Culture Clips: Hollywood Reacts to the Election
We begin this week where we began last: with the election. Even though President-Elect Donald Trump was a former reality star himself, that doesn’t mean that Hollywood was thrilled with his win. The Los Angeles Times gathered celebrity reactions on Twitter and discovered that while Scott Baio and Kirstie Alley were cool with the results, […]
Doctor Strange Wins Again
It’s autumn, no question. We’re watching football. We’re raking leaves. Some of us may already be basting the Thanksgiving Turducken. But at the movies, it sure looks an awful lot like summer. For the second straight weekend, a Marvel superhero movie—Doctor Strange—stood atop the box office wearing its nifty sentient cape, collecting an estimated $43 […]
Culture Clips: How Google Shapes Election News
And so it begins. As Adam Holz said last week, Culture Clips is moving to a new time (now) and a new place (here), also known as “Tuesdays” and “this blog.” And because this blog is a different sort of beast than our Culture Clips are used to, the weekly wrap of relevant pop culture […]
Strange Days at the Box Office
Never underestimate the drawing power of Benedict Cumberbatch in a cape. Doctor Strange, the latest fringe Marvel character to get his own big movie deal, performed a nifty little magic trick this weekend. His titular movie teleported straight to the top of the box office, conjuring an estimated $85 million into Disney’s already packed coffers. […]
Boo! Madea Scares Up Another Win
The theaters were filled with top-flight superstars this weekend: multi-Oscar winner Tom Hanks. Ageless action hero Tom Cruise. Ben Affleck—a guy who, um, directs really, really well. But none had the moxie to best Tyler Perry in drag. For the second straight weekend, Boo! A Madea Halloween took the weekend’s box office crown and daintily […]
The Walking Dead Has Gone Too Far … Even For Some of Its Fans
At least 17 million people watched the Season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead—massive numbers in today’s fragmented television landscape. More people watched the villain Negan beat two characters to death with his barbed bat Lucille than watched Sunday Night Football that evening. I was one of them. You can find our review of the […]
Big Return For Accountant
When a big-time win is dependent on tracking money—lots and lots of money—it’s good to have a talented CPA on your team. The Accountant whipped out its handy-dandy abacus and crunched the numbers until they were all smashed to a fine powder. By the time all the credits had been credited, the debits debited and […]
Life … Rated
On NBC’s new dramedy This Is Us (which we reviewed this week), parents Rebecca and Jack are going through a difficult spot. They’re trying to raise a trio of 8-year-olds, but Rebecca feels like they’re not doing enough as parents. “I think we’re at a 6,” she tells Jack. “On a sliding scale of 1 […]
Girl on a Train Chugs to No. 1
Welp, there goes the neighborhood. Just one week after Miss Peregrine found a nice home at No. 1 for herself and her strange little waifs, a train with a girl on it set down its own tracks, raced to the top of the box office and got ol’ Miss P. evicted. The Girl on the […]
Miss Peregrine Makes a Home at No. 1
Miss Peregrine and her odd assortment of children found a peculiar new home this weekend: at the top of the box office. Real estate agents will tell you that a good property buy is all about location, location, location, and Miss Peregrine’s place has a view to practically turn into a bird for. From this […]
