(Warning: Spoilers abound in this far away galaxy…) And so, great empires fall and are forgotten. No, not that Empire. Not the one with Death Stars and Stormtroopers and Darth Sinisters. That Empire didn’t fall. It exploded into a million incongruous pieces in a profitgasm called Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which opened this weekend and supposedly …
Star Wars
Hollywood could use a hero. After a forgettable summer at the box office, the movie industry is looking for an autumn resurgence in ticket sales. With the box office at $3.9 billion for summer 2019, Hollywood registered its second-worst season in theaters in 12 years. And coming back to match last year’s pace won’t be …
So rare, when sensation meets realization. How often do we hype up, only to be let down? Titanics sink. Hindenburgs blaze. Y2Ks fizzle. Super Bowls are rarely super. And you just know the new Star Wars is gonna suck. But somewhere, a pig is flying over its pasture. Somewhere, Satan is getting pelted with snowballs. …
I recently had an amazing conversation with a six-year-old, which I guess is redundant. We sat across from each other during a celebratory Mexican luncheon for a high school grad (we both were fuzzy on the details), and I noticed he was holding a bright, yellow book. “Whatchya reading?” I asked. “Super Fly Guy,” …
The Hollywood Bowles 