Weekend Forecast
We close out March and welcome April as two new wide release films debut. None of them will challenge Beauty and the Beast for the top spot, though.
This is So Last Week: 3/24/17-3/30/17
Superheroes, a beloved robot, a brush with greatness and a powerful debut. Impress your friends and neighbors by acing our pop culture recap quiz for the 13th week of 2017.
How Well Do You Know: Gilmore Girls, S05E05: We Got Us a Pippi Virgin
Lorelai makes an effort to be more open to the Rory/Dean relationship, but not everything goes according to plan. Lane is confused regarding the path of her would-be relationship, and Emily goes to drastic measures with Richard out of the house. How well do you know Gilmore Girls, S05E05: We Got Us a Pippi Virgin?
Review: Power Rangers
A great many projects — real, imagined, pitched, bombed and otherwise — could complete the following sentence: “Of all the things to reboot, why would you bother with...”
Movie Review: The Red Turtle
There is so little dialogue in The Red Turtle, it is almost like the opposite of your typical French film.
How Well Do You Know: Kung Fu Panda 3
Po and the rest of the Furious Five return to face a new menace in Kung Fu Panda 3. Po reunites with a long-lost Panda village as he must face an enemy who defeats all remaining masters in China. You may have mastered your chi, but how well do you know Kung Fun Panda 3?
The 400-Word Review: Wilson
Towards the end of the alleged comedy Wilson, I remember thinking that the film felt like a failed attempt to ape Ghost World.
Review: Saban's Power Rangers
Reboots, remakes, sequels and movies based on existing TV shows are inevitable.
Viking Night
What should I write about today? A Sergio Leone Western? A ‘70s horror flick?
Overpaid Jerks: 3/20/17-3/26/17
It's brother vs brother, Bearcat champions, USA vs. the World and March Madness drawing to a close, in our sports recap quiz for the 13th week of 2017.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Disney's Beauty and the Beast dominated the three other openers this weekend...
Friday Box Office Analysis
After last week’s record-breaking opening, Beauty and the Beast drops 63% from last Friday, but it’s still a strong Friday of $23.8 million.
This is So Last Week: 3/17/17-3/24/17
A monster opening weekend? Check. A board game game-changer? Check. A Wheel blunder for the ages? Check. Check your pop culture IQ with our entertainment quiz for the 12th week of 2017.
Weekend Forecast
We take a brief hiatus from our March of high-powered openers so that studios can release a few middling titles.
Review: Beauty and the Beast
The 2017 Beauty and the Beast is the cinematic equivalent of taking a moderate sedative with a cup of coffee.
How Well Do You Know: Gilmore Girls, S05E04: Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too
The whole town gets involved when Jackson runs against Taylor for the town selectman position. Lorelai gets used to changes in her life brought on by her new relationship, and Rory deals with some relationship issues of her own. How well do you know Gilmore Girls, S05E04: Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too?
Survivor Recap
We start the episode with a Probst sighting...
Review: Beauty and the Beast
Is it really such a curse when you can live in a mighty castle, travel all over the world, see through a magic mirror...
How Well Do You Know: Pixar Shorts 2
Ignore the rather forgettable entries based on feature films, and you'll find some real gems in the Pixar Shorts Collection, Volume 2. Polish your magic trick, ponder contributions of clouds and consider the moon: how well do you know Pixar Shorts, Volume 2?
Overpaid Jerks: 3/13/17-3/19/17
It's March Madness time, your brackets are already busted, and someone is going on and on about the Earth being flat. How well do you know the past week in sports?
Weekend Wrap-Up
Wow. We knew Disney's Beauty and the Beast was going to be big, but this debut is stronger than anyone expected. This is $170 million big, the seventh biggest weekend ever.
Friday Box Office Analysis
Despite a few weeks of big releases, the live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast tops them all with Friday earnings of $64.2 million.
This is So Last Week: 3/10/17-3/16/17
The 11th week of 2017 covered a large swath of pop culture-dom with a movie monster, a movie monstrously delayed, a beastly legal ordeal and a blunt confession. How well were you paying attention?
Weekend Forecast
A bold new strategy for Disney has once again culminated with what might be its most prestigious modern property – although this time it's by design.
Movie Review - Kong: Skull Island
The ingenious part of employing the lost-world narrative is that it's terrifically difficult to screw up the takeoff or the landing.
Viking Night
Remember when our nation’s most pressing concern was Charlie Sheen’s public decline into madness?
How Well Do You Know: Gilmore Girls, S05E03: Written in the Stars
Lorelai and Luke finally go on a date, but are surprised that the rest of Stars Hollow either doesn't know or doesn't care. While helping Paris deal with a difficult situation back at Yale, Rory meets and clashes with another student. How well do you know Gilmore Girls, S05E03: Written in the Stars?
Overpaid Jerks: 3/6/17-3/12/17
The Madness. The 11th week of 2017 in sports brings you tidings of NFL happenings and NBA wackiness, but it's almost all about The Madness.
Survivor Recap
With the Ciera vote out of the way, Tony is trying to align with other tribemates who he considers to be threats.
Movie Review: Logan
Logan sets out to be the black sheep of the X-Men franchise by being the first entry in the series to be rated R.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Hearts at Warner Bros. must have sank last weekend when Logan broke out with a $88.4 million open, the fourth biggest ever for an R-rated release.
Friday Box Office Analysis
Kong was indeed king on Friday, though probably not with as dominating a performance as Warner Bros. would have liked to see.
This is So Last Week: 3/3/17-3/9/17
Cleavage controversy, a superhero victory, reality show beginnings and endings and a new Trekker. We present our review of pop culture news for the 10th week of 2017, presented in a pleasing quiz format.
Weekend Forecast
As the saying goes, where does a 400-pound gorilla sleep? Wherever he wants to. So where does a movie about a 400 foot tall gorilla open? All by itself.
Movie Review: Logan
Out of all the movies based on comic books or graphic novels, Marvel, DC, or otherwise, the X-Men series has always possessed the greatest potential as political allegory.
Hidden Gems: Kumare
What is real? Who are you? What do you need to become whomever it is you wish to be?
Viking Night
Walter (Peter Masterson) and Joanna Eberhart (Katharine Ross), move with their young son to the scenic town of Stepford, Connecticut.
Survivor Recap
Previously on Survivor, a bunch of people played over 17 years’ worth of seasons.
How Well Do You Know: My Left Foot
Let me tell you a story about a man named Christy Brown, Irish painter and writer who suffered from cerebral palsy. During his time, he wrote a memoir called My Left Foot, which was about his troubled childhood and path to success. His work would be adapted into an excellent film starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Here is My Left Foot.
Overpaid Jerks: 2/27/17-3/5/17
An Olympic drop-out, a combine record, conference champs and a sidelined star. Test your sports IQ with our trivia quiz for the 10th week of 2017.
Movie Review: Collide
For most of its runtime, Collide faithfully lives up to the label of “silly car chase movie” and I suppose we tolerate it on that level...
The 400-Word Review: Logan
The original “Old Man Logan” run of Marvel comics is one of those speculative flights of fancy that couldn’t exist in the current cinematic climate.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Wow - you can tell February is behind us, as it's an unexpectedly large box office weekend for Wolverine, as our retiring hero claws his way into the record books.
Friday Box Office Analysis
Hugh Jackman’s final turn as Wolverine after 17 years and nine movies goes out with a bang as Logan earns $33 million on Friday.
This is So Last Week: 2/24/17-3/2/17
Oscar madness, movie-based LEGOs, Paxton's passing and an 80s star goes dancing. Summon your favorite entertainment industry accountant: here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 9th week of 2019.
Weekend Forecast
The first of what looks like five massive weekends in a very summer-looking March schedule sees what may be the swan song of a beloved character leading the way.
February Box Office Recap
February just doesn’t feel like a big box office month. It’s one of those months like April or September that just do not seem to stand out.
Oscars Post-Mortem
A few days removed from Moonlight’s stunning, historic triumph at the Academy Awards, we try to make sense of it all and put the 2016-2017 Oscars season to bed.
March Box Office Forecast
2017 pauses with the horror movies for a while and delivers the kind of blockbuster March whose film slate would not look out of place in summer.
How Well Do You Know: Gilmore Girls, S05E01: Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller
As we begin Season 5 of Gilmore Girls, every one of the Gilmore ladies has a romantic choice to make. Lorelai's thinking about her and Luke's kiss and what that might man; Rory deals with tension after sleeping with a very married Dean; Emily and Richard deal with their disastrous marriage. How well do you know Gilmore Girls, S05E01: Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller?
Viking Night: Virtuosity
Brett Leonard is responsible for three films that, after today, I will have covered for this column.