Tuesday, September 30
How to Spend $20
Most sites will be reminding you that Iron Man is out today. Since this is BOP, we're here to tell you that Sports Night's tenth anniversary collection is a must buy.

Watch What We Say
We take a break from new shows to evaluate BOP's first love. Think of this as kindly deeds and they're done for free.

Monday Morning Quarterback
A few surprisingly strong performances makes for a fun weekend.

Movie of the Day: Valkyrie


Monday, September 29
TiVoPlex
Godzilla makes an appearance in this week's TiVoPlex. What more do you need to know?

Review: Choke
Choke is a most unusual comedy. It's about sex and exploitation but somehow avoids being sexual and exploitative.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 17: Dwight's Speech
After winning the title of top Dunder-Mifflin salesman, Dwight must struggle with writing and delivering a speech.

How Well Do You Know: The Sting
When it comes to pairing legendary cinema figures, you can't do much better than Newman and Redford. George Roy Hill's Oscar winning The Sting marked the second time the actors worked together. A story of con upon con, the movie delights with its style and its complicated scheme of revenge. You may know Kid Twist from the Erie Kid, but how well do you know The Sting?


Sunday, September 28
Weekend Wrap-Up
This weekend was almost like a summer frame at the box office...

Movie of the Day: Yes Man


Saturday, September 27
Review: Battle in Seattle
In a dramatization and re-telling of factual events based on the protests of the World Trade Organization coming to Seattle in 1999, Battle in Seattle presents a struggle that poses a dilemma for all involved.

Survivor Recap
This episode picks up right after Tribal as Fang is returning to camp.

Friday Box Office Analysis
This weekend, Shia LaBeouf continues to show his box office prowess, a repairing of Richard Gere and Diane Lane gets decent attention, and an unknown quantity makes an impressive showing.

Movie of the Day: Sci-Fi Movie


Friday, September 26
Survivor Recap
Hello, good people, and welcome to the 17th season of the reality TV giant, Survivor. My name is Jim and I'll be taking you through the journey that will be known as Survivor: Gabon.

Watch What We Say
This week on Watch What We Say: From CBS, The (pompous, pseudo-psychic) Mentalist and Gary, Unmarried.

A-List: 90s Action Blockbusters
For much of the '80s and all of the '90s, most of the yearly summer event films were action extravaganzas.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 16: Valentine's Day
Valentine's day at Dunder-Mifflin finds love in the air (to various degrees). Meanwhile, Michael travels to New York for a meeting with Jan and the new CFO.

Movie of the Day: RocknRolla


Thursday, September 25
Stealth Entertainment
This week, Scott reviewed The Chronicles of Riddick. We're not sure why he did that, but he did it anyways

MMQB
In the process of working on a couple of upcoming updates, we somehow forgot to post Monday Morning Quarterback this week. Err, sorry about that.

Weekend Forecast
There's a subtle shift in this weekend's new releases, with a lot more limited and prestige-type runs entering the market, along with some films that pass for what we'd call an early fall blockbuster.

This is So Last Week: 9/19/08-9/25/08
Celebrities have their coming out parties, the Emmys are awarded, and a presidential candidate suspends his campaign. It's been a strange, glorious and exciting week to be alive. We hope you were paying attention.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 15: Boys and Girls
The office females attend a Women in the Workplace seminar. In response, Michael descends upon the warehouse, bringing untold devastation with him.


Wednesday, September 24
Trailer Hitch
This week: Some probable Oscar contenders battle it out, as Synecdoche, New York, Frost/Nixon and Revolutionary Road are reviewed.

Comics Weekly
"This is an absolutely huge week for books."

Watch What We Say: Fringe
Okay, we were a bit slow on this one, but it's a fun read.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 14: The Carpet
In which something unspeakable happens to the carpet somewhere in the office.

How Well Do You Know: Empire Records
The employees of an independent record store deal with love, suicide, shoplifters, theft and a washed-up rock star while trying to raise enough money to avert a takeover by the forces of corporate America. Damn the man. Save the Empire! How well do you know Empire Records?

Movie News:

The Opposite of Love
Anne Hathaway eyes Fox adaptation

The Company Men
Ben Affleck considers downsized role

Alice in Wonderland
Disney nabs Johnny Depp for three big roles

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides
Disney nabs Johnny Depp for three big roles

The Lone Ranger
Disney nabs Johnny Depp for three big roles

The Hangover
Heather Graham, Justin Bartha join cast

The Beautiful and the Damned
Keira Knightley eyes yet another period movie

The Princess and the Frog
Oprah Winfrey to play a mom

Cars 2
Pixar sequel revs into 2011

White Dad
Sony buys Yang's Dad

I Am Legend Prequel
WB wants Will Smith for prequel project


Tuesday, September 23
How to Spend $20
This week: Godfather fans jump with glee, four special ladies take the box office by storm and Christina Applegate forgets who she is.

Review: Righteous Kill
Over the past couple months, there's been a lot of hype and secrecy surrounding Righteous Kill. Why? Because it marks only the third time Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have appeared in the same film.


Monday, September 22
Review: The Duchess
On the surface, Saul Dibb's The Duchess appears romantic and glorified, but underneath it's a story of high dramatic tension, one that's raw, sad and indignant.

TiVoPlex
From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex!

How Well Do You Know: Thunderball
Connery came to play Bond for the fourth time in Thunderball, which took the formula made so successful in Goldfinger and took it over the top, with even more impressive gadgets, longer battle sequences that took place underwater and more beautiful women. It was the biggest Bond of all! Until they made another one, that is. How Well Do You Know... Thunderball?

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 13: The Secret
It's an important day in the office, but someone is mysteriously absent. Meanwhile, Michael betrays a confidence.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 12: The Injury
We are hard pressed to think of another fictional character that could undergo the injury that Michael suffers in this episode.

Movie of the Day: Quarantine


Sunday, September 21
Weekend Wrap-Up
This weekend, things don't change at all, and moviegoers have another four new releases to choose from, as studios are using the ‘see what sticks' approach to releasing movies.


Saturday, September 20
Friday Box Office Analysis
The Samuel L. Jackson thriller with a title that really sounds more like a movie that should star Sandra Bullock is the top performer on Friday, earning $5.1 million.


Friday, September 19
Weekend Forecast
September is throwing new movies at us at an alarming rate.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 11: Booze Cruise
Michael takes the staff on a boat for a corporate staff outing. Two relationships undergo significant changes.


Thursday, September 18
Review: Hamlet 2
It's a comedy that, at times, revels in its own preposterousness – and, oddly, confusingly, even frustratingly, succeeds in coming off as charming and occasionally hilarious.

Stealth Entertainment
Apparently, Bridge to Terabithia means 'Bait and Switch'. Scott explains what the heck that means in this week's Stealth Entertainment.

Big Brother Recap
For the first time in Big Brother history, this season's winning HouseGuest won the $500,000 grand prize by a unanimous Jury of Seven vote, 7-0.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 10: Christmas Party
Michael ruins the staff Christmas party in ways that only he can.

This is So Last Week: 9/12/08-9/18/08
SNL returns with a hilarious segment (for a change), Uwe Boll strikes again, and a slut-off takes place. We laughed, we cried, and we all learned valuable life lessons this week. We hope you were paying attention.


Wednesday, September 17
Review: Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading has a handful of laugh-out-loud scenes, each of which gets subdued by moments of inconsistency and sitcom-level humor.

Comics Weekly
The hot selling Amazing Spider-Man Anti Venom continues this week.

Trailer Hitch
This week: All winners! Nothing here scored lower than a B.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 09: Email Surveillance
Michael begins to read the staff email. Meanwhile, the staff gathers for a party to which Michael is not invited.

Movie of the Day: Bedtime Stories


Tuesday, September 16
How to Spend $20
This week: Tim Burton celebrates another milestone, Lee Pace helps dead people and New York's most famous platonic couple says goodbye.

A-List: Frances McDormand
Typecasting is tricky. As an actor, there's no sure way to prevent it; as a filmmaker, it benefits you to do it. Early in a career, it's a good thing; then, suddenly, it's a bad thing.

Monday Morning Quarterback
A bunch of new openers did well. In fact, they did so well that we had to re-check the calendar to make sure this is still September.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 08: Performance Review
Jan's arrival complicates Michael's completion of the staff performance reviews.

How Well Do You Know: Short Circuit
Pixar may have had a hit with WALL-E but this isn't the first time audiences have fallen for a charmer on two treads. In 1986 this movie featured a wise talking robot trying to shed his destructive origins and prove he was more than wires and buttons. How Well do you know Short Circuit?

Movie of the Day: The Tale of Despereaux

Movie News:

The Town
Ben Affleck is talk of The Town

Divorced Guys
David Spade signs Divorce papers

The Eighth Wonder
Fox picks up Nicole Kidman-starrer

Solitary
Michael Douglas makes a (car) deal

Beverly Hills Ninja 2
Sequel becomes first Hollywood pic to film in South Korea

Tooth Fairy
Teen actor Ellison joins family comedy


Monday, September 15
Review: Mister Foe
Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) has a lot to work out. Like many people his age, he's weird, troubled, angry and hurting.

Big Brother Recap
So what happened this week? Memphis backdoored a Hooters waitress. OK, that sentence may need a little clarification.

TiVoPlex
From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex!

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 07: The Client
Michael and Jan take an important potential client out for a meeting. Meanwhile, Pam uncovers Michael's screenplay.

Movie of the Day: Killing Pablo


Sunday, September 14
Weekend Wrap-Up
Box office is about a lot of things, and this weekend it's about peaks and valleys.

Movie of the Day: Passengers


Saturday, September 13
Friday Box Office Analysis
This is just what the box office needed last week. Let's not talk about that again, by the way.

Movie of the Day: Soul Men


Friday, September 12
Weekend Forecast
With the dregs of summer finally dribbling out of the way, four new films hit theaters, with as many as three of them having aspirations of at least (gasp) double digit millions.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 06: The Fight
Things finally come to blows between Dunder-Mifflin staff members. Ryan's menial task might prove to be not so menial after all.

Movie of the Day: Body of Lies


Thursday, September 11
Stealth Entertainment
For the longest time, Will Smith has been revered as a box office demigod.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 05: Halloween
All is not well at Dunder-Mifflin on Halloween, as the long-awaited downsizing finally happens.

This is So Last Week: 9/5/08-9/11/08
Celebrities are overpaid (shocker!), babies are born, and couples split. It's all just part of the circle of life. We hope those of you who weren't busy mourning the loss of Tom Brady were paying attention this week.

Movie of the Day: Quantum of Solace

Movie News:

The Dark Knight
Blockbuster to fly back into theaters in January

Water for Elephants
Fox 2000 buys bestseller

The Wrestler
Fox Searchlight pins Aronofsky's Wrestler

Fast & Furious
Harry Potter still affecting movie release dates

Land of the Lost
Harry Potter still affecting movie release dates

Che
IFC nabs Soderbergh's biopic

Paper Man
Jeff Daniels signs up for Paper

Rango
Johnny Depp reteams with Gore Verbinski for animated flick

How to Be Single
New Line buys Liz Tuccillo tome

Give 'Em Hell, Malone
Resident Evil director to helm Ving Rhames indie


Wednesday, September 10
Trailer Hitch
This week: Seth Rogen ascends to adult-only fare, Sean Penn gets assassinated and Vin Diesel (with company) blows stuff up.

Comics Weekly
The Merc with a Mouth gets our attention this week. Also, while we're between Joe Hill books, we focus on his dad for a while.

Watch What We Say
This week on Watch What We Say: A glimpse into the lives of the rich and privileged.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 04: The Fire
A fire in the office turns Dunder-Mifflin life on its ear.

Movie of the Day: Frost/Nixon


Tuesday, September 9
Weekend Wrap-Up
The box office story this weekend is failure. Epic failure.

Hindsight: February 1990
Driving Miss Daisy gets some love in the latest edition of Hindsight.

How to Spend $20
This week: Amy Poehler gets preggers, the Dude turns 10 and Judge Judy yells at people.

Monday Morning Quarterback
BOP's staff seems to like the Dallas Cowboys. Also, Bangkok Dangerous won the weekend with a total so lackluster you can't even buy a decent plane with it.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 03: Office Olympics
As Michael is away looking to buy a condo, Jim leads the rest of the office in Office Olypmics.

Movie of the Day: My Bloody Valentine 3D


Monday, September 8
Review: College
College is lowbrow manifested - a disgusting, discouraging and sad excuse for a comedy.

TiVoPlex
From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex!

Movie of the Day: The Uninvited


Saturday, September 6
Friday Box Office Analysis
The only new release of the weekend leads a really sorry box office pack on Friday.

Big Brother
Having won the Head of Household competition following a double eviction week on Big Brother, 75-year-old Jerry had his heart set on evicting one HouseGuest: Dan.

Review: The House Bunny
If it takes a special skill to play ditsy, Anna Faris has it.

Movie News:

Breaking the Girl
Brittany Snow likes Girl

Edge of Darkness
De Niro leaves film already in production

The Book of Eli
Denzel Washington to save world in Eli

Untitled George Washington Biopic
Elegy scribe to write presidential biopic

The Company Men
Indie film's cast ensemble grows

Spider-Man 4
Maguire, Raimi back for next two Spider-Mans?

The Amazing Spider-Man
Maguire, Raimi back for next two Spider-Mans?

Ghostbusters
Office scribes to pen Ghostbusters reboot

Creation
Paul Bettany to play father of evolution in Charles Darwin biopic

Christian the Lion
Popular YouTube video gets big screen treatment

Solace
Thriller lands new director

Inside Man 2
Universal wants more Inside Man


Friday, September 5
Weekend Forecast
After the mini-orgy of failure that was the Labor Day weekend box office, the first full weekend of September dials it down to just the one commercially unsuccessful new film.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 02: Sexual Harassment
As he crusades to maintain office morale, Michael must battle the specter of sexual harassment.


Thursday, September 4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
On the outside, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a light, bright and humorous tale about love and indecision.

Stealth Entertainment
This week, our esteemed Stealth Entertainment writer takes a look at the cult poker favorite Rounders.

Comics Weekly
A little bit of Buffy, a little bit of Angel and a little bit of Mary Jane make up this week's entries.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 01: The Dundies
Michael holds the annual office awards, The Dundies. As usual, calamity ensues.

This is So Last Week: 8/29/08-9/4/08
Oprah announces some guests, political conventions take place, and a director not named Uwe Boll has a spectacularly bad idea for a movie. The Labor Day holiday made it a short week. We hope you were paying attention.


Wednesday, September 3
Big Brother
Big Brother this week was nothing short of absurd.

How to Spend $20
This week: Office fans, try to calm yourselves. You can now purchase season four. Also, some other stuff is released, too.

Trailer Hitch
This week: Frances Conroy smokes pot, Queen Latifah makes honey and Randy Quaid transitions from Cousin Eddie to hit man.

Watch What We Say
This fall, we'll take a look at every new show from the five broadcast networks.

Monday Morning Quarterback
This week The Dark Knight crosses the $500 million mark. Also, a bunch of movies opened. You probably didn't notice.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 1 Episode 06: Hot Girl
The arrival of an attractive saleswoman brings turmoil to the Dunder-Mifflin office.

Movie News:

Watchmen
Fox, WB get their day in court

Tarzan
G.I. Joe director finds next project

The 39 Clues
Jeff Nathanson turns 39

Poltergeist
MGM taps Ukrainian for director gig

Broken Embraces
Sony partners with Pedro Almodovar

Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino's actors stable continues growing


Tuesday, September 2
A-List: Unappreciated Hitchcock
A few summers ago, I was employed by an idyllic, wondrous educational program called the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 1 Episode 05: Basketball
The fate off everyone's weekend plans rests on the outcome of a warehouse game of basketball.


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