Friday, October 31
Survivor Recap
So far we've had six episodes, six Tribal Councils and six votes...yet amazingly, no one of any consequence has actually left the show.

Review: Changeling
Clint Eastwood's Changeling deliberately evokes the look and feel of a 1930s Hollywood melodrama.

Prophecy: Twilight
Less than three years ago, Stephenie Meyer was a virtual unknown in the publishing world.

Movie of the Day: The Spirit

Big Picture of the Day: Anne Hathaway


Thursday, October 30
Movie Review: Saw V
The Saw horror series seems to peak with every odd-numbered installment.

Weekend Forecast
Whoooooooooooooo! Happy Halloween, boys and ghouls.

How Well Do You Know: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
It first aired in 1966, and we've harbored a sentimental place in our hearts for it every year as it airs during Halloween season. The Peanuts gang continues to give us a refreshingly innocent look at daily life as a child, and the characters continue to resonate even in the years after creator Charles Schulz's passing. You've seen it countless times, but how well do you know It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?

This is So Last Week: 10/24/08-10/30/08
This week: A pop star strips down, a music mag scales down and Letterman lays the smack down. As the calendar hurtles past Halloween and toward the election, the world of pop culture continued to prove pleasantly diverting. We hope you were paying attention.


Wednesday, October 29
Hindsight: March 1990
Can the box office rebound from a rather unimpressive February that was dominated by the eventual Best Picture winner?

Comics Weekly
DC Comics raises the red lantern this week...or something like that.

Trailer Hitch
This week: Clint Eastwood returns in Gran Torino, Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson go on a date and Virginia Madsen makes up for her Number 23 mistake.

Summer in Review
Today, we evaluate July's results. Stay tuned for August early next week.

Movie News:

A Single Man
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore get Single

The Courier
Cops set to chase Adrien Brody

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Fox nabs Kool-Aid adaptation

Devil
M. Night Shyamalan makes deal with Devil

Solitary
Michael Douglas finds love in Mary-Louis Parker

High and Low
Mike Nichols gets High

Iron Man 3
Robert Downey Jr. up for more Iron Man

Mr. Nice
Trio set to star in Mr. Nice

Sunny and 68
Vince Vaughn puts on his poker face


Tuesday, October 28
Monday Morning Quarterback
High School Musical 3 became the biggest opening for a musical ever as it earned $42 million domestically in its first three days.
And we say...

Part One
Part Two

How to Spend $20
This week: Two pop culture icons celebrate milestones, while Brendan Fraser goes to the center of the Earth...but does he return?

Review: Max Payne
Many film critics are under the impression video games can't be made into good movies, and given Hollywood's track record - Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Doom - it's not hard to understand their perspective.

How Well Do You Know: 28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later starts with a shocking sequence of cowardice and betrayal and never lets up on the surprises. The line between good guys and bad guys is blurred throughout the proceedings with the only certainty being that if they're eating brains, you should shoot them. This is the rare sequel that matches its predecessor, no small feat given the pedigree of 28 Days Later. How well do you know 28 Weeks Later?

How Well Do You Know: The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
For many people, October is one of the best times of year as the seasons change and childhood fun is relived by dressing up, eating candy, or watching scary movies. And for nearly two decades, it has also meant a new Halloween episode of The Simpsons, often the most anticipated of each year. Without further ado, we present a special edition of How Well Do You Know. How well do you know The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror? (Only the first 9 in order to appease the purists out there.)

Movie of the Day: Ninja Assassin

Movie News:

The Avengers
Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau reteam for Avengers


Monday, October 27
TiVoPlex
TiVoPlex! Now with 100% more Mel Gibson!

A-List: Bush's Legacy
With the recent release of Oliver Stone's celluloid summation of the second Bush administration,I would like, if I may, to take a brief departure from the A-List format.

How Well Do You Know: Clerks II
BOP's love of Clerks and Kevin Smith is well documented. We know that a significant portion of our fanbase going back to the early days of the site shares this same love of the movies as well as the writer/director. We don't have to sell this one, because we know you have been looking forward to it for a while now. Let's get to it. How well do you know Clerks II?


Sunday, October 26
Amazing Race Recap
We start with Ken & Tina planning a trip together. Where's Final Destination when you need it?

Weekend Wrap-Up
It was a battle of franchises this weekend at the box office, and may have been one of the oddest big business battles ever, as we have TWO films earning back their budgets on opening night.


Saturday, October 25
Friday Box Office Analysis
It's yet another "it would be hilarious if they switched the reels" weekend as High School Musical 3 and Saw V are set to have very solid openings.

Movie of the Day: Clive Barker Presents: Hellraiser


Friday, October 24
Weekend Forecast
Three new films throw everything they've got at the weekend, with a decent chance of October's weekend records for debut and total box office falling.

Movie Review: W.
Stone, the director behind such condemning films as Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, doesn't slant W. the way we expect.

Review: Zack and Miri
Zack and Miri Make a Porno stars the now ubiquitous Seth Rogen as Zack and the ever-developing Elizabeth Banks as Miri.

Survivor Recap
We begin this week, like we always do, at the Fang camp after Tribal

Movie News:

Alice in Wonderland
Crispin Glover next actor to join Tim Burton flick


Thursday, October 23
Review: RocknRolla
Those who thought the Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels- and Snatch-era Guy Ritchie was Swept Away and never to be seen again (mostly Madonna haters) can breathe a pleasant sigh of relief.

The Amazing Race Recap
The fourth leg of the Amazing Race starts with tensions between two teams as high as ever, and no underwear is even involved.

Stealth Entertainment
We're taking a trip way back today, back to 1995 to take a look at a Christopher Walken flick.

This is So Last Week: 10/17/08-10/23/08
Lots of babies are born, and certain catchphrases get awfully tired. We're celebrating the World Series and gearing up for an election. We've got all of the trivia about pop culture this week, no matter how insignificant. We hope you were paying attention.

How Well Do You Know: 28 Days Later
Plodding, stumbling zombies are so 1970s Romero. Fast, vicious zombies are the new sexy. 28 Days Later was the Danny Boyle horror thriller that gave us this epiphany. He managed to turn the zombie genre on its head while still offering a cautionary tale of the evil nature of man. You may walk the streets of London all by your lonesome, but How Well Do You Know 28 Days Later?

Movie News:

Gran Torino
Eastwood film gets finalized release date

Biutiful
Javier Bardem to be Biutiful with Inarritu

Oranges
Jay Reiss, Ian Helfer to write new comedy

My Name Is Jody Williams
Naomi Watts has thing for Jody Williams

The Hole
Teri Polo goes in The Hole

Skateland
Trio put on their racing shoes

Dead Spy Running
WB buys spy book; McG to direct


Wednesday, October 22
Survivor Recap
Sure, I'm late as hell, but think of it this way...you'll have two recaps from me in a teeny little 72 hour span, and that's always a good thing.

Comics Weekly
Comic book sales were up in September. Wall Street should be asking what their secret is.

Trailer Hitch
This week: Vampire rage continues with a Swedish release, Jason Statham drives more cars and Daniel Craig disappoints Hitler.

Review: Quarantine
One of the creepiest things about Quarantine is that it doesn't fully explain itself.

How Well Do You Know: Resident Evil: Extinction
$146.2 million. That's the amount of money Resident Evil: Extinction earned worldwide, the most by the franchise to date. It explains why there is going to be a fourth film and it explains why BOP has a good feeling you have seen Extinction. You may have loved the trailer that showed Las Vegas buried in sand, but that just makes you human. What we want to know is how well you know Resident Evil: Extinction.


Tuesday, October 21
How to Spend $20
This week: James Bond goes hi-def, Ben Stein criticizes evolution and Liv Tyler does her best Janet Leigh impression.

Review: W.
In my weekly Trailer Hitch column back in July, I smacked the trailer to Oliver Stone's W. with a big, fat F.

How Well Do You Know: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the rare sequel that outperforms the original. In fact, the middle film of the Resident Evil trilogy is the most successful of the three in terms of domestic box office. You surely know your lickers from your Nemeses, but how well do you know the Raccoon City Apocalypse?

Movie of the Day: Milk


Monday, October 20
Review: Body of Lies
As a thriller, Body of Lies has more in common with Clear and Present Danger than Syriana.

TiVoPlex
TiVoPlex: now with 30% more plexing!

Monday Morning Quarterback
As the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies celebrate their World Series berths, BOP discusses Max Payne, The Secret Life of Bees and W.


Sunday, October 19
Weekend Wrap-Up
This weekend we had another wheelbarrow full of releases, led by Mark Wahlberg and Fox, who brought Max Payne to movie theaters, trying again to make a successful video game to big screen transition.

How Well Do You Know: Resident Evil
At the time of its release, Resident Evil staked a legitimate claim as the first videogame adaptation that was good. Six years later, the shock over this turn of events remains. It does, however, support BOP's core philosophy: everything is better with zombies. And Milla Jovovich in skimpy outfits. You have seen Resident Evil - whether you admit it or not - but how well do you know it?

Movie of the Day: Notorious

Movie News:

The Bourne Legacy
Bourne Ultimatum scribe tapped for next sequel

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Columbia wants Brad Pitt for baseball pic

The Road
Dimension film out of the running for 2008 Oscars

Untitled Kevin Smith Space Comedy
Kevin Smith goes space bound

After.Life
Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci fake death

Defiance
Paramount bumps movie release dates

The Soloist
Paramount bumps movie release dates

The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Steve Carell attaches to war comedy

The Creed of Violence
Uni buys 1930s gangster novel

Sleeper
WB selects new writer for comic adaptation


Saturday, October 18
Friday Box Office Analysis
The video game adapdation saw a solid Friday with $7.1 million, easily outpacing everything else.


Friday, October 17
Stealth Entertainment
This movie did $14.6 million in box office, and that's downright amazing considering the subject matter.

Amazing Race Recap
We start the third leg of the Amazing Race still in Brazil, but we also find that the show has briefly merged with an episode of The Hills.

Prophecy
The Box Office Prophets staff discusses the prospects for a little upcoming release known as High School Musical 3.

Weekend Forecast
Whoever opened up the floodgates for new releases seems to have forgotten where the shut off switch is.

This is So Last Week: 10/10/08-10/16/08
Which superstar's fake British accent now seems downright silly? Which presidential candidate ruled pop culture? To whose body part did Sharon Osbourne deliver a most unusual smackdown? This is So Last Week knows all, sees all. We hope you have been paying attention.


Thursday, October 16
How Well Do You Know: The Blair Witch Project
Setting the standard for low-budget, shaky-cam horror movies, the Blair Witch project is one of the great indie film success stories of all time. Riding a wave of multi-media promotion, it set the standard for chills, hype and nausea-inducing camera work. You may have escaped the woods if you'd only kept following the creek, but how well do you know The Blair Witch Project?


Wednesday, October 15
Comics Weekly
Read Air. Now.

Trailer Hitch
This week: Robert De Niro arrives back in comedy, Tom Cruise plots a conspiracy and Amy Adams cleans up dead bodies.

How Well Do You Know: Children of Men
BOP's love for Children of Men was clearly defined when we posted the 2007 Calvins. The movie earned high placement in several of the categories, and garnered top three positioning for Best Picture of the year. We weren't the only ones mesmerized by its genius, either. The film received three Academy Awards nominations and immediately claimed a spot as one of the finest releases of the 2000s. You simply must love it but how well do you know it?

Movie News:

Leap Year
Amy Adams weds proposal movie

Money Never Sleeps
Fox begins Wall Street sequel

Couples Retreat
Kristen Bell and Kristin Davis to take island tour


Tuesday, October 14
Monday Morning Quarterback
We discuss all of the big new releases this weekend...er, well, we discuss the big release from last weekend and all of the movies that came in behind it.

Review: Nick and Norah
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist has one great thing going for it, and it's in the name.

How to Spend $20
This week: Harrison Ford readies his bullwhip, John Carpenter celebrates Halloween a little early and The Matrix looks better than ever before.

Movie News:

Iron Man 2
Don Cheadle takes over for Terrence Howard

It's Complicated
Steve Martin battles with Alec Baldwin


Monday, October 13
TiVoPlex
From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex!

Watch What We Say
This week on Watch What We Say: Two brainless women named Kath & Kim.

How Well Do You Know: Film Analogies, SAT Style
Tom Hanks is to Rita Wilson as Warren Beatty is to Annette Bening. We've collected a number of film analogies, and presented them SAT style (Hanks:Wilson::Beatty:Bening). So put on your thinking caps, sharpen your No. 2 pencils, and get ready to dazzle us with your accumen accummen smarts.


Sunday, October 12
Weekend Wrap-Up
It was supposed to be a big horse race this weekend.

Movie News:

Agent Crush
Danny Glover's voice to appear in feature film

The Matarese Circle
David Cronenberg eyes director's chair

Law Abiding Citizen
Jamie Foxx takes on Gerard Butler

Jonah Hex
Josh Brolin joins comic adaptation

Astro Boy
Kristen Bell joins manga project

The Men Who Stare at Goats
Lost star may join herd

Fame
Remake bulks up its casting bill

The Forever War
Ridley Scott rekindles sci-fi tendencies

I'm With Cancer
Seth Rogen eyes Cancer project


Saturday, October 11
Friday Box Office Analysis
The October movie release fest continues.

Movie of the Day: Not Easily Broken


Friday, October 10
BOP 25 of Holiday
BOP chooses its top 25 most anticipated films of the holiday season.

Weekend Forecast
It's not as crazy as last weekend (how could it be?), but we've still got a huge number of new options at the theater this weekend as Hollywood works through a fall glut of films.

A-List: Confinement Horror
All horror, in one way or another, deals with being trapped. There's something after us, and we can't get away from it.

Survivor Recap
Hello, good people, and welcome back to the BOP recap of Survivor: Gabon. Three episodes, three Tribal Councils, three Survivors dumped and none that had any real impact on the game.


Thursday, October 9
Amazing Race Recap
Welcome back to Brazil, for the second leg of The Amazing Passive-Aggressive Race.

Stealth Entertainment
Scott says that the Astronaut Farmer is an enjoyable family film...despite Billy Bob Thornton.

This is So Last Week: 10/3/08-10/9/08
People get married. People break up. Other people make up. Movies get remade. Sequels get started. Sex tapes are released. It's been One Crazy Week out there in the world. We hope you were paying attention.


Wednesday, October 8
Comics Weekly
Zombies return to the Marvel realm this week.

Trailer Hitch
This week: Tom Cavanagh gains a boyfriend (and son), Nicole Kidman goes down under and Kevin James rides a Segway.

Review: Rachel Getting Married
Take a moment and consider how resilient your family is. Think about all the fights, embarrassing public scenes and emotional pain you've suffered together.

How Well Do You Know: Cloverfield
You didn't just watch this movie. You experienced it in a tangible way. Cloverfield broke the fourth wall and made the viewer feel like an integral part of the crisis. You watched friends die, monuments explode and a giant monster walk the streets of New York City. You lived through Cloverfield, but how well do you know it?

Movie of the Day: Changeling


Tuesday, October 7
How to Spend $20
Simpsons Season 11 is out on DVD today. What are you waiting for? Tappa tappa tappa is in season 11! Save me, jeebus is in season 11! Buy season 11!

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 22: Casino Night
The second season of The Office wraps with the pivotal Casino Night episode.

Movie of the Day: Filth and Wisdom


Monday, October 6
Review: Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna is a sluggish, over-stuffed war drama filled with so many long, drawn-out scenes I started to forget what the original conflict was, and even worse, I stopped caring.

TiVoPlex
That's right, folks. Scarface gets some love in the latest edition of TiVoPlex. All together now: "Say hello to my little friends!"

Monday Morning Quarterback
Who's up for eight new wide releases this week? No? How about five? Still no? How about one movie about a chihuahua?

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 21: Conflict Resolution
Michael tries to soothe tensions in the office. Is he successful? Not so much.

How Well Do You Know: Iron Man
Okay people: Iron Man is out on home video now and odds are quite good you have seen it. If you haven't, wait to take the quiz until you have. Here there be spoilers. Other than that warning, less talk, more Stark. How Well Do You Know Marvel's masterpiece?

Movie of the Day: Role Models


Sunday, October 5
Weekend Wrap-Up
An unbelievable number of new films hit screens as the first movie going weekend of October 2008 saw Hollywood continuing to use the "see what sticks" method of releasing films.

Survivor Recap
The show begins after Tribal as the Fang tribe returns to camp. They all seem to be happy to still be in the game.

Movie of the Day: The Other End of the Line


Saturday, October 4
Friday Box Office Analysis
Hollywood threw a lot of stuff against the wall this weekend. Click to find out what stuck.


Friday, October 3
Weekend Forecast
For some reason, studios have circled this weekend on their calendar in red pen, drew some stars on it and covered it in glitter. An incredible eight new films open or go wide this weekend.

October Forecasts

Movie News:

Alice in Wonderland
Frost/Nixon star joins two projects

Unthinkable
Frost/Nixon star joins two projects

Untitled George Romero Project
George Romero's next zombie movie already shooting

Betty Anne Waters
Hilary Swank lands lead role

Thor
Kenneth Branagh to direct?

I Heard You Paint Houses
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro reteam

Mary and Max
Philip Seymour Hoffman to lend voice

Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom
Sequel to share summer with Cars 2

Yogi Bear
WB adapts cartoon favorite


Thursday, October 2
Comics Weekly
Everybody's Dead. Buy it.

Review: Lakeview Terrace
Lakeview Terrace tries to be too many movies at once - a social commentary, a drama about an interracial couple and a tense thriller.

Stealth Entertainment
Scott Lumley does NOT like Speed Racer. Warning: There are spoilers.

This is So Last Week: 9/26/08-10/2/08
Hollywood loses a legend, some hotties get married, some strange decisions are made, and a rumor is shot down. September is gone, but October brings ghoulies and ghosties. We hope you've been paying attention.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 20: Drug Testing
Suspicion of drug use turns office life on its ear.


Wednesday, October 1
Trailer Hitch
This week: Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio finally team up, Bernie Mac makes a huge mistake and Adam Sandler enters a dream world.

Review: Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye (2008) will draw inevitable comparisons to Enemy of the State (1998), and rightly so, because it's an inferior rip-off.

The Amazing Race Recap
It's sort of stunning to think that The Amazing Race, the ultimate travel porn show, is now in its 13th season, considering how many times it's been on the chopping block...

How Well Do You Know: Octopussy
After some hemming and hawing, Roger Moore was coaxed back to play Bond for a sixth time in Octopussy. He may be a little bit older and a little bit wrinklier, but the crease in Bond's tuxedo pants is as straight and crisp as ever and when circumstances force Homer Simpson to think of something great about England, what does his mind turn to? That's right! How Well Do You Know... Octopussy?

How Well Do You Know: The Office, Season 2 Episode 19: Michael's Birthday
An impending medical crisis has the gall to coincide with Michael's birthday.

Movie of the Day: Happy Go Lucky




     


 
 

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