Anything Coming Out on Streaming Services This June Worth Watching? Well …
Summer’s technically a couple weeks away yet, but for most of us, we’re emotionally already there. School’s either out or kids are counting the days ’til it is. Parents are prepping for picnics, vacations, trips to the beach and hikes in the mountains. It’s a great time to reconnect as a family. And sometimes, families […]
Solo Stays at No. 1 (But Loses Lots of Force)
Han Solo’s origin story may have held onto first place at the box office this weekend. But it got a little (ahem) Chewied up in the process. Solo: A Star Wars Story clung to No. 1, stowing an estimated $29.3 million in the Millennium Falcon’s secret storage compartments. But while that might be just enough […]
Culture Clips: The Let’s-Think-About-What-We-Say-Before-Saying-It edition
This is why we can’t have nice things. Let’s start with Roseanne Barr, whose 2018 career trajectory looks a little like the flight of a model rocket with a faulty parachute. First came the ABC revival of her beloved sitcom, Roseanne. It came out of the gate like an angry buffalo, galloping to some seriously […]
At Top of Charts, Solo Stands Alone
Perhaps we can expect three sure things in life: death, taxes, and anytime a Star Wars movie lands in theaters, it’ll hit No. 1. But some things are more sure than others. Solo: A Star Wars Story indeed shot to the top of the box office over Memorial Day weekend, just as everyone expected. It […]
Culture Clips: Show Dogs Comes to Heel
For a movie that’s made all of $7 million, Show Dogs has certainly sparked its fair share of controversy, including (obviously, if you’ve been following the blog lately) here in Plugged In land. I imagine more stories have been written about the flick than people have actually seen it. Well, the makers of the talking […]
Deadpool Burbles To Victory
A cornucopia of superheroes gathered at the local multiplex this weekend, squaring off in some sort of weird, meta, battle royale-like clash. In one corner, the A-list do-gooders from the Avengers, the three-time defending box-office champs. In the other, the R-rated upstart Deadpool and his own (admittedly derivative) X-Force team. But even before the contest […]
Pope Francis, Superstar
We’ve seen plenty of crossover stars in the year’s biggest films already: Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman and Danai Gurira are featured in Avengers: Infinity War. Infinity War’s Paul Bettany (Vision) has a big role in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Josh Brolin is doing double dastardly duty as both Thanos (in Infinity War) and […]
13 Reasons Provides a Teachable Moment (for Netflix)
When Netflix unveiled the first season of 13 Reasons Why last spring, the streaming service knew the show would be buzzy. It might not have understood the show’s sting. Based on the book by Jay Asher and produced in part by singer/actress Selena Gomez, the show’s first season revolved around the suicide of a young […]
Infinity War Spends Infinity at No. 1
I’m beginning to wonder whether Disney somehow snagged an Infinity Stone—perhaps Doctor Strange’s Time Stone. After all, Avengers: Infinity War seems to be repeating history every week: another weekend, another record or two, another win. The weekend’s two major newcomers couldn’t come close to topping Disney/Marvel’s purple-tinged titan. It earned an estimated $61.8 million, pushing […]
Put Down That Remote! Binge-Watching Can Be Bad for You
On May 18, Netflix will roll out the second season of one of its buzziest, most controversial and, let’s face it, most bingeable shows: 13 Reasons Why. We wrote quite a bit about the show’s first season, beginning with our review and spiraling out from there. (Our parents’ guide to the series will be updated […]