Mission: Impossible – Fallout Climbs up to No. 1
Tom Cruise, the AARP’s favorite action hero, is well known for doing most of his own stunts. Whether it’s hanging off a helicopter or scaling a cliff face or jumping from a building (which led to a broken ankle this time ‘round), Cruise is loathe to let a stuntman or CGI have all the fun. […]
Culture Clips: Demi’s Overdose
After six years of sobriety, pop star Demi Lovato admitted on her latest single that she wasn’t “Sober” anymore. Yesterday, the world came to know the tragic depth of her relapse. Lovato was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital after an apparent drug overdose, according to multiple media reports. (Initially, celebrity gossip site TMZ reported […]
What a Rescue in Thailand Can Teach Us About Entertainment … and Life
It’s nice to read a happy ending now and then. Like much of the world, I’ve been following the story of a Thailand soccer team—12 boys and a coach—who’d been trapped in a flooded cave for more than two weeks. Rescuers were racing ’round the clock to save the team before heavy rains made rescue […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp Make a Big Impact
Disney and Marvel may have trotted out their two tiniest superheroes this weekend. But the pair made a pretty big impact. Ant-Man and the Wasp scurried about the cinematic landscape and dragged an estimated $76 million into Disney’s domestic anthill. Those aren’t quite Black Panther or Avengers numbers, admittedly, but it was more than enough […]
What’s New and Streaming for Families This July
You’ve eaten your hot dogs, doused your sparklers and gobbled down a slice or two of apple pie. Now, what are you going to do for the rest of the month, hmmm? Well, streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu have some ideas about that. And while they certainly have plenty of offerings […]
Abraham Lincoln’s Entertainment: “It Gave Him an Hour or Two of Freedom.”
Americans celebrate our Independence Day tomorrow—a day full of hot dogs and fireworks and family and friends for many folks. But for history wonks like me, it can also be a bit of a time of reflection. When I’m not watching movies or television shows or writing blogs and stuff, I tend to be reading. […]
Fallen Kingdom Burns up the Box Office Again
Every dinosaur has its day, they say. Or, in the case of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, about 10 of ’em … and counting. Fallen Kingdom scored its second straight box-office win this weekend, collecting an estimated $60 million in North America and pushing its total domestic gross to $264.8 million. Count up the cash it […]
Jurassic World and Our Own Fallen Kingdom
It’s been said that people are made of stories, and I believe it’s true. So it’s telling that our own collective story begins with a tragedy. By Genesis’ second chapter, the tragedy is well underway. Everything seems just fine at first: Adam and Eve have been created and given a garden to take care of, […]
Culture Clips: The Kanye by Kanye West Edition
For years, faith-based films have been largely ignored in the secular entertainment establishment. They never— I’ma let you finish, faith-based film guy. But first, we have to talk a little about Kanye West. Love him or not, the influential rapper sure says some … interesting things. And with his new album, Ye, out, West is […]
Fallen Kingdom Rises to Top
We all know that dinosaurs died a long, long time ago. Except in Hollywood, that is. Do they thrive there because of the mild climate? Do they stave off extinction through languid respites by the beach? Or is it because they have easy access to their favorite green, leafy food: money? The dinosaurs of Jurassic […]
