Monster Trucks

After a neck-and-neck race last weekend, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has officially stepped aside to let Hidden Figures reign supreme. The crowd-pleasing drama about the black female mathematicians who assisted NASA in its early days topped the box office, leading a weekend that was otherwise all about films bursting out of limited release. The bulk of the new releases were not so fortunate.

This Friday, Paramount Pictures is releasing what will arguably be the finest family film of the year (to date): Monster Trucks, which has had a famously messy production up to its release in the doldrums of the first month of the year. (Shocking that a movie thought up by a 4-year old wouldn’t have smooth sailing!) Leaving its behind-the-scenes rockiness aside, Monster Trucks ostensibly has the ingredients to be a kids’ movie: it’s a mix of computer animation and live action; it’s directed by Chris Wedge of the Ice Age franchise; and it’s about big trucks. But all accounts suggest that the oddity of the concept’s genesis is borne out by the finished film, making for a truly odd film intended for the whole family. In (dubious) honor of Monster Trucks, thus, here’s our list of 10 of the truly weird, oddball children’s movies.

The Monster Trucks have invaded the Mathewson Exhibition Center and you can still enjoy the fun on Saturday night (March 7). You can see the Monster Trucks, Pro Stadium Tuff Trux and Quad Racing take on the dirt course inside the Mathewson Exhibition Center...

It's that time of the year...time to get your Monster Truck fix!!!  The Monster Truck Racing Super Series returns to the Matthewson Exhibition Center on the Missouri State Fairgrounds March 6 & 7.   Kids can ride in a real monster truck!!! ...

Your mission if you choose to accept it: save ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ from being trampled by ‘Star Wars: Episode 7’ at the box office. Mission complete. While ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ was originally set to open this Christmas, just one week after the juggernaut that is ‘Star Wars’, Paramount has wisely thought this over and moved the new Ethan Hunt adventure up to this July.

It was freezing cold on Saturday, and there was a threat of bad snow that never came. But either way, there were several brave souls who made sure to show up and see the big Monster Truck Sergeant Smash at America's Car Mart on Saturday (March 1).

Kids, this weekend I got to spend some time out at America's Car Mart.  They do a pretty regular Customer Appreciation Day, and this time was a big event.  Not only did they have great deals on down payments, but they also had some lunch catered in, free T-shirts and monster trucks!

You walk in to the Matthewson Exhibition Center and see dirt covering the arena floor.  It is mounded up in places and the old cars are in place.  The kids are all excited because they see what is in each corner of the floor.  "Shock Therapy," "Ground Pounder," "God, Guts and Glory," and "Nail It," are waiting to roar to life at the Monster Truck Racing Supe