Wolverine Cuts to No. 1
Forget about the lion. This March came in like an old, cranky Wolverine. Logan sliced and diced its way to the top of the box office, taking an estimated $85.3 million cut of the weekend’s pot. It wasn’t the biggest R-rated opening of all time: That record still belongs to fellow Marvel sorta-superhero Deadpool (which […]
Culture Clips: And the Oscar Goes To … No, Wait!
Yep, we’re still talking about the Oscar gaffe. And let’s face it: It was a doozy. Thanks to an envelope mix-up, the world thought for about two minutes that the musical La La Land had won the Academy Awards’ Best Picture honors. Not so: The coming-of-age drama Moonlight was the real winner, and some say […]
Get Out Climbs Into No. 1
We all knew that the box office tourney would be a tight one this week. And it certainly didn’t disappoint. But when all the receipts were counted, The LEGO Batman Movie managed to grapple hook itself to the top of the charts for the third straight weekend. Yes, you heard that right. Despite stiff competition […]
2017 Plugged In Movie Awards: And the Award Goes To …
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, after long and arduous deliberation (involving an occasional round of fisticuffs) and painstaking vote counting, it’s time to unveil the winners of our fourth annual Plugged In Movie Awards. Alas, due to budget cuts, we had to cancel our typical star-studded banquet in Hollywood. Perhaps next year. BEST MOVIE FOR KIDS […]
At The Oscars This Year, It’s All About the Women
The Oscars are nearly here. And we all know it wouldn’t be the Oscars without some Oscar-centric controversy. The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag has been replaced, according to some, with #OscarsSoMale. A recent study by USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism found that of the 109 films released in 2014, women received fewer than 29% of […]
Culture Clips: What Was Up With Beyoncé’s Grammy Outfit?
We’re in the heart of the awards season, where honorary hardware coats the entertainment ground like autumn leaves, and you can’t walk five paces without tripping on a golden statuette. Why, we’re even giving out a few of our own come Friday, and rumor has it that there’s another little awards shindig on Sunday. But […]
LEGO Batman Tears Down Great Wall
What is Batman’s favorite weapon? A batarang, of course. And what do batarangs do if they don’t thunk the bad guys on the noggin? Come right back to where they were thrown from. So it’s only fitting that The LEGO Batman Movie found itself at No. 1 again in its second weekend. LEGO Batman banked […]
Lighter Batman Spoils Darker Debut (at Least in North America)
Everything snapped into place for The LEGO Batman Movie. The animated click—er, flick built itself an estimated $55.6 million take (presumably out of tile-shaped 100-dollar bills and tiny gold coins) to top the North American box office this weekend. And while Batman didn’t earn quite as much out of the gate as 2014’s The LEGO […]
Culture Clips: How ‘Bout the Super Bowl (Ads)?
The New England Patriots are world champions. Again. Do I sound bitter? I don’t mean to. The 111.3 million people who watched the game were treated to a pretty epic come-from-behind victory, after all. But maybe a few of us are just getting a little tired of Tom Brady constantly hoisting the Lombardi Trophy above […]
Split Keeps Rolling Along
To paraphrase Shakespeare, beware the movies of February. The year’s shortest month can’t be short enough for most studios. Whenever a studio exec screens a movie and says, “How did this thing get made?”, it’s followed almost immediately by, “Well, whatever. We’ll just sneak it out in February.” As such, even smaller movies that attract […]