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 […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Christian Movie
We close out our Plugged In Movie Awards nominations with our picks for best Christian movie, and man, what a tough year it was. Faith-based films have never been better, and Hollywood made it extra tricky to decide even what, exactly, constituted a Christian movie. Could Martin Scorsese’s Silence or Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, both […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie For Adults
Those Oscar voters have it made. To choose the best of the best based on sheer aesthetics—the writing, the acting, the cinematography—feels easy compared to the task set before us. In this category, we have to factor in ethics, morality and worldview, too. Sure, maybe a given film looks amazing. But what does it actually […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie For Teens
Another day, another batch of nominees! This time we turn to movies for teens. It’s a perennially tricky category to pick for, and this year yields a truly eclectic mix of movies, pitting some of the year’s top-grossing flicks against a couple of little-seen gems. As always, read our full reviews before you or anyone […]
Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Movie For Kids
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to dust off your finest tuxedo T-shirt, sprinkle glitter on your hair and metaphorically walk down that red carpet with me (or whatever carpet/wood/tile/linoleum that might be nearby). It’s time for the fourth annual Plugged In Movie Awards! Or, at least, the nominations for said awards. Let’s not be too […]
Split Strikes Again
Despite three new movies hitting theaters this weekend, Split continues to dominate the box office with a rather ironic, single-minded aplomb. The M. Night Shyamalan thriller earned an estimated $26.3 million to escape with its second straight box office victory. That’s more than $1 million for each of the central character’s personalities! Not too bad, […]