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Amazing Race Power Rankings

To recap: Last week’s episode was a non-elimination leg. I am not a fan of non-elimination legs. Ergo, I was not a fan of last week’s episode.

Weekend Wrap-Up

It’s Easter weekend, so your best day at the box office had better be Good Friday, as movies like G.I. Joe sequel and a Tyler Perry release are NOT going to rise on Sunday.

Friday Box Office Analysis

With three new films at the top, it was a pretty Good Friday at the box office this week.

This is So Last Week: 3/22/13-3/28/13

This week: The Voice, network spin-offs, deadly reality shows and a late-night university. Prove you're an entertainment/celebrity know-it-all with our pop culture quiz for the 14th week of 2013.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Weekend Forecast

March is suddenly one of the go-to months for box office, as a look back at the last four weeks shows.

How Well Do You Know: Pride and Prejudice - Episodes 1 and 2

The 1995 BBC mini-series version of Pride and Prejudice reinvigorated interest in Jane Austen, not to mention interest in pudgy, pudding-faced Englishmen such as Colin Firth. How Well Do You Know Pride and Prejudice - Episodes 1 & 2?

Watchlist

Every week, I search through movie release schedules to find movie rentals that I would have otherwise missed for lack of TV advertising.

Survivor Recap

Previously on Survivor, there was a tribe switch and the “new Gota had all the muscle, while Bikal... didn’t."

Indie Watch

Here's your weekly profile of the latest indie releases, some in theaters and some on VOD.

Movie Review: The Croods

Adolescent female independence has long been a popular theme in family movies, particularly animated ones.

How Well Do You Know: Seinfeld: The Parking Garage

In "The Parking Garage" Jerry, Kramer, Elaine and George spend an entire episode looking for the car they parked in a parking garage. One of them, meanwhile, really needs to pee. How well do you know Seinfeld: The Parking Garage?

How Well Do You Know: Futurama, Season 3 Episode 17: A Pharaoh To Remember

After Bender’s crime spree is credited to an unidentified Caucasian human male, he begins to worry that no one will celebrate his great accomplishments once he is gone. But a visit to a planet just like the ancient Egypt of Fry’s day presents a convenient solution. How Well Do You Know Futurama: A Pharaoh To Remember? (psst… big party at your house after the quiz)

Comics Weekly

Remember the books with pictures from your youth? That's what comics are!

BOP Interview

After making his narrative debut with the acclaimed indie Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance’s follow-up, The Place Beyond the Pines, is just as emotionally intimate.

How Well Do You Know: Hudson Hawk

It's a $65 million movie (in 1991 dollars) starring Bruce Willis as a singing cat burglar, filled with hilarious jokes like a fat guy breaking a chair, a crotch-licking dog and a gag about Wong numbers. What, if anything, could go wrong? How Well Do You Know Hudson Hawk?

The 400-Word Review

Stoker seeks to answer a question that no one really asked: can a full-blooded, extreme horror film connect with general American audiences?

Survivor Power Rankings

Last episode the tribes were re-organized, and it worked out that each tribe has four “favorites” and three “fans”.

Viking Night

Wanna see something scary? Google yourself. I’m serious. Go do that, behold the wonders of Skynet, and then come back.

Monday Morning Quarterback

It was a big movie weekend, but still not nearly as big as the same weekend in 2012.

Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Overpaid Jerks: 3/18/13-3/24/13

Tournament darlings, winning streaks, NIT action and snowy soccer. Emerge from your March Madness fog long enough to try our sports recap quiz for the 13th week of 2013.

TiVoPlex

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

Movie Review: The Call

The Call paints the world of 911 operating as one that’s incredibly high-tech, fast-moving and populated with smart, dedicated people.

Amazing Race Recap

Last week’s episode was utterly pointless and a waste of time.

Amazing Race Power Rankings

Here’s a recap for you…five episodes in and The Amazing Race 22 has left me uninspired, which makes assessing and ranking their Race "skills" even more difficult

Weekend Wrap-Up

It’s spring break and there is something for everyone at the movies this weekend. The question, though, is if anyone showed up.

Friday Box Office Analysis

It takes the first animated film of 2013 and some terrorists taking over the White House, but there's finally some good news at the box office this weekend.

This is So Last Week: 3/15/13-3/21/13

A Spring Breaker makes a boy cry, rappers find peril, a prom proposition is answered and Ryan Seacrest is back on the market. Test your pop culture IQ with our entertainment/celebrity quiz for the 12th week of 2013.

The 400-Word Review

In the post-Bridesmaids world, there appears to be a new, group-thought comedy archetype to deal with.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

The 400-Word Review

Usually, charges of unbelievability are out of place when talkin’ about the movies.

Weekend Forecast

It seems cliche to say a box office weekend offers something for everyone, but that's pretty much what we have this weekend.

How Well Do You Know: Game of Thrones, Season 2 Quotes

When they're not journeying, drinking, killing or enjoying pleasures of the flesh in Season 2, the characters of Game of Thrones are talking...my, do they talk. Often, memorably so. Here's your chance to prove your Westeros IQ with some quotes pulled from the series' second season. How well do you know quotes from Game of Thrones, Season 2?

Watchlist

Every week, I search through movie release schedules to find movie rentals that I would have otherwise missed for lack of TV advertising.

Survivor Recap

Previously on Survivor... Probst’s recap predictably begins with Eddie and Reynold because there are no other people of interest on the “favorites” tribe.

How Well Do You Know: Seinfeld: The Nap

In "The Nap" George figures he can rid himself of tiredness during the week by sleeping under his work desk. Meanwhile, Kramer heads to more "natural" waters after an uncomfortable swim at the pool left him feeling like he was "swimming through a flabby-armed spanking machine." You may or may not be trapped under a funky mattress, but how well do you know Seinfeld: The Nap?

How Well Do You Know: Futurama, Season 3 Episode 16: A Leela Of Her Own

After being hired as a major league blernsballer to bring out the freakshow crowd, Leela looks like going down in history as the worst player of all time. But she turns out to be an inspiration, as women everywhere try to prove they don’t stink as bad as her. You know, like a pig. How Well Do You Know Futurama: A Leela Of Her Own? (scratch here to reveal prize)

Comics Weekly

Celebrate the first day of Spring by purchasing new comics! You know you weren't going outside anyway.

Movie Review: Starbuck

Starbuck tells another one of those coming-of-age stories about a grown man in a perpetual state of arrested development.

Survivor: Power Rankings

This week’s power rankings are sure to be boring, mediocre and wildly inaccurate.

How Well Do You Know: 2013 March Madness Trivia Quiz

Once again, the most blessed time of all the year is upon us. March Madness has arrived, so it's time to test your college hoops IQ. You may know the Wildcats from the....other Wildcats (there are four of them this year), but how well do you know the teams, mascots, coaches and cities that make up the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament field.

Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

Just like The Wizard of Oz himself, Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful promises many things: imagination, wonder, humor, romance, and innovation.

Viking Night: Strange Days

Recent years have been good to Kathryn Bigelow, but you might not have pegged her for a star back in 1995.

Monday Morning Quarterback

Two movies opened this weekend, but perhaps not in the order of box office success you might think. The BOP staff discusses the fallout.

Overpaid Jerks: 3/11/13-3/17/13

This week: College hoops tournament madness, injury and revenge in the NBA, hockey realignment and NFL free agency shenanigans. Prove you were paying attention with our sports quiz for the 12th week of 2013.

The Amazing Race Recap

Oy Vey, indeed, Phil. Oy vey, indeed.

Weekend Wrap-Up

A magician and a 911 operator attempted to usurp the box office throne this weekend.

Friday Box Office Analysis

Easily leading the field for a second weekend is Oz the Great and Powerful, with $11.4 million, a 52.7% decline from last Friday, which is just fine.

This is So Last Week: 3/8/13-3/14/13

This week: Tons of TV news, million dollar breasts, an unlikely movie project and a butt-kicking actress. Test your pop culture smarts with our entertainment and celebrity quiz for the 11th week of 2013.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Weekend Forecast

A rematch of the stars of one of the most popular comedies of all time headlines this weekend’s movie releases.

The 400-Word Review: The Call

Every once in a great while, a movie must be praised just for refusing to be bland.

The 400-Word Review

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is an acceptable enough diversion, a minimally over-the-top riff on the world of Vegas magicians.

How Well Do You Know: Seinfeld: The Susie

In "The Susie" Elaine gets called the name at work by mistake, and in typically Seinfeld-ian fashion, the name leads Elaine down an unusual rabbit hole. Meanwhile, George is excited for his date to make a "grand entrance" at a work event. You might know your Elaines from your Susies, but how well do you know Seinfeld: The Susie?

Survivor Recap

Who will be voted out tonight? Spoiler: it’s the guy whose meltdown Probst has been talking about for months!

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: Six Degrees of Separation

It is said that everyone in the world is connected by only six degrees of separation. In this this beautiful, moving story with allusions to My Fair Lady, an ignorant con artist transforms himself into one of the elite...fooling everyone as well as himself in the process. You may have also wished to be the child of a celebrity, but how well do you know Six Degrees of Separation?

Comics Weekly

Good news, fans of The Crow! And if you aren't fans of The Crow then I don't even wanna know you.

Survivor Power Rankings

For such a dull episode, a lot happened last week. A guy who did two tours of duty in Iraq was medevaced after getting sand in his eye.

What Went Wrong

This will go into a few spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Losers then don’t worry. I imagine there’s a good chance you’ve already seen something like it.

Watchlist

Every week, I search through movie release schedules to find movie rentals that I would have otherwise missed for lack of TV advertising.

How Well Do You Know: Celebrity Eyes 4

You see them staring back at you from the pages of a tabloid, winking at you on the movie screen, hypnotizing you into buying products you don't need, glaring at you as restraining order paperwork is filed. Most celebrities have distinctive faces, but can you ID the star just by their eyes? How well do you know celebrity eyes?

Viking Night: Top Secret

What if Elvis had been the star of Casablanca - except it wasn't really Elvis. And it wasn't really Casablanca.

Movie Review: Stoker

Stoker strives to be a bizarre and twisted tale of the macabre, exotic and disturbed, and for about its first third, we wonder where it’s taking us.

Monday Morning Quarterback

At last, audiences turned out to see a 2013 movie release. We were starting to wonder if we would ever see a big opening again.

Overpaid Jerks: 3/4/13-3/10/13

This week: A flying puck, a regulation loss, a powerful figure and a long-awaited championship. Here's our review of sports for the 11th week of 2013, presented in a pleasing quiz format.

Review: Jack the Giant Slayer

Despite its violent and often grotesque imagery, there’s an underlying innocence and sweetness to Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer

Are You With Us?

Halle Berry is my favorite Oscar-winning actress to star in a movie produced by World Wrestling Entertainment.

The Amazing Race Recap

Previously on The Amazing Race, a cancer survivor managed to suffer the worst injury in the history of the show.

Weekend Wrap-Up

For several long weeks, the box office had been under an evil spell.

Friday Box Office Analysis

After almost 75 years of waiting, theatrical audiences were finally treated to a new, big-budget adventure in Oz.

This is So Last Week: 3/1/13-3/7/13

This week: Celebs in elevators, a bad birthday, time off from television and a star's FBI file. Someday, your life may depend on keeping up with celebrity and entertainment news. Stay frosty with our pop culture quiz for the 10th week of 2013.

How Well Do You Know: Futurama, Season 3 Episode 15: I Dated A Robot

Fry starts dating a robot. Humans dating robots is sick. You people wonder why Bender’s still single? It's 'cause all the fine robot sisters are dating humans! But ultimately, it’s Fry’s decision, and he made it wrong, so it’s time for Bender and Leela to interfere in his life. How Well Do You Know Futurama: I Dated A Robot?

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Weekend Forecast

The first two months of the box office season have been Kansas. Moviegoers are now ready to head to Oz.

The 400-Word Review

Oz the Great and Powerful draws on the source material but actually serves as a prequel to the whole story.

How Well Do You Know: Ted

A young boy's wish brings his teddy bear to life, and the two remain friends for decades. Ted tells the story of an all too-real bear and the hilarity and challenges he brings to life of his pal John. You may love the fact that Sam Jones is the quintessential pop culture figure of the 1980s, but how well do you know Ted?

Watchlist

Here's my watchlist of DVD and cloud releases for the week of March 5th.

Survivor Recap

The “fans” arrive back at their camp. “Where do you think we’re gonna go from here?” asks Eddie.

Comics Weekly

Free advice: do NOT google Sex #1.

Survivor Power Rankings

I’m looking forward to the merge already, as the tribe that is down is always the one with the most opportunity. But how do things stand this week?

Top Chef: Seattle Recap

Previously on Top Chef, the final episode was not in fact the final episode. I have only myself to blame for this.

How Well Do You Know: The Rundown

A bounty hunter is dispatched to South American to bring back a young man who proves to be less than cooperative. Along the way, they seek treasure and run afoul of a villain who has enslaved a town. You may be adept at handling freaky fruit and airborne freedom fighters, but how well do you know The Rundown?

Review: Beyond the Hills

The way to get people to see the Romanian film Beyond the Hills would be to market it as a traditional exorcism movie.

Viking Night: Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled has a warm and fuzzy place in the hearts of action junkies, possibly because its sprawling, over the top set pieces take up nearly half the film.

Guilty Pleasures

Even with a $13 million budget, Bubble Boy was a commercial flop and its 29% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes shows it didn’t fare much better with the critics.

Monday Morning Quarterback

The box office blahs continue...

Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Overpaid Jerks: 2/25/13-3/3/13

Great scoring, awful uniforms, an unlikely ambassadors and NFL quarterbacks on the news. Please hold off on storming the court until you complete our sports quiz for the 10th week of 2013.

TiVoPlex

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

Movie Review: Dark Skies

Dark Skies is a sneaky, well-crafted thriller about a suburban family who are suddenly tormented by otherworldly beings.

The Amazing Race Recap

When we last left our teams, the first three teams all hit the mat within a minute of one another so that’s the order we catch them in again.

Amazing Race Power Rankings

The last leg’s Detour was a fitting metaphor for the fate of twins Jamil & Idries.

Weekend Wrap-Up

After several weeks of mind-numbingly dull box office results, we were hoping for a little bit of excitement this weekend.

Friday Box Office Analysis

Jack the Giant Slayer towers over the competition, but that's really not saying all that much as it only earns $7.7 million on Friday.

This is So Last Week: 2/22/13-2/28/13

This week: Oscars fall-out, the worst movie, a new baby and more stars dancing. Test your pop culture IQ with our celebrity and entertainment quiz for the 9th week of 2013.

The 400-Word Review: Jack...

It seems that the great identity crisis of the cinematic fairytale trend remains unresolved.

The 400-Word Review

Here are the 10 most frustrating things about 21 and Over.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Weekend Forecast

While five films earned over $10 million last weekend, it was arguably the dullest weekend at the box office 2013 has had.

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