Contributor: Paul Asay

Gas prices are up. The Dow is down. It’s too expensive to fly anywhere and too depressing to walk. The United States, circa 2011? No. But it’s only five years away in this cinematic take on Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel.

I just ordered an iPad. I made the move after much hemming and hawing and debating and waffling. I knew all the reasons why I shouldn’t buy one—the cost, the unnecessary expense, the unreasonable outlay of cash—but the image of me reading Dickens or fl …

The name on the marquee says it all for once. This is a movie. And it is a disaster.

Just call E.B. the little bunny that could. With theaters hosting drunken millionaires, teen assassins, world-class surfers and seriously impaired knights this weekend, the animated lark Hop won the box office derby for the second straight week. The ra …

Kelly Rowland has just one thing on her mind when she’s singing her new hit single … and it ain’t drugs or rock ‘n’ roll.

What do 16-year-old girls do for fun these days? Hang with their friends? Go to movies with guys? Text? Not Hanna. She knows nothing but killing.

If you are what you eat, I am the most boring person alive. At least at lunchtime. My typical noonday meal consists of a sandwich, a banana and a handful of baby carrots—simple, nutritious fare that I eat, in part, to make me feel better about the chee …

The animated Easter movie Hop bounded to first place at the box office this weekend, stuffing $38.1 million into its multi-hued basket. The opening had its makers over at Universal Pictures jumping for joy: The holiday flick may not have delved into th …

The latest honeyed hit from this Oklahoma country crooner is making a big buzz on the mainstream music charts. So we’re asking, Is it sticky or sweet?

It’s Friday, Friday, had to write a blog on Friday. So what better person to write about today than Rebecca Black? For those who haven’t heard of the 13-year-old singer, let me fill you in. On a whim last year, Rebecca and her family ponied up $2,000 a …

Jake Gyllenhaal’s unusual, time-bending task of sleuthing out a mass-murder mystery keeps blowing up in his face … literally.

I just wrote a story about the intersection between faith and film (look for it April 4), in which I opined that Hollywood is far from the irreligious entity Christians sometimes accuse it of being. We’ve seen a barrage of movies lately that take faith …

Leave it to a wimpy kid to win a weak weekend. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules floored Zack Snyder’s newest stylized rumble Sucker Punch to claim the box office belt this week. Perhaps Wimpy took some tips from the NCAA tourney’s VCU this weekend, …

Last night, my wife, daughter and I started watching Cleopatra, the lavish 1963 epic starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. It was our curious little way to mark the passing of the film’s unforgettable star: Taylor died March 23 at …

See ya, Skins. It’s been, um, interesting. On March 21, MTV bid farewell to this British import (at least for the season, and likely forever), bringing to a close one of the strangest, wackiest television sagas this side of V. And we’re just talking ab …