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Weekend Wrap-Up

With July in the rear-view mirror, the known knowns of the box office are behind us.

How Well Do You Know: A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars may not have been the first spaghetti western, but it was the first to be amazingly popular. Clint Eastwood breaks the mould of the archetype Western hero by playing a gunslinger with uncertain morals. Step one: ride into town. Step two: star a war between rival factions. Step three: profit! How Well Do You Know A Fistful of Dollars?

Friday Box Office Analysis

On Sony’s signal, Blue Hell was released into theaters yesterday and the end result is as surprising as it is alarming.

This Weekend, Watch This

New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch?

This is So Last Week: 7/22/11-7/28/11

This week: A scandalous costume, a maternal law suit, a notorious couple and a crime fighting TV star. Pay attention to the last week in entertainment and celebrity news? Here's our pop culture quiz for the 30th week in 2011.

How Well Do You Know: Eat Pray Love

Author Liz Gilbert finds herself spiritually lost - so she decides to change her life and shake things up a bit. Her travels to and adventures in Italy (eat), India (pray) and Bali (love) became a best-selling novel - so naturally, it was destined to become a movie. Liz's attempt to find herself - and "balance" - grossed nearly $200M worldwide. How well do you know Eat Pray Love?

Weekend Forecast

After swinging through the sweet spot of the summer movie season, the last weekend of July finally starts to offer up a bit of variety in one release weekend.

Review: Captain America

In the vast, never-ending landscape of superhero movies, Captain America falls somewhere in the middle.

(Comic) Book vs. Movie

How do the first ten issues of the wildly successful comic book of the 1940s compare with a contemporary big-budget film inspired by them?

How Well Do You Know: Inside Man

Inside Man is an intriguing crime thriller. Denzel Washington and Clive Owen star as a police detective and a criminal mastermind. What begins as an apparent bank heist turns into....something more complicated. You may have already stripped down to your skivvies and donned your matching jumpsuit, but how well do you know Inside Man?

Comics Weekly

Read comics for a brighter smile and a better complexion.

Make an Argument

I'm finding that listening to Amy makes sense right now. It’s appropriate and good.

How to Spend $20

David Bowie's son does his follow up to Ziggy Stardust, Ross Gellar teaches us all about statutory rape, and Bruce Campbell has a movie.

How Well Do You Know: Harrison Ford Movie Roles

Harrison Ford has been responsible for or contributed to a domestic box office gross of more than $3.6 BILLION over the last four decades. Not too shabby for a one-time carpenter. It's time to test how well you know more than just the famous names of his archeologist and a rogue pilot.

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

Let’s hop right into “Episode 2” – the prequel episode! – because there is, as it were, much to discuss.

Viking Night

To what lengths would you go to reclaim your identity, and indeed the very essence of what you are?

Overpaid Jerks: 7/18/11-7/24/11

This week: Some MLB streaks continue, some end; some NFL QBs find love, some don't. College football gears up and a baseball manager gets clobbered. Here's our sports trivia quiz for the 30th week of 2011.

Weekend Wrap-up

Prior to the weekend, expectations were set that Captain America would run a close second to the world-beating Harry Potter franchise in its last installment.

TiVoPlex

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

Monday Morning Quarterback

Captain America tried to be the top superhero of the summer. Did it succeed?

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How Well Do You Know: Charlie St. Cloud

Charlie St. Cloud is inseparable from his younger brother Sam. That holds true even after Sam dies in a tragic accident. Charlie's bond to Sam makes him place his life on hold, until a romantic prospect enters Charlie's life. How well do you know Charlie St. Cloud?

How Well Do You Know: Letters to Juliet

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) takes a "pre-honeymoon" trip to Italy with her fiance, and winds up finding a new and exciting adventure waiting for her after answering a decades-old letter left in a Verona courtyard. While exploring the Italian countryside with new acquaintances, she finds that the life she has may not be the life she really wants. Seyfried continued her rise in Hollywood with Letters to Juliet - how well do you know it?

Friday Box Office Analysis

America, frick yeah!

This is So Last Week: 7/15/11-7/21/11

This week in pop culture: A rich man welcomed a new granddaughter, a Kardashian filed a lawsuit, the VMA nominations were announced, Charlie Sheen got a job and Lady Gaga was knocked down a peg. We hope you were paying attention to the 29th week of 2011.

This Weekend, Watch This

Friends with Benefits finds itself in an early deficit in the tabulations. Can it recover to win the recommendation for this week?

Weekend Forecast

At the outset of the summer, the numerous comic-book superhero films looked to dominate the season's slate. Now with the release of the last one… well, there's still a chance for one of them, then.

How Well Do You Know: Starship Troopers

The bugs send another meteor our way! To ensure the safety of our solar system, the bugs must be eliminated! From all over the known galaxy, prospective citizens work together to make a better tomorrow! Everyone’s doing their share! Are you? The war effort needs your effort at work, at home, in the community! Would you like to know more? How Well Do You Know Starship Troopers?

Chapter Two

This week, Chapter Two begins an extended look at some of the more notorious, infamous, misguided, unnecessary and perhaps just terrible sequels of all time. Let's start with Staying Alive.

What Went Wrong

This will go into spoilers, so if you haven’t seen Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle… well, it doesn’t really matter. It’s not like the film makes any sense.

How Well Do You Know: The Untouchables

1930. Everyone’s happy and there’s a popular and profitable business in Chicago. But as if Prohibition is not intrusive enough, the parasitic looters in Big Government assign Eliot Ness and his gang of bullying thugs to rough up the honest, hard-toiling small business owners that make America great. It’s a good thing Al Capone is around to protect the little guy, though he may have to beat some doctored up “tax evasion” charges, for which Big Government has no case. How Well Do You Know The Untouchables?

Movie Review

From the offset, analysts have marveled over the series’ durability at the box-office. And why shouldn’t they? The average gross for each installment is over $900 million worldwide.

Comics Weekly

Captain America is in theaters this weekend, and there's no place like your friendly local comic book store to find all of the best and most recent stories featuring the red, white and blue one.

How Well Do You Know: Secret Identities: Superheroes in Film

You know their heroic moniker (which is emblazoned on the movie poster like a giant "S"), but behind every mask, cape or uniform, is a person that's the real character of a superhero. Since their non-crime fighting persona helps drive the story as well, you simply need to select the correct alter ego of the hero shown. It's time to see how well do you know the secret identities of superheroes on film.

Viking Night: Chasing Amy

They say that when you dream, everyone in the dream is you. I say that when Kevin Smith makes a movie, everyone in the movie is Kevin Smith.

Movie Review

It took six writers to pen the screenplay for Zookeeper and I’m willing to bet they weren’t always in sync with one another.

How to Spend $20

In this week's DVD roundup, we talk Doctor Who, video game movies, and, yes, That 80's Show.

Overpaid Jerks: 7/11/11-7/17/11

This week: Soccer heartbreak, 10,000 wins, baseball streaks and British Open golf. Here's our sports trivia quiz for the 29th week of 2011.

TiVoPlex

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

Things I Learned from Movie X

The latest entry in this quasi-sub-genre is Drive Angry, which tells the totally marketable, commercially viable and in no way insane story of a man named John Milton, (Really? I mean-really?)

Are You With Us?

Starring the suave Antonio Banderas in the heat of his career and the sexy Catherine Zeta-Jones at the start of hers, Zorro and its incredibly attractive cast...

Monday Morning Quarterback

Harry Potter returned to take over the world once again, and fans of the series were more than prepared to pack theaters for the final installment. We close out the Potter discussion today.

How Well Do You Know: No Strings Attached

Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman star in this romantic comedy which considers whether or not a would-be couple can base their relationship solely on casual sex. You may present a woman with a balloon following the first time you sleep with her, but how well do you know No Strings Attached?

Weekend Wrap-Up

The Dark Knight be gone. Harry Potter's magical mystery tour opened for the last time this weekend, and muggles showed up in record numbers to take it in.

How Well Do You Know: Lean on Me

Lean on Me is based on the true story of Joe Clark, the former drill sergeant who became the principal of failing East Side High School. Two things are for certain: Mr. Clark don't play, and crack kills your brain cells. You may never have been instructed to jump off a roof by your high school principal, but how well do you know Lean on Me?

Friday Box Office Analysis

How impressive is the opening of the final Harry Potter going to be? Just take a gander.

This is So Last Week: 7/8/11-7/14/11

This week: Goodbye to Harry Potter, hello to Emmy nominations. Concert weirdness, Batman and military balls all figure into our pop culture quiz for the 28th week of 2011. How well do you know the last seven days in entertainment and celebrity news?

This Weekend, Watch This

I refuse to do any research on this Harry Potter movie, instead, I'll tell you about how I fell in love with Daniel Radcliffe...in a heterosexual way.

Weekend Forecast

The phrase “end of an era” is thrown around often, but it truly applies this weekend as one of the greatest movie franchises in the history of box office begins its final run.

Mythology: Harry Potter

Harry Potter, to be technical, is a book mythology, but with the release of the eighth and final film, I though it was time once again to explore a popular mythology of the big screen for a change.

How Well Do You Know: Spelling Bee 3: Celebrities

You see their names all the time - on theater marquees, in magazines, at the beginning of that illegally downloaded movie you're watching right now. But as often as you see them, the names of some celebrities are just impossible to spell. For every Jack Black, there's a Timur Bekmambetov. How well do can you navigate the spelling of some of the more challenging celebrity names?

Movie Review: Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses is more or less what you expect, and that’s pretty good considering the previews and premise made it look funny.

How Well Do You Know: Backdraft

Ron Howard does it again with this visual masterpiece. Backdraft takes you right into the flames and puts you in the hot seat, as two brothers battle their ways through fires and each other to find a mad arsonist on the loose. Can you stand the heat? this quiz might make you want to stop drop and roll. How well do you know Backdraft?

Make an Argument

By now, you’ve hopefully realized that Make an Argument is candid, personal and maybe, in a way, informative.

Comics Weekly

Reading comics will help you to lose weight and be more attractive.

Drafting the Year So Far

You Can't Hear It on the Radio conducted a fantasy music draft of sorts with a few guests. Here's what transpired.

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How Well Do You Know: Harry Potter Movie Screenshots

Over the last decade, the story of a boy wizard on a collision course with destiny has captivated the world in print and on film. Seven films later and poised for an epic finale, the thoroughly entertaining and enchanting Harry Potter series has amassed a total of $6.3 billion worldwide. You likely contributed to that number but how well do you know the Harry Potter film franchise by looking a single picture. Let's find out.

Viking Night

Jack Burton is a simple man; a truck driver who earns his living on the open road and makes his home under the stars.

How to Spend $20

This week: lawyers shun office space, lizards try to drink the water, and Dame Helen Mirren channels Sir John Gielgud.

Overpaid Jerks: 7/4/11-7/10/11

This week: DJ3K, a soccer game for the ages, the sports crime blotter and baseball at mid-season. Enjoy our weekly sports quiz for the 28th week of 2011.

TiVoPlex

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

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

Because Twin Peaks isn’t complex enough, I’m jumping into "Episode 3" this week in lieu of analyzing “Episode 2.”

Monday Morning Quarterback

In Part I, the BOP staff discusses the weekend results, while Part II is devoted to Harry Potter.

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How Well Do You Know: I Am Number Four

Sinister forces are hunting and killing the gifted Loriens in I Am Number Four. Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer and Timothy Olyphant portray members of the alien race who surviving among us Earthlings. Your phone may ring with "Somebody's Watching Me" when your protector phones you every hour but how well do you know I Am Number Four?

Weekend Wrap-Up

It's an interesting weekend at the box office. Horrible Bosses and Zookeeper both performed admirably.

How Well Do You Know: Powder

Powder is the extraordinary tale of a very extraordinary boy. Powder is a shy boy with an unusual appearance and mysterious powers. There are some that embrace this young man and are amazed by his humanity. How well do you know Powder?

Friday Box Office Analysis

Two new comedies hit the marketplace, and the good news is that the one receiving positive reviews is ahead so far.

This is So Last Week: 7/1/11-7/7/11

This week, we consider Transformers, rich actresses, movie titles and alcohol. Here comes our pop culture quiz for the 27th week of 2011. How well do you know the last seven days in entertainment and celebrity news?

This Weekend, Watch This

It's Horrible Bosses vs. Zookeeper. Which one emerges victorious from New Movie Thunderdome?

Weekend Forecast

One look at what passes for the top new movie of this weekend and you'll run screaming back into Transformers. Oh, you crafty bastard, Michael Bay.

How Well Do You Know: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

It’s the beginning of the end for the Harry Potter films and thankfully, the final book was split into two. With the final battle with Voldemort looming, Harry, Hermoine, and Ron are on the hunt for the last Horcruxes containing what’s left of the evil one’s soul. Part 1 features heroism, sacrifice, torture and a whole lot of running and disapparating. Whether you RSVP’d to Bill and Fleur’s wedding or were summoned to the Malfoy’s for a convening of the Death Eaters, it’s time to see how well you know Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

Review: Transformers 3

There’s no other way of putting it: Transformers: Dark of the Moon is stupid, loud and pointless.

Chapter Two

This week, Chapter Two wraps up its look back at sequels that have been a long time coming with a Lone Star State mano y mano between Texasville and The Evening Star.

What Went Wrong

This is a bit of an unusual What Went Wrong, for while one can find a few faults in Mission: Impossible III, it generally comes across as a solid summer blockbuster.

How Well Do You Know: Movies Set Outside the US

It's time to consider movie geography. For this quiz, we'll name a film, the primary action of which occurs in a country other than the US. You just need to name the correct location. You may know Once Upon a Time in Mexico from Forget Paris, but how well do you know Movies Set Outside the US?

Special thanks to the ST gang for their (unknowing) assistance in compiling this quiz.

How to Spend $20

This week: Honestly, you may be better served spending your $20 on dinner at Five Guys. Unless you like Hobos armed with shotguns.

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

I’m having a hard time distinguishing what Twin Peaks is capable of.

How Well Do You Know: The Long Kiss Goodnight

This is the fourth-best movie ever about an assassin who loses their memory due to a botched mission, and goes on a quest against near-impossible odds to uncover their true identity, turning on their former employers in the process. And the third-best one featuring Brian Cox. How Well Do You Know The Long Kiss Goodnight?

Comics Weekly

Spend all your money on comics today.

Are You With Us?: Cats and Dogs

Making a talking animal family movie is similar to opening up your own mint.

Viking Night: Barbarella

This is one of the most unique and visually unforgettable adventures you will ever see, and yet it’s propelled by one of the most uniquely forgettable stories ever written.

Monday Morning Quarterback

Transformers opened this weekend, and the world went to see. The BOP staff discusses the details.

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Overpaid Jerks: 6/27/11-7/3/11

This week: Tennis champions wilt, a coach in increasingly hot water, stormy weather for another sports league, and a blistering pitcher cools off. Here's our sports trivia quiz for the 27th week of 2011.

TiVoPlex

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

Movie Review: Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher is a comedy of ups, downs and mostly failed attempts at crude humor.

How Well Do You Know: America in the Movies II

America - land of the free, home of the brave, and easily one of the top 150 countries in the world. For this quiz, we'll consider cinematic representations of the U. S. of A. - history, states, jingoistic freedom fighters and scurrilous politicians. How well do you know America in the Movies?

Weekend Wrap-Up

Michael Bay laid another golden turd this weekend – his zillionth – as the effects maestro finds a way again to turn a not very good film into a financial triumph.

How Well Do You Know: American History X

American History X is a powerful story of a man's hope for redemption and quest to live with out hate. Edward Norton gives a stellar performance as a former skinhead who tries to leave his Nazi ways behind him forever. Edward Furlong also gives the performance of his life, as a Nazi protege who learns the unfortunate consequences of hate. How well do you know American History X?

Friday Box Office Analysis

The third Transformers movie took in $32.8 million on Friday, giving it $97.5 million in three full days of release (plus some midnight Tuesday showings).

Weekend Forecast

With Transformers: The Second Best Pink Floyd Album busy stomping all over July 4th weekend, it could be easy to forget that there are more films than that opening up.

Things I Learned From Movie X

When Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch provided us with one of the first bona fide flops of 2011, it also made everyone wonder just how Snyder, who up until that point had displayed considerable savvy in his choice of projects, could get it so wrong.

Review: Monte Carlo

Let’s face it – you don’t need Oscar-winning actors to make a successful romantic comedy. What you need are A-list charmers, and Monte Carlo has three of them leading the way.

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