What was the secret to having a successful movie this past weekend? Colons. Four of the week’s Top Five box-office finishers sported that oft-overlooked double-decker
There’s another Night at the Museum pic (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb) hitting theaters this weekend. And while I don’t want to
We talk a lot at Plugged In about how influential movies can be in our lives. But rarely do we see one cause an international incident.
A long time ago … In a galaxy far, far away … … there was a movie unlike anything anyone had ever seen before: Star
Well, Exodus: Gods and Kings didn’t exactly part the waters. But during a slow December weekend, Ridley Scott’s biblical epic still showed enough Old Testament oomph
Every time a big-name Hollywood director announces he’s going to tackle a familiar biblical story, I hold my breath. On one hand, it’s exhilarating that
In conjunction with the release of The Good Lie back in October, I interviewed Reese Witherspoon about her role in that film and her thoughts
If you’ve seen The Hunger Games movies, you know that the mockingjay is known for its ability to imitate: Whistle a few bars and the mockingjays
In this battle of the birds, the penguins never really had a chance. They’re flightless, for one thing. And while the titular stars of the
Under normal circumstances, a movie that raked in an estimated $123 million in its opening weekend—the biggest debut of 2014—would be considered an unqualified smash-mouth
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