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The Amazing Race Recap

Three things happened last week of note (in my mind): the right team went home, a team I liked lost their likability luster and the producers didn’t quite play fair.

Review: Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3 is proof the studio and filmmakers are trying too hard to milk this somewhat limited franchise for all it's worth.

The Adventures of Tintin

The reason that The Adventures of Tintin works is that Spielberg has a love and almost innate understanding of animation and how it works.

Treehouse of Horror Top Tens

See the top ten favorite segments from:

Edwin Davies
Kim Hollis
David Mumpower
Reagen Sulewski

How Well Do You Know: Beetlejuice

Are you ready for the ghost with the most? The warped mind of Tim Burton brings us Beetlejuice. Adam and Barbara Maitland have recently died and now evoke Beetlejuice's help. So say it once, say it twice, third times a charm. You may not fully understand the handbook for the recently diseased or deceased, but how well do you know Beetlejuice?

Weekend Wrap-Up

For the last three years, dating back to 2008, Halloween has landed on a weekend, making things difficult for theaters and studios alike.

How Well Do You Know: Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary is another spine-tingler by the master of horror, Stephen King. The Creed family moves into what they think is their dream house, only to discover that evil lurks in the ground near by. What you own always comes back to you in Pet Sematary. You may know that Zelda's dead, Zelda's dead: but how well do you know Pet Sematary?

Friday Box Office Analysis

Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots leads the way on Friday with $9.6 million.

This is So Last Week: 10/21/11-10/27/11

This week: More Lohan news than you care for, "death by misadventure", the return of TV icons and prime-time fairy tales. Amaze all those around you with your pop culture knowledge as you ace our celebrity and entertainment quiz for the 43rd week of 2011.

How Well Do You Know: The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX

In this blood-curdling Treehouse of Horror, Snake takes over Homer’s body to exact revenge on his enemies, Bart and Lisa become trapped in an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon and Maggie’s secret parentage is revealed. How Well Do You Know The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX?

How Well Do You Know: Project Runway, Season 9 Recap

Models on stilts, a designer who couldn't sew, a puking clown and an unexpected departure. Yes, that is Project Runway for you. Heidi, Michael, Nina and company weeded through a new crop of designers to find the latest emerging voice in fashion. How well do you know Project Runway, Season 9?

This Weekend, Watch This

I'll save you the hassle of researching every movie, by comparing the new releases for each weekend in this column. Then, I'll tell you which movie to watch.

Weekend Forecast

Even after running the Shrek franchise into the ground, DreamWorks wasn't quite ready to let the multi-billion property simply fade away.

How Well Do You Know: 30 Days of Night

Adapted from the graphic novel, 30 Days of Night depicts a horror that descends upon a small Alaskan town when the sun sets for an entire month. You may know that when man meets a force he can't destroy, he destroys himself, but how well do you know 30 Days of Night?

How Well Do You Know: The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VIII

As the Fox censor, it’s my job to protect you from reality. And thanks to my prudent editing, this Treehouse of Horror quiz has been rated TV-G! This means there will be no raunchy NBC-style sex, or senseless CBS-style violence. Ow! Aaaahh! What the fudge? Oh, for Pete's sake!! Jiminy Christmas! Aaaaaahhhhh!! Darn it... How Well Do You Know The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VIII?

How Well Do You Know: Shrek Franchise Screenshots

In 2001, Dreamworks Animation made its mark in a big way with Shrek, a witty, pop culture-rich film, based upon a children's book that rewrote the fairy tale world. Shrek stole the animated Academy Award from Pixar's Monsters, Inc. and launched a multi-billion dollar franchise. You may have been in the theater every three years for each new entry and know your Farquaard from your Far Far Away but how well do you know the films of the Shrek franchise by sight?

Review: The Big Year

The Big Year is what you might call a hidden treasure of a movie.

Mythology

This has been quite a year for Halloween programming. FX treats us to a new, horrific offering with American Horror Story.

Chapter Two

First confession: I have never seen Rocky IV. This is only tangentially relevant to this week’s column, but it still seems shameful enough to warrant a confession and a caveat upfront.

How Well Do You Know: The Simpsons: Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

The road to the Super Bowl is so pointless. I mean, when you think about it. Nevertheless, Homer organises a charter bus to Miami for the big game. And the best part is that it’s just guys, so everyone can let their beer-guts hang out! As Vincent Price says, “All aboard boys! I’ve been waiting for you!”. How Well Do You Know The Simpsons: Sunday Cruddy Sunday?

How Well Do You Know: Jeepers Creepers

Jeepers Creepers introduced horror cinema to a new archvillain. A brother and sister stumble upon a sinister, unstoppable creature who collects bodies for a gory purpose. You may know better than to be lowered down a putrid, rat-infested bloody chute, but how well do you know Jeepers Creepers?

Comics Weekly

Who wants some comics?

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

There’s something undeniably delightful about moments in Twin Peaks like the one that ended “Episode 16.”

Review: The Skin I Live In

Who else but Pedro Almodóvar could have woven such a bizarre yet engaging story? His The Skin I Live In is a testament to the notion that no film has to abide by any set of rules.

BOP Interview

Like Crazy was a Sundance hit. Director Drake Doremus and star Felicity Jones sit down for an interview about the process of creating the film.

Survivor Recap

Before we begin, I just want you to know that I am now what is known as a free agent. I can't be tied down to just one readership.

How Well Do You Know: Scream 4

Sidney Prescott returns to Woodsboro, and bodies once again hit the floor. In Wes Craven's fourth installment of the Scream franchise, an adult Sidney seems to live up to her Angel of Death moniker and a new generation of teens pay the price for her return. Unlike Dewey and Gail, you may know what "meta" means, but how well do you know Scream 4?

Are You With Us?: Gattaca

Director Andrew Niccol enjoys envisioning the infinite impossibilities of the “near future.”

Survivor: South Pacific

When last we hung out, things were not looking so good for Ozzy. The nerd and the old lady had teamed up with #5 (Jim) to vote out his South Pacific girlfriend.

Viking Night: Bonnie and Clyde

The funny thing about being a nihilist is that the one thing you always end up missing is stability.

Overpaid Jerks: 10/17/11-10/23/11

This week: Offensive records, overseas football, a fortunate diagnosis and the formerly undefeated. Are you an athletic supporter? Prove it with our sports quiz for the 43rd week of 2011.

TiVoPlex

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

The Amazing Race Recap

Here’s my eight-word recap of last week’s episode: Another leg…another nonelimination… another undeserving team spared.

Monday Morning Quarterback

We discuss Paranormal Activity 3's phenomenal box office performance.

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Part Two

How Well Do You Know: Insidious

A freak accident lands a young family's son in a comatose state. Soon after, frightening and unexplainable events plague the rest of the family. The Exorcist meets Poltergeist in this 2011 fright fest. There is no way out. Be quiet. They will hear you......How well do you know Insidious?

Weekend Wrap-Up

Three new major studio releases entered the marketplace this weekend, and two of them will prove to be footnotes compared to the third.

How Well Do You Know: Casper

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the friendliest ghost I know. Yes, the classic cartoon made its way the the big screen in 1995 to the delight of audiences everywhere. Only this time, Casper's not just looking for a friend - he's found love. Casper is also joined by his three crazy uncles for a boo-tacular good time. You may have never had the pleasure of a smell-o-gram, but how well do you know Casper?

Friday Box Office Analysis

Picking up where the Saw movies left off, Paranormal Activity has become the latest Halloween horror franchise, earning $25.6 million on Friday.

This is So Last Week: 10/14/11-10/20/11

This week: Rappers in the news, Lindsay gets busted, Network Identification, plus another stirring round of Who's Scarlett Johansson Dating? Sharpen your pop culture recall, here's our entertainment and celebrity news for the 42nd week of 2011.

This Weekend, Watch This

Adding up the totals this week is going to be tough.

Weekend Forecast

After the stunning success of Paranormal Activity in 2009, the team behind it quickly realized they had a problem on their hands.

How Well Do You Know: The Big Bang Theory Season Four Quiz

In a world where mankind is ruled by a giant intelligent beaver and danishes are no longer eaten, how well do you know The Big Bang Theory: Season Four?

How Well Do You Know: I Am Legend

An adaptation of Richard Matheson's fantastic novella, I Am Legend follows one of the few survivors of a worldwide epidemic. Robert Neville must battle extreme solitude plus the not-quite-human creatures that also populate his world. You may have been saving that bacon, but how well do you know I Am Legend?

Make An Argument

I have a funky relationship with Halloween.

Review: The Three Musketeers

A crazy reworking of Alexandre Dumas’ novel, director Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers is daring in its extreme ridiculousness.

How Well Do You Know: From Dusk Til Dawn

From Dusk Til Dawn is Robert Rodriquez's action comedy horror gorefest. Two bank-robbing brothers kidnap a family and flee to Mexico, where the stumble into a bar inhabited by vampires. So fight now, cry later...how well do you know From Dusk Til Dawn?

Book vs. Movie: The Thing

John W. Campbell Jr. may not have the instant household name-recognition of sci-fi authors like Asimov, Bradbury or Heinlein, but in genre circles he is respected as one of the founders of modern American sci-fi.

Comics Weekly

Comics were released this week. More importantly, Arkham City was released this week. If you need us, find the BOP staff on XBox Live.

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

Funnily enough, by revealing its central mystery, Twin Peaks has puffed a little shape into what otherwise felt like a mishmash of secrets and crazy.

Monday Morning Quarterback

What is BOP watching this season? Judging by our replies in this thread, the clear choice is Revenge.

Mythology: The Walking Dead

Despite some behind-the-scenes turmoil over the past few months, The Walking Dead returned this past Sunday with a vengeance.

How Well Do You Know: Parks and Recreation, S04E04: Pawnee Rangers

In Pawnee Rangers, Ron and Leslie head rival outdoor groups. Meanwhile, Donna and Tom try to get a troubled Ben to relax. You may prefer for people to refer to you as Brother Nature, but how well do you know Parks and Recreation: Pawnee Rangers?

How Well Do You Know: Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2 is a rare sequel that, while entertaining in its own right, also elevates the original in hindsight. Camera footage once again catch doors swinging open and spooky noises as a doomed family suffer through a haunting. You still may be wondering how the pool cleaner trick worked, but how well do you know Paranormal Activity 2?

How Well Do You Know: The Simpsons: Screaming Yellow Honkers

Marge starts driving an SUV, despite her concern that sport utility vehicles are more likely to be involved in fatal accidents. However, Bart reassured her that they are fatal to the people in the other car, and she soon gets a case of road rage and loses her licence. But when her family is cornered by a herd of crazed rhinos and the Springfield Police need someone to round up these thunder-lizards – well, they'd need a pretty rugged vehicle and a heart to match. How Well Do You Know The Simpsons: Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"

The Amazing Race Recap

This was a non-elimination leg. Why couldn't Jenna and Ethan finish last in a non-elimination leg?

Survivor Recap

Jim tries to repair the BOP legacy this week. Good luck with that.

Viking Night: Krull

You can’t imagine the ways in which I suffer sometimes to bring you this column.

Overpaid Jerks: 10/10/11-10/16/11

This week: A horrific accident, a benched quarterback, Big Ten domination and an unusual walk-off. On these cool autumn days, warm yourself by Brandon Marshall's furnace of crazy as you enjoy our sports trivia quiz for the 42nd week of 2011.

TiVoPlex

Frankenstein Syndrome is affecting more and more children each year.

Movie Review: Ides of March

Sooner or later, does everyone’s integrity have a price? At what point do our values succumb to our ambition for success?

Monday Morning Quarterback

Matthew Huntley: For the most part, the producers of Footloose should be pleased.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Twenty-seven years ago, a little film about dancing in a small town somehow caught the public's attention. Flash forward a quarter-century, and the remake is upon us.

How Well Do You Know: The Dream Team

Four mental patients leave their asylum to see a ballgame. Only one problem: they've lost their doctor. Now they are running around New York trying to find him. This might call for a little sanity on their part. You yourself may have been too violent for Vietnam, but how well do you know the Dream Team?

Friday Box Office Analysis

The High School Musical'd, Glee'd and So You Think You Can Dance'd up remake of Footloose earned $5.3 million on Friday.

This is So Last Week: 10/7/11-10/13/11

If this isn't the raw-meat-iest, battle-dancingest, Die Hard-ingest, baby bumpingest weekly pop culture trivia test you'll take, then...we don't know what to say. But enjoy our celebrity and entertainment quiz for the 41st week of 2011.

Weekend Forecast

There are times when you wonder whether Hollywood switched over to actively hating you, the consumer, several years ago.

How Well Do You Know: The Thing

A suspenseful, freaky, gross-out of a study in paranoia, John Carpenter's The Thing has become a cult hit among horror fans. The story of a doomed arctic station, the movie sows an increasing sense of doom and distrust among its characters and its audience.

How Well Do You Know: Footloose

Ren moves from (question 25) to small town (question 1) where he finds that (question 5) has been banned. Challenging authority while offering lessons to (question 12), Ren shows the town how to have a good time once again. So everybody cut, everybody cut...and let's see how well you know Footloose.

This Weekend, Watch This

Dancing teens, bland comedy and an intergalactic, arctic-bound, human-terrorizing monster enter our TWWT Thunderdome. Which emerges victorious?

Chapter Two

Before last week, I had heard writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn’s name pop up in film articles and reviews, but had seen precisely zero of his films.

Mythology: Dexter

Well, it’s that time of year again. Halloween is in the air and everyone’s favorite friendly serial killer is once again stalking the sinners amongst us.

How Well Do You Know: Film Analogies, SAT Style II

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.

Comics Weekly

The Arkham City marketing machine goes into overdrive starting today.

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

Eric gets to the fireworks factory this week as the show's biggest mystery is addressed.

BOP Interview: Footloose

“I had a dream I met Kevin Bacon last night,” said the star of this Friday’s Footloose re-do, Kenny Wormald. “Probably because we’ve been following him,” said co-star Julianne Hough.

How Well Do You Know: Footloose

The original Footloose was released in 1984 to universal acclaim (among 12 year old girls, anyway). It told the story of a town that outlawed dancing, and the stylish young city boy who shook things up. Footloose launched the career of Kevin Bacon, who has spent the past two decades trying (unsuccessfully) to get the world to forget about it. Unfortunately for Mr. Bacon, it's always "our time" for Footloose!

How Well Do You Know: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 1

The first season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia introduced us to Dennis, owner of run-down Irish bar Paddy's Pub, his sister Sweet Dee, and his friends Mac and Charlie. The gang is narcissistic, selfish, mean-spirited, lazy and manipulative, willing to turn on the other members of the gang for personal gain or profit. Being so despicable has never been so much fun to watch! How well do you know It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 1?

Movie Review: 50/50

50/50 is traditional in many ways, but in spite of that, its dialogue and performances are rich, genuine and down-to-earth

Things I Learned From Movie X

Today's topic is Scream 4 and the column is hilarious. Warning: there are huge spoilers within, though.

Viking Night: SLC Punk

If you’re inherently mature, you know when it’s time to suck it up and change.

Monday Morning Quarterback

People like robots. And Hugh Jackman. The BOP staff discusses all of the weekend results at the box office.

Overpaid Jerks: 10/3/11-10/9/11

This week: Hockey homecomings, Big 10 redemption, a Monday Night firing and a phony attitude. Mock an opposing QB, throw something at Tiger and pose for a magazine as you try your hand at our weekly sports trivia quiz.

The Amazing Race Recap

Thanks to last week’s unprecedented double elimination, the lone team with any possible built-in audience is gone. Of course, I’m talking about Survivor’s Ethan & Jenna.

Survivor: South Pacific

We're three episodes into the new season and I have to say I'm really liking it a lot. Of course, that could be because of my sweet new drinking game!

Are You With Us?

With a temperamental director, a demanding actor, a desert set, and an escalating budget – Three Kings’ production was a perfect storm of onset horror.

How Well Do You Know: Limitless

Limitless is a cautionary tale of a down-on-his-luck man whose life is energized by a mysterious drug. As his abilities develop under the influence of the drug, the danger he faces increases. You may be able to devise creative ways to do in the men who have come to kill you, but how well do you know Limitless?

Weekend Wrap-Up

Following a weekend where Dolphin Tale swam up from third to first to take top spot at the box office, we have another strange family film on top this weekend.

How Well Do You Know: Dumbo

Dumbo is Disney's classic ugly duckling story. An adorable baby circus elephant with a physical peculiarity is mocked by his fellow pachyderms. Befriended by a street-wise mouse, Dumbo discovers a secret about his features that propel him to fame. You may have seen a needle that winked its eye, but how well do you know Dumbo?

Friday Box Office Analysis

The completely goofy looking Real Steel wakes up the box office from its family-film induced haze with $8.6 million on Friday.

How Well Do You Know: Parks and Recreation, S04E03: Born and Raised

As her book is published, Leslie must confront rumors that she was not born in Pawnee. Fact-checking, state-wide travel and embarrassing interviews ensue. You may know that it's a really bad idea to get Joan Callamezzo drunk, but how well do you know Parks and Recreation: Born and Raised?

This is So Last Week: 9/30/11-10/7/11

This week: TV series in jeopardy, reality TV families, powerful women and rappers on film. If you were denied entry into Canada, you have lot in common with the dude in question 6. Otherwise, why not test your pop culture knowledge with our weekly entertainment and celebrity quiz?

What Went Wrong: Jonah Hex

This will go into a few spoilers, so if you haven’t seen Jonah Hex… well, I don’t know why you’d want to.

This Weekend, Watch This

AWESOME! Fighting robots. Father-son story. Perfect movie.

Weekend Forecast

After a few weeks of hurling anything they had in their vaults at screens to no avail, Hollywood takes the radical step of releasing a movie that people actually want to see.

How Well Do You Know: Spelling Bee 4: 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 Will Smith, there's a M. Night Shyamalan. How well do can you navigate the spelling of some of the more challenging celebrity names?

Make an Argument

Over the weekend, I did something I apparently haven’t done enough. I went to a yard sale.

Drafting the Discography

With the release of The Whole Love we decided to put the totality of Wilco's discography into perspective with a playground style draft.

How Well Do You Know: George Clooney Movie Roles

As a one-time Oscar winner, two-time People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive and a superhero franchise ruiner, Clooney has a resume stocked with many films since the mid-90s that deftly cover drama, action and comedy. While his work as a director has displayed eccentricity and inspiration, let's see just how memorable the characters he's embodied truly are. How well do you know the roles of George Clooney? (You may be surprised.)

Comics Weekly

Support your local comic store. Or your online comic store.

BOP Interview

Ryan Mazie interviews Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez about their new film The Way.

How Well Do You Know: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Victory over the Empire is fleeting and the Rebel Alliance is once again on the run in The Empire Strikes Back. Largely considered to be the crown jewel of the series, the film introduces new landscapes, explores old relationships and reveals unwelcome truths. You have have thought they smelled bad on the *outside*, but how well do you know Star Wars Episode IV: The Empire Strikes Back?

Monday Morning Quarterback

Four new films opened and the BOP staff discusses the good, the bad and the ugly.

Part One
Part Two

The Amazing Race Recap

While I actually like the fact that the first episode got a non-elimination out of the way, the show is upping the ante this week with our first ever dual elimination.

TV Rewind: Twin Peaks

“Episode 13” was, for me, a return to form for Twin Peaks. Here, now, an episode worth discussing!

Viking Night: The Transporter

I’d like to start by saying that if it came down to me or him, it would be an honor to have my neck snapped by Jason Statham.

Overpaid Jerks: 9/26/11-10/2/11

This week: Late season collapses in baseball, managers hired and managers "fired." NFL Week 4 sees explosive offensive and defensive performances, plus a college football beatdown and basketball players look for other lines of work. Try our sports quiz for the week, just don't take yourself out after answering the first question correctly.

Survivor Recap

After removing the two most annoying people in the game in the first two episodes...one of them will take the walk of shame to Loser's Lodge tonight.

Review: Killer Elite

Killer Elite wants to be two different movies in one.

Stand up for stand up

When I was nine-years-old, a friend of the family gave me a Christmas gift that stayed with me more than almost any other gift from childhood.

How Well Do You Know: Parks and Recreation, S04E02: Ron and Tammys

As the face of true evil becomes known, Leslie must engage in battle for the very sake of Ron's soul. Meanwhile, Ben descends into the very madness that is the financial situation of Entertainment 720. So say hi to Roy Hibbert and see how well you know Parks and Recreation: Ron and Tammys.

How Well Do You Know: Pixelated Movie Scenes III

We present the third edition of our Pixelated Movie Scenes quizzes. We've taken a scene from a well-known movie and blown up the pixels to give it something of a stained glass effect. Given the four choices for each scene, can you pick the correct movie?

Friday Box Office Analysis

A tight weekend at the box office was predicted, and that is exactly what is happening as three solid returning films battle four new releases.

Weekend Wrap-Up

We have certainly seen some odd things at the box office over the last few weeks.

How Well Do You Know: Se7en

Long is the way, and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman star in this thriller as detectives trying to catch a cunning killer. Are you prepared to go into the mind of a madman, while avoiding the seven deadly sins? You may know that having your face in a plate of spaghetti for 45 minutes probably means you're dead, but how well do you know Se7en?

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