Star Wars Forces Its Way to Fourth Straight
After three weeks of its grosses looking as colossal as that asteroid critter from The Empire Strikes Back, the latest Star Wars movie dwindled to merely the size of a sarlacc this weekend. But hey, it was still big enough to eat everybody else’s lunch. Star Wars: The Force Awakens gobbled up an estimated $41.6 […]
The Pesky Power of Words
I’m on assignment in Miami right now (I know, I know, tough work), and in the midst of flights and flight delays, I’ve been reading Bill Bryson’s The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way. It’s all very interesting, and I’ve learned something new with practically each paragraph. (Did you know, for instance, […]
Star Wars Blasts to Third Win
Success, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is, hmmm? The blockbuster flick blew up the box office like it was a cut-rate Death Star (again), plunking another estimated $88.3 million into the Millennium Falcon’s smuggling chambers while doing so. And most prognosticators say that Disney’s estimates are again on the low side: Box Office Mojo thinks […]
Pop Culture’s Top 10 Movers and Shakers (2015 Edition)
The year 2015 was filled with 365 days’ worth of stuff. Big stuff, small stuff, important stuff, strange stuff. And while we all had our own individual stuff to deal with, society foisted a whole bunch more stuff on us, too. And who, among all the 7 billion or so people living on our globe, […]
The Force Awakens (And Won’t Go Back to Sleep)
So, if you’re a movie and you just had the biggest opening weekend at the box office ever, what do you do for an encore? Why, have the biggest follow-up weekend ever, of course. And that’s just what Star Wars: The Force Awakens did Christmas weekend. After collecting all the dollars (or, at least, $248 […]
Merry Christmas!
Christmas is a Plugged In sort of holiday. Not only is it a pretty special and sacred time for Christians, but it’s completely awash in its very own entertainment. Most of us have our favorite Christmas movies, Christmas television specials, Christmas albums, Christmas carols. I’m not aware of very many Christmas-themed video games yet, but give ’em time. Moreover, […]
Star Wars a Major Force
Hey, we all knew it was gonna be big. The only question was how big. And we’re still asking. According to unofficial estimates, Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned $238 million over its first weekend—the largest domestic opening ever and setting a bevy of records besides. (If you’re really interested in them all, jump on over […]
Mockingjay Scores Whale of a Win
While the numbers aren’t final yet, it looks as though Katniss Everdeen traded her bow for a harpoon this weekend and brought down a beast of a newcomer, leaving it to (ahem) blubber. In a super-crowded box office competition (estimates suggest that just $1.2 million separated No. 1 from No. 4), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay […]
Why I Owe My Job to Star Wars
So. How many of you have tickets to Star Wars: The Force Awakens? No, don’t answer—rhetorical question. You all have tickets by now. Or you wish you did. Or you stumbled on this website by accident. Sure, there are some folks out there who couldn’t give a whit’s end about the Star Wars franchise. But […]
Mockingjay Victorious Again
Katniss Everdeen rarely loses. Not in the Hunger Games. Not in massive civil wars. Not even at the box office. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 found itself on the top of the cinematic heap for the third straight week, beating down the strong newcomer Krampus and collecting an estimated $18.6 million in capitol […]