After a mere two weekends, “A Minecraft Movie” has claimed the top spot of the 2025 domestic box office. It’s not shocking that this franchise piece beat out January fare, but since then we’ve had an MCU entry and this movie just blew right past it. And I have to ask: Why? Okay, I know why. It’s because the video game is popular. But bad movies based on popular video games flop all the time, why is this one in particular bucking the trend? Does the video game just have that big of a fanbase that they can turn it into a hit where so many similar attempts have failed? Or did fans and non-fans alike see the advertising for this movie and think that there might be a good movie here? I’m inclined to believe it’s the former, because I did not see any version of the advertising that made the movie seem like anything more than the hackery that it is. more

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The Bolivar Police Department will host a prescription drug take back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26. more

The Polk County Democrats will meet on Monday, April 21, at Basil and Bourbon, 113 S. Main Avenue, in Bolivar. Dinner time for those interested is from 5-6:30 p.m. with all orders placed by 6:15 p.m. so as not to interrupt the meeting. Our meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. more

SBU tennis team upsets Drury more

The city of Fair Play will hold their City Wide Garage Sale on Saturday, May 3. more

Friends of the Polk County Library will hold their spring book sale on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the library in Bolivar. more

Parkview Health Care Facility will host its inaugural Blossom Bash Saturday, April 26, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. more

The Bolivar Liberators baseball team is entering one of the tougher parts of its season schedule. more

Early on Monday the Bolivar tennis team was yawning from a busy prom weekend but when the first serves were hit they were ready to play. more

Very early on that Sunday morning Peter and John were given the news that Jesus body was missing. more