Star Wars may have put a wrecking ball to all kinds of records. But that don’t scare Ride Along 2 nothin’. Last Updated: February 11, 2016

Tarantino’s cowboys got their asses handed to them by cops, teenage girls and geriatric terrors. Leo’s there too, growling at everyone. Last Updated: February 3, 2016

Star Wars mania is finally dying down. Really, who gives a crap if Rey is Luke’s daughter or who the clubbing storm trooper was? Clearly not as many people as you’d think… Last Updated: January 27, 2016

The world is not a fair place. It aches me to break this news, but there is no balance and no fate. Good things happen to bad people. Curmudgeons continue to make movies. I have to write curmudgeon as our language policy won’t allow me to really say what I mean. Last Updated: January 13, 2016

The year’s chart starts rather poetically on a 1,2,3 as the first weekend generously also landed on the start of the year. Other than fostering a few prolonged new years parties, it also gave people a chance to get in and watch a few movies. Last Updated: January 6, 2016

With everything shuttered more tightly than the sides of a hipster’s haircut, the final top 10 for 2015 didn’t appear. Normally if there is such a skip, I just backdate the post. But seeing this is 2015’s final hurrah, it deserves some face time… Last Updated: January 6, 2016

This is a fact: if you support Star Wars, you cannot bemoan rampant capitalism. If ever the thought of complaining about explosive merchandising and out-of-control pop culture consumerism wants to pass your lips, perish it. If you support Star Wars, you support all of that. Yes, even the R2D2 designer handbags. Last Updated: December 23, 2015

It is the week before Star Wars and all the smaller films are rushing to release. Remember: always arrive before the big star, not after. At least then you have a small chance of being noticed. As a consequence there are four new top 10 debuts this week… Last Updated: December 16, 2015