Bad Boys Makes Good Again
They say three’s a crowd. But the only thing crowding Bad Boys for Life is all the cash the movie’s making. Bad Boys for Life, a buddy-cop thriller starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, continues to pursue its own form of happyness, racing to its third-straight box-office victory with an estimated $17.7 million take in […]
The Complicated, Inspirational Legacy of Kobe Bryant
When basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died in a helicopter crash with seven others last weekend, much of the country was rocked. Many cried. Fans and celebrities offered Instagram eulogies and Twitter hagiographies. Kobe Bryant’s passing even dominated much of the Grammys ceremony that night—a ceremony held in Los Angeles’ Staples […]
Bad Boys Good for Another Win
Whatcha gonna do? Bad Boys for Life may not be No. 1 at the box office for life, but it did earn its second-straight weekend victory. The buddy-cop movie earned an estimated $34 million in North America, more than doubling its closest rival. That brings its total domestic gross to an impressive $120.6 million, which […]
Plugged In Movie Awards 2020: Best Christian Movie
This category, the fourth in our four-day unveiling of our Plugged In Movie Awards nominations, seems to be getting tighter and more competitive all the time. It feels as though we’re seeing more explicitly Christian movies in the marketplace these days, and the quality of Christian films continues to grow stronger by the year. Still, […]
Plugged In Movie Awards 2020: Best Movies for Adults
We’ve hit the third day of our four-day swing through our Plugged In Movie Awards nominations, and we’ve come to the category that engenders the most passionate discussion amongst Plugged In staff members. It is, in many respects, the hardest and the most fun category to fill. Why? Elementary, my dear reader. In choosing movies […]
Plugged In Movie Awards 2020: Best Movies for Teens
Plugged In began its annual unveiling of what it considers to be the year’s best movies yesterday. We continue today with another set of five nominees—this one for the Best Movies for Teens. This is always an interesting category, because by default, many of the year’s biggest blockbusters fall into this category. Last year, Spider-Man: […]
Plugged In Movie Awards 2020: Best Movies for Kids
Every year around this time, the entertainment industry tells us all about its “best” movies. Secular critics roll out their top 10 lists. Actors and producers and screenwriters toss out awards by the bushel. And, of course, the Oscars are already vacuuming its red carpet and polishing all its little statues in preparation for its […]
Culture Clips: Oscar the Grouch
It’s hard to drive anywhere in Hollywood this time of year without plowing into another stack of awards. Honorary hardware practically falls from the sky in January. But all of those awards and honors culminate in the biggest awards show of all: the Oscars. Nominations for said awards were unveiled Monday morning. If you’re interested […]
The Rise of Skywalker Falls to 1917
The Great War upended Star Wars at the box office this weekend, with newly minted Best Picture contender 1917 planting its flag for a convincing win. 1917, which earlier today nabbed 10 Oscar nominations from the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, has been technically out for a while, playing in 11 theaters for […]
What the Ever-Changing Dracula Tells Us About Society and Ourselves
Some things never change, they say. But some things do. Take Count Dracula, for instance—not the historical Vlad III of Wallachia, of course, but the vampire of Bram Stoker’s imagination. His literary legend, through book and movie and television show and videogame, has been pretty constant in two respects: One, he’s technically dead. Two, he […]