Contributor: Paul Asay

Daybreakers, a curious little vampire tale, was the only new film to break into the Top 5 at the box office over the weekend, with $15 million changing hands between mostly mindless moviegoers and mostly bored teenage ticket takers. I doubt very many o …

Edward is back! Oops. Wrong Edward. It’s 2019, and almost everyone’s a vampire now, so there’s bound to be lots of undead Edwards. Problem is, if everyone’s a bloodsucker, whose blood are they sucking?

We all know the theory: If you wanna make a big blockbuster film these days, you need to throw in some sex, even if the film doesn’t necessarily require it—a little nudity, perhaps, or a salacious scene, or at the (ahem) bare minimum, a cleavage-reveal …

With her aptly named debut album, Animal, Ke$ha’s on top of the music world. What put her there? Her primal party-’til-you-pass-out pulpit pounding.

It’s 2010, folks, and lots of us are thrilled to have another blank slate on which to draw. But despite the year being so shiny new and all, the box office looks suspiciously similar. James Cameron’s sci-fi extravaganza Avatar made another $68.3 millio …

Ben Affleck’s tumultuous tale of abduction, treachery and murder explores humanity’s best and worst intentions—and questions the line that separates them.

Avatar ruled the box office for the second straight weekend, losing just 3 percent of its opening weekend tally to score $75 million. The film’s 10-day North American total now stands at around $212 mil. With a few more weekends like that, James Camero …

Hmmm. I see from this review that we have an occult-drenched villain, a scantily dressed heroine and enough violent content to fill the Thames. What does that add up to? The answer is elementary, my dear Watson!

I’ve always loved finding God in unexpected places. I believe signs of His work are all around us, if we take time to look—from the top of a hill to the edge of the ocean to the fabric of our cubicle walls. It’s one of the things I enjoy so much about …

James Cameron’s Avatar cruised to a strong start over the weekend, topping the box office with $73 million. Granted, the take was on the low end of the studio’s expectations, but considering much of the East Coast was hammered by a massive snowstorm, C …

The Princess and the Frog, an old-school animated offering from the folks at Disney, smooched the No. 1 slot at the box office this weekend, pushing The Blind Side to second place. Princess’ $25 million take was fit for—well, a princess. And there was …

The headline above was brought to you courtesy Fraser Brown, son of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Seems the younger Brown proffered those vowel-impoverished thoughts on his mother’s Twitter account when she left the room for a moment, sending th …

It’s about 78 degrees below zero where I live, which means it’s too cold to think, much less type. So I’m going to ask you to do the blog’s heavy lifting today while I drink a cup of hot chocolate. In the latest installment of my Not Just a Movie serie …

It was the same ol’, same ol’ at the box office this weekend, with The Blind Side trading places with The Twilight Saga: New Moon for slots No. 1 and 2, respectively. Brothers, the week’s biggest new release, slid into the No. 3 position with $9.7 mill …

Plugged In has passed the halfway point in my 584-part series on film and faith (well, it seemed that long while I wrote it), and this week’s installment is all about on-screen violence: what it is, what it does to us when we watch it and whether it’s …