Thursday, August 30
This is So Last Week: 8/24/18-8/30/18
Remarkable weight loss, a box office bomb, a Looney movie project and film drop-outs. Enjoy our pop culture recap quiz for the 35th week of 2018.


Thursday, August 30
Movie Review: BlacKkKlansman
Spike Lee's “BlackkKlansman” has an obvious message and it never claims to be fair or impartial in terms of relaying it.

Movie Review: Crazy Rich Asians
The wildly entertaining Crazy Rich Asians, directed by John Chu, is so vibrant and colorful that it practically pops off the screen.

5 Ways to Monster Mania
This was my very first Monster Mania and it will not be the last.

Weekend Forecast
A surprisingly busy Labor Day Weekend (perhaps because of the magic of it starting in August) sees two new wide releases...


Monday, August 27
Overpaid Jerks: 8/20/18-8/26/18
A hoops star gets a new name, RIP to RPI, an ESPN figure leaves and a team is streaking in August. Here's our sports recap quiz for the 35th week of 2018.


Sunday, August 26
Weekend Wrap-Up
Crazy Rich Asians gives us one of the best box office stories of 2018 in a year full of them.


Saturday, August 25
Friday Box Office Analysis
It sure is the end of August. Yes, three new movies were released this weekend, but none of them will really make a blip on the radar.


Thursday, August 23
This is So Last Week: 8/17/18-8/23/18
A video vanguard, a reviled tribute, a box office abomination and TV comings and goings. Enjoy our pop culture recap quiz for the 34th week of 2018.


Thursday, August 23
Hidden Gems: Song of the Sea
This truly wonderful movie feels like a child’s storybook of myths, but one containing myths that many of us outside of Ireland might be hearing about for the first time.

Review: BlacKkKlansman
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee’s provocative and powerful new joint, finds the director at the top of his game.

Weekend Forecast
If there's a clearer sign that summer is over than this weekend's gimmicky grab bag of castaway films, I'm not sure what it could be.


Monday, August 20
Overpaid Jerks: 8/13/18-8/19/18
A hot lead-off man, an anthem decision, a derisive cornerback and odd baseball plays. Here's our sports recap for the 34th week of 2018.


Sunday, August 19
Weekend Wrap-Up
This weekend's box office contains not only one of the important films of not just this year, but perhaps the last several.


Saturday, August 18
Friday Box Office Analysis
August continues to cruise along with yet another breakout hit. In the process, the rom-com genre might even see some revitalization.


Friday, August 17
Weekend Forecast
A swerve into untrodden ground should give a surprise boost to the box office.


Thursday, August 16
This is So Last Week: 8/10/18-8/16/18
The loss of a legend, a controversial poster, another actress joins Ralph and a game show flub for the ages. Enjoy our pop culture recap quiz for the 33rd week of 2018.


Thursday, August 16
5 Cons to Come
It’s that time of the season when summer blockbusters start winding down and the fall convention circuit starts reving up.

Movie Review: Eighth Grade
Nail, meet head. Considering the title of this film, it certainly encapsulates that year of life which most of us experienced, and most of us would rather forget.


Wednesday, August 15
How Well Do You Know: Hot/Heat Movie Titles 2
Here's a quiz on movies with a heat-related word in the title. We'll give you a short description of a movie, you have to pick the correct heat-related word the appears in the title. You may know your Towering Inferno from your Blazing Saddles, but how well do you know Hot/Heat Movie Titles?


Monday, August 13
Overpaid Jerks: 8/6/18-8/12/18
A historic elimination, hitting for the cycle, college football controversy and an immaculate inning. Here comes our sports recap quiz for the 33rd week of 2018.


Sunday, August 12
Weekend Wrap-Up
Just when it seemed like summer was over, we get a good old fashioned surprise breakout.


Saturday, August 11
Friday Box Office Analysis
We've said it for years, and our Dan Krovich coined the phrase: Animals eating people = $$$$$.


Friday, August 10
Weekend Forecast
Your typical grab bag of leftovers headlines this August weekend at the box office.


Thursday, August 9
This is So Last Week: 8/3/18-8/9/18
Who's an unlikely diplomat? Which house was won and the loss? What did the Academy do? And which band is going home? Here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 32nd week of 2018.


Thursday, August 9
Review - M:I - Fallout
On paper, its ambitions as a spy thriller, at least as far as spectacle, should have yielded quite the mesmerizing movie-going experience.

July 2018 Box Office Recap
Movies are doomed. I have seen the signs, reviewed the almanacs, studied the tea leaves, questioned the psychics (who knew I was coming)...

Movie Review: Crazy Rich Asians
The best romantic comedies remind you to believe in love. If you’re watching with a significant other, you’ll reach for their hand during the big, sweeping romantic gestures onscreen.


Wednesday, August 8
How Well Do You Know: TV Families, Part III
Be they highly functioning or disastrously dysfunctional, television dramas and sitcoms offer a wide variety of family unit. In this quiz, we'll serve up the name of a family having appeared in a TV family over the years. You just need to pick the show they are from. You may know your Simpsons from your Sopranos, but how well do you know TV Families?


Monday, August 6
Overpaid Jerks: 7/30/18-8/5/18
A new school, Hall of Famers, pre-season polls, a pivotal series and administrative leave. Our sports recap for the 32nd week of 2018 begins right now.


Sunday, August 5
Weekend Wrap-Up
We flip the calendar to August and it feels like summer is over as we get three new releases, none of which had any real chance of breaking out.


Saturday, August 4
August 2018 Forecast
The August most of us are about to live through carries a minimum of eighteen films going directly into wide theatrical release.

Friday Box Office Analysis
We have a few new releases in theaters this weekend, but Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible - Fallout will walk away with victory once again.


Friday, August 3
Weekend Forecast
August jumps feet first into being August with its first slate of movies that let us know quite well that blockbuster time is over.


Thursday, August 2
This is So Last Week: 7/27/18-8/2/18
Punctuation in a movie title, an upcoming retirement, the return of an alien and a country star making waves. Enjoy our pop culture recap quiz for the 31st week of 2018.


Thursday, August 2
5 Ways Disney Failed
It hurts my heart to attack Disney, the loving brand that expanded their library with such franchises as Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar.


Wednesday, August 1
How Well Do You Know: Game Night
Competition fiends Max and Annie love hosting Game Night for their friends. Thrown in Max's brother, an obtrusive neighbor and a murder mystery that proves all too real, and things get dangerous real quick. How well do you know Game Night?




     


 
 

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