newcomers […]
Flush With Invention
Yeah, the app store is overwhelming. Love that touch screen. It’s an all-in-one picture album, GPS, media archive, game platform and know-it-all gadget that’s assuaged the boredom of technophiles everywhere. I hear rumors you can even make calls on it. But iPhone users, tell me: Is America’s too-cool-for-school smartphone really better than the flushing toilet? […]
Movie Monday: Shrek Forever After
If I made more than $70 million over a weekend, I’d probably be pretty happy about it. When a big, green, 3-D ogre makes that much coin, he’s kinda bummed. Not that you’d know it immediately. The folks at DreamWorks are surely putting a brave face on Shrek Forever After‘s $71.3 million box-office triumph this […]
Good-Bye Jack, and Jack, and Jack
So long, Jack. See ya, Jack. Sayonara … um, Jack. On Sunday and Monday, broadcast television will bid adieu to three landmark television shows, all of which feature characters named Jack: NBC’s Law & Order (featuring DA Jack McCoy, played by Sam Waterston), Fox’s 24 (featuring Jack Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland); and ABC’s Lost […]