Glass Still Not Cracking
Maybe it’s only appropriate that Glass finished victorious for a third-straight weekend. Windows are made of the stuff, after all, and Glass showed once again that it knows how to … win dough. Not that it won that much in the grand scheme of things on this quiet Super Bowl weekend at the multiplex. The […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Christian Movie
It’s the last day to unveil our nominations, and we’ve saved the most spiritual for last. Christian movies are getting better with each passing year, and this year’s crop of nominees suggests the variety we’re seeing from them—from historical epics to modern dramas to the story of a bestselling song. As always, chime in with […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movies for Adults
I gotta be honest: This might be my favorite category, in part because it triggers such robust discussions inside our little team. How do we weigh a film’s adult content against its inspiring messages? Does a beautifully made movie with just a pretty-good point outclass a just-pretty-good film with an outstanding moral behind it? These […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movies for Teens
We’re in our second day of unveiling nominees for our world-renowned, mightily coveted Plugged In Movie Awards. And in this installment, we turn our attention to movies suitable for teens. This doesn’t mean that they’re solely for teens, of course. Many adults don’t mind watching superheroes do their thing. By default, this tends to be […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movies for Kids
Oscars, schmoscars. For more than 90 years, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences has handed out awards for what it considers to be the “best” movies of the year. But as we all know, what Hollywood thinks of as great doesn’t necessarily coincide with what we love, like or even think is appropriate. […]
Movies Under Glass … Again
For the second-straight weekend, M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass claimed dominion over the box office, earning the No. 1 slot. Its theatrical peers languished in its shadow, writhing in misery once again. Would that make Glass … double pained? Glass earned $19 million in North America, according to estimates, pushing its overall domestic gross to $73.6 […]
At This Year’s Oscars, Issues (and Anger) Are In
Part of the fun of the Oscars, quite honestly, is complaining about the picks: Vice? What were they thinking? Or, How could the Academy ignore the production design of Holmes & Watson? I was mildly surprised by a lot of the picks the Academy made this year. But I was most disappointed in the glaring […]
Culture Clips: The Golden Man Edition
Hollywood measures success in two ways: One, the amount of money it rakes in; and two, the number of Oscars its movies take home. And while 2018’s biggest financial winners have long been in the books (hint: pretty much everything that has a Stan Lee cameo in it would qualify), we’re a step closer to […]
Glass a Clear No. 1
You’ve heard of the glass ceiling, right? That cliché took on a whole different meaning this weekend. Glass, the latest from director M. Night Shyamalan, created its own box-office ceiling this weekend, keeping its competition well underneath. It earned $40.5 million during the traditional three-day weekend, and $47 million if you toss in the receipts […]
The Upside Finishes Up Top
Comedian Kevin Hart may not be hosting the Oscars this year. But he still found an upside in the midst of the controversy. Like, literally. The Upside, a dramedy starring Hart and Bryan Cranston, broke Aquaman’s three-weekend hold on the box office, wheeling into first place with an estimated $19.6 million in North America. Experts […]