By Ashley Pauls Box Office Buzz The Avengers have faced some difficult opponents, either as a team or on their own: the Red Skull, Loki, the Mandarin, Ultron. However, in “Captain America: Civil War,” they face a new kind of enemy: each other. “Civil War” divides the Avengers, forcing them
By Ashley Pauls Box Office Buzz It’s that time of year again — summer blockbuster season is here! Summer is typically my favorite time of the year at the movie theater, because it tends to bring more science fiction and superhero films, my two favorite genres. This year, however, my
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz Although “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” promised to show fans an epic smack-down between two of the greatest superheroes of all time, the initial reviews for this film were, unfortunately, not-so-super. “Batman vs. Superman” is currently sitting at 29 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz When I was a kid, I thought Harrison Ford was pretty much the coolest person ever. After all, he was Han Solo AND Indiana Jones, my two favorite movie characters. Since then, Star Wars and Indiana Jones have remained two of my favorite film franchises,
Fans visited the halls of Downton Abbey one last time on Sunday, as PBS Masterpiece aired the final episode of the wildly popular British period drama. Over six seasons, the show has followed a wealthy British family and their servants through the tumultuous start of the twentieth century, as the
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz Iron Man may be the resident bad boy of the Avengers, but he is practically a saint compared to Deadpool, the Marvel Universe’s famous (or infamous) “Merc with a Mouth.” Deadpool doesn’t play by anybody’s rules but his own, and even those are subject to
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz It’s going to be hard to top “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” from 2015, but there are still a number of interesting movies coming in 2016 (hey, I’m going to need something to tide me over until Episode VIII in 2017!). 😉 Here’s the top
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz At the end of year, I normally put together a top 10 list of my favorite entertainment items. When I first started blogging, I just did five items, mostly because I was still figuring this whole blogging thing out, 😉 but I later bumped it
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz The wait is finally over and the good news is, Star Wars fans, this is the movie you’ve been waiting for. “The Force Awakens” captures the epic grandeur of the original trilogy while also ushering in an exciting new era of Star Wars storytelling. It’s
Hunger Games victor and rebel hero Katniss Everdeen’s journey comes to an end in “Mockingjay – Part 2,” the final film in the Hunger Games saga. We’ve watched Katniss deal with the aftermath of winning the Hunger Games, where a cruel post-apocalyptic government forces teenagers to fight to the death
“Skyfall” is, admittedly, a tough act to follow. The 2012 James Bond film brought in more than a billion dollars at the box office worldwide and received rave reviews from both fans and critics. So it was perhaps inevitable that the follow-up, “Spectre,” would struggle to reach those same heights.
By Ashley Pauls/Box Office Buzz “The only thing stronger than fear is hope.” That may be a quote from “The Hunger Games,” but it could just as easily apply to the new movie “The Martian.” In the film, astronaut Mark Watney finds himself stranded on Mars after the rest of
