Pacific Rim Leads Box Office Uprising
Black Panther is incredibly strong, ludicrously fast and wears an outfit of pure vibranium. (That’s, like, a big deal for the three of you who haven’t seen the movie.) But even Marvel’s talented superhero was no match for a handful of 300-foot-high robots. Pacific Rim Uprising stomped all the way to the top of the […]
What’s in a Word? Plenty.
We’re in the throes of the NCAA Basketball Tournament now, aka March Madness. And you don’t have to be a superfan to know who’s been the biggest star of the show right now: Sister Jean. Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt is the team chaplain/unofficial scout/beloved mascot for the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers, an 11th seed that’s made an improbable […]
Can You Imagine? Black Panther Takes Fifth Straight
Five wins. Most basketball teams that play during March Madness “only” need to rack up five straight wins to be crowned national champs. If the box-office tourney followed suit … well, hail to the king. Disney’s Black Panther has proven all but unstoppable this year, collecting an estimated $27 million en route to its fifth […]
Disney Tripped on A Wrinkle in Time Because it Didn’t Understand the Story
What makes a great story? What makes it worth the telling? I’ve been thinking a lot about those sorts of questions this week in the wake of A Wrinkle in Time, the movie, and where and why it went wrong. Wrinkle’s lack of creative and commercial success may seem, on the surface, a bit mystifying. […]
Culture Clips: She Kissed a Boy … and He Didn’t Like It
OK, a quick show of hands: Who would like to get a kiss from Katy Perry? Well, perhaps Plugged In readers are not a representative sample of America as a whole. Certainly, plenty of folks would gladly accept a smooch from the singing superstar. And maybe that’s what Perry was thinking when she planted a […]
Black Panther Irons out Wrinkle
The North American box office hosted what was supposed to be a titanic, Disney-on-Disney battle this weekend, between Marvel’s rolling juggernaut Black Panther and the promising PG upstart, A Wrinkle in Time. But the battle turned into a rout. Black Panther won for the fourth straight week, and I ain’t lion. The Disney superhero flick […]
Another Win for Wakanda (and Black Panther)
Yes, King T’Challa moonlights as Black Panther, the nation of Wakanda’s sacred protector. But his titular movie is proving to be something of an Iron Man at the box office. Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther continues to dominate at the multiplex, earning an estimated $65.7 million in North America to coast to its third straight win. That’s […]
Plugged In Movie Awards 2018: And the Winners Are …
Yes, after long last, it’s time to unveil the winners of Plugged In’s highly respected, uber-prestigious movie awards—both our official selections and the movies that you thought were truly tops. This year’s movie award tourney was particularly interesting for a whole host of reasons, so why dilly-dally any longer? Let us begin. Best Movie for […]
Culture Clips: The Red Carpet (and Red Sparrow) Edition
And the Oscar goes to … Jennifer Lawrence! No, no, that can’t be right. The actress isn’t even nominated for anything this year. But, as last year’s Oscar telecast taught us, sometimes mistakes can be made, even on moviedom’s biggest night and on its biggest stage. So in light of last year’s oopsie—when La La […]
Black Panther Takes Two
The reclusive African nation of Wakanda may have weapons that make ours look like stone spears, but it says it has no interest in fighting anyone. ‘Course, judging from the box-office standings, there’s more than one way to conquer the world. Black Panther, Disney/Marvel’s latest superhero flick, crushed the box-office derby for the second straight […]