Weekend Box Office – 4/27/09

Rank    Title                                                                   Weekend          Gross
1.   OBSESSED                                                     $28,500,000     $28,500,000
2.   17 AGAIN                                                         $11,665,000     $39,970,000
3.   FIGHTING                                                        $11,441,000     $11,441,000
4.   THE SOLOIST                                                 $9,715,000       $9,715,000
5.   EARTH                                                             $8,554,000       $14,201,000
6.   MONSTERS VS ALIENS                               $8,524,000       $174,817,000
7.   STATE OF PLAY                                             $6,891,000       $25,124,000
8.   HANNAH MONTANA MOVIE                        $6,372,000       $65,590,000
9.   FAST AND FURIOUS                                     $6,062,000       $145,224,000
10.  CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE                             $2,400,000       $11,518,000
 

Brian McCarthy on NameShake

Brian McCarthy’s and Lance Laspina’s NameShake was something I found out about through The Joke Gym’s (& Friend of the Blog) Paula Johnson. Pop culture does not normally include iPhone coverage, but the way Paula described it to me seemed to make it a perfect fit for the blog. According to Johnson, NameShake is “an [...]

Two New Robot 6 Interviews and A Little Toth Love

On Saturday, I ran an interview with Park Cooper regarding Gun Street Girl at Robot 6. That can be found here.
Then today, I email interviewed Esther Pearl Watson on Unlovable.
And in between, I talked a little bit about what I’m currently reading in terms of sequential art. Fatagraphics’ Blazing Combat features a few stories from [...]

Weekend Box Office – 4/20/09

Rank    Title                                                                   Weekend          Gross
1.   17 AGAIN                                                         $24,065,000     $24,065,000
2.   STATE OF PLAY                                             $14,099,000     $14,099,000
3.   MONSTERS VS ALIENS                               $12,900,000     $162,723,000
4.   HANNAH MONTANA MOVIE                        $12,666,000     $56,133,000
5.   FAST AND FURIOUS                                     $12,290,000     $136,721,000
6.   CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE                              $6,510,000       $6,510,000
7.   OBSERVE AND REPORT                             $4,055,000        $18,692,000
8.   KNOWING                                                        $3,478,000        $73,699,000
9.   I LOVE YOU, MAN                                           $3,370,000     [...]

William Irwin on the Blackwell Philosophy & Popular Culture Series

William Irwin, Series Editor of The Blackwell Philosophy and Popular Culture Series, has impressed me with the scope of subjects covered with the many books he has edited or co-edited in the series.  I’m even more impressed with his work on the series considering that he also is a Professor of Philosophy at King’s [...]