Overpaid Jerks: 7/23/18-7/29/18
Hall of Famers, an insane stunt, an impressive contract and a no-go no-no. Wake the neighbors and call the kids, here comes our sports recap quiz for 31st week of 2018.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Arguably the last marquee release of the summer, Tom Cruise returns to his most reliable franchise, one that seems to get better and better as it goes on.
Friday Box Office Analysis
Yesterday's top film was the latest in the Mission: Impossible franchise, this time with the subtitle Fallout.
Weekend Forecast
While there's a couple smaller kicks at the can left, the last weekend of July brings about the end of prime time summer movie season.
5 Ways to Prep
The box office is a lot like a pendulum. It goes up and down, up and down, and it will only stop when Netflix knocks it off the table.
Weekend Wrap-Up
In a tight race, your number one film for the weekend is The Equalizer 2, earning an estimated $35.8 million.
This is So Last Week: 7/13/18-7/19/18
Whose movie bomb? Who dropped out? Who talked about a Christmas movie? And who really, really likes ABBA? Find out in our entertainment and celebrity quiz for the 29th week of 2018.
Weekend Forecast
While there have been plenty of sequels this year, so far we've avoided last summer's array of “Really? That one?” purposeless reboots and follow-ups.
Ant-Man and the Wasp
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” squashed my reservations that Ant-Man and his cohorts couldn't be taken somewhere exciting all on their own.
Hidden Gems
Writer/director David Lowery’s A Ghost Story is a particularly odd and beautiful movie. And while it does have a ghost as essentially its main character...
Overpaid Jerks: 7/9/18-7/15/18
A World Cup champion, a World Series champion, a jailed NBA star and epic Wimbledon. Here's our sports recap quiz for the 29th week of 2018.
Weekend Wrap-Up
We're knee deep in July and it's the kind of weekend with a couple of mid-tier releases that remind you that movies earning $600 million are the exception and not the rule.
Weekend Forecast
It's your typical July mixed-bag, something for everyone weekend in between major openers.
This is So Last Week: 7/6/18-7/12/18
Emmy hauls, a scooter accident, an unexpected engagement and country music gets a new home. Here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 28th week of 2018.
5 Ways to Prep
There’s no guarantee for success quite like a Marvel movie and no brand to skew to perception of success quite like Disney.
June Box Office Recap
In the last few cycles of social media frenzy, enough humans have found time enough to pry their vid-eyes away from SnookiePants873 to watch Jurassic Galaxy 7 Slam.
Overpaid Jerks: 7/2/18-7/8/18
England hosts tennis and plays soccer, NBAers cry foul, All-Stars are announced and trailing 9-0 ain't no thang. Here's your sports recap quiz for the 28th week of 2018.
Weekend Wrap-Up
It was a long week without a Marvel Cinematic Universe film in the top ten for the first time since February, but Ant-Man and the Wasp is here to fix that problem.
July 2018 Forecast
Some of the biggest movie stars of the modern era each carry a new release into this July, but there's a superhero movie coming out, so, uh, that's the end of the horse race.
Friday Box Office Analysis
With the 4th of July holiday falling on a Wednesday, Disney saved the new Marvel superhero film for the weekend.
This is So Last Week: 6/29/18-7/5/18
Who had a 100th birthday? Which model broke a sports story? What does the W stand for? Find out in our pop culture recap quiz for the 27th week of 2018.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Why has this series gotten so routine and dumbed down?
5 Ways to Prep
For the first time in a long time, the weekend before the Fourth of July doesn’t have a monster blockbuster hopeful on the release schedule.
Weekend Forecast
It's the Fourth of July, so let's all celebrate with yet another Purge movie! Fortunately, Ant-Man and the Wasp will arrive on Friday.
How Well Do You Know: Ant-Man
From outlaw to hero, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) shrinks into subatomic size and becomes one of Marvel's finest superheroes. You may know that Edgar Wright left the project, but how do you know Ant-Man?
Weekend Wrap-Up
We're in a pre-holiday, post-blockbuster-that-wasn't-quite weekend, so we have a couple of weird mid-tier releases that do better than expected, but the dinosaurs stay on top despite a big drop.