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Friday, February 28
Weekend Forecast
One of the strangest career renaissances in recent memory continues this weekend, paired with a gimmicky re-release of sorts.
Thursday, February 27
Survivor Recap
Hello, good people, and welcome to Episode 1 of Survivor: Cagayan - Brains vs. Beauty vs. Brawn!
This Weekend, Watch This
New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch?
Oscar Watch
We can talk through theories and statistics until we are blue in the face, but it is time to have the courage of our convictions and make final predictions.
Wednesday, February 26
How Well Do You Know: Best Picture Oscar Winners
Rare is the Best Picture Oscar winner that doesn't net at least one other major Academy Award. In this quiz, you'll find some notable Best Picture winners, along with a list of other categories it may or may not have been nominated for. Can you pick the categories for which the film also took home the Oscar? How well do you know Best Picture Oscar Winners?
Wednesday, February 26
Comics Weekly
This is your monthly reminder that X-Files Conspiracy: Transformers is a real thing.
Shop Talk
The BOP staff members discuss the various movies we've watched recently.
Tuesday, February 25
How Well Do You Know: The Wiz
You come from a different place, and I know you traveled far. Now that you told me what it is, I better point you to the Wiz. He's the Wiz and he lives in Oz. The Wiz is a modernized version of the Wizard of Oz with a all black cast, featuring exciting dances and a brilliant score. You may know you have to count your blessing, and your loses to ease on down the road. But how well do you know: The Wiz?
Tuesday, February 25
Viking Night: 1941
Question - how do you spell “hubris” in decimal notation? Answer - “1941.”
Oscar Watch
With only a few days left before the Academy Awards, it is time to finish the season where we began it by handicapping the Best Picture race.
Amazing Race Recap
In 13 years, The Amazing Race has given us 23 seasons of entertainment, including two All-Stars seasons and the failed experiment known as the Family Edition.
Monday Morning Quarterback
It was a blah weekend at the box office. We still find a way to talk about it extensively. Read about 3 Days to Kill and Pompeii in Monday Morning Quarterback.
Survivor: Cagayan Preview
I don't know what's more insane: that Survivor is on its 28th season, or that BOP has recapped 27 of them!
Monday, February 24
Overpaid Jerks: 2/17/14-2/23/14
With the Olympics having ended, you can forget everything you learned about curling during the past two weeks for another 4 years. Instead, test yourself on everything else in the world of sports for the past seven days.
Monday, February 24
400 Words: Pompeii
It’s hard to think of a film more callous than Pompeii, a 3-D monstrosity from worthless director Paul W.S. Anderson.
Oscar Watch
We finish off this year’s look at each Oscar category with the two documentary awards, and brief foray into Best Animated Feature.
Sunday, February 23
Weekend Wrap-Up
It’s the post President’s Day, post Valentine’s Day frame. After 3 days of huge ticket sales last weekend, most of the box office goes back into hibernation mode.
Amazing Race Preview
Welcome back, Race fans. It’s time for the third iteration of an All-Stars season and the 24th season overall of the Amazing Race.
Saturday, February 22
Friday Box Office Analysis
Two new movies entered the marketplace this weekend, and their lone competition was two-time champion The LEGO Movie.
Friday, February 21
This is So Last Week: 2/14/14-2/20/14
The Swimsuit Issue, the passing of a TV dad, the new Tonight Show and a huge app purchase. Quiz yourself on these and other items that appeared on the pop culture radar with our latest edition of This Is So Last Week.
Friday, February 21
Weekend Forecast
Although February has often been unfairly been called a month where box office goes to die, it's hard to blame those calls when you see a week like this.
This Weekend, Watch This
New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch?
Friday Box Office Analysis
In third place is the highest new opener of the weekend and it’s not the film you’d expect. No, not that one either.
Thursday, February 20
Indie Watch
When you think Foreign Film Oscar nominee from Belgium, great American bluegrass music is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.
Review: Robocop
Robocop is more than just pleasing spectacle; it has a brain and heart, too.
Wednesday, February 19
How Well Do You Know: Harlem Nights
Eddie Murphy hits big with his all star cast of comedian veterans. Murphy stars, directs and pens this gritty comedy set in the 1920's era of prohibition, speakeasies and gangsters. Laughs run high and bullets fly - how well do you know Harlem Nights?
Wednesday, February 19
Comics Weekly
Comics are good for everyone!
Oscar Watch
The system used to select Best Picture since the Academy expanded the field of nominees is known as “preferential” or “instant runoff” voting...
Tuesday, February 18
How Well Do You Know: Seinfeld: The Masseuse
Jerry dates a masseuse who won't give him a massage. Meanwhile, Elaine is troubled by her boyfriend's name, while George gets signals from Jerry's girlfriend. You may believe that adoption leads to being a serial killer, but how well do you know Seinfeld: The Masseuse?
Tuesday, February 18
400 Words: Robocop
Tactics are wholly unnecessary when your basic premise can be summated as: “He’s a robot, and also a cop.”
400 Words: About Last Night
About Last Night is just barely amusing enough to register as an acceptable date-night compromise
Viking Night
Excuse me for assuming that having Kevin Kline or Sigourney Weaver as a parent might be cool.
Monday Morning Quarterback Monday, February 17
Overpaid Jerks: 2/10/14-2/16/14
All-Stars, a coming retirement, Olympic hits and misses and great college basketball. Prove you're a sports smarty with our quiz for the 8th week of 2014.
Monday, February 17
Oscar Watch
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts just named 12 Years a Slave the Best Film of the Year, but gave their other Best Picture prize, Best British Film, to Gravity.
Sunday, February 16
Weekend Wrap-Up
What happens when you combine a movie-going long weekend with Valentine’s Day on a Friday?
Saturday, February 15
Friday Box Office Analysis
As expected, the Lego Movie remains on top Friday with an excellent hold of $13 million, down just 24% from its opening day.
Friday, February 14
This is So Last Week: 2/7/14-2/13/14
The passing of two pioneering giants. A Beatles anniversary.
And the de-flappification on online gaming. All took place in the last seven days. Test your pop culture IQ with our entertainment and celebrity quiz for the 7th week of 2014.
Friday, February 14
2014 Calvin Awards
Welcome to the 13th annual entertainment awards from Box Office Prophets, our signature update, The Calvins.
This Weekend, Watch This
New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch?
Weekend Forecast
A trio of romantic films hit theaters for Valentine's Day, trying to capture the big “Well, we gotta see *something*” market that rules Wuv Day.
Thursday, February 13
Review: The Monuments Men
George Clooney’s The Monuments Men isn’t a complex or terribly hard-hitting World War II drama, but it’s a perfectly satisfying and informative one.
Indie Watch
Based on the novel by Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now focuses on Sutter Keely, a high school senior who is the life of the party.
Wednesday, February 12
How Well Do You Know: Never Been Kissed
A newspaper employee goes back to high school, where she is forced to confront memories of her painfully awkward years. Drew Barrymore is her very Drew Barrymore-ish in the late 90s rom-com. You may know that you definitely want to get crunched on by the school hottie, but how well do you know Never Been Kissed?
Wednesday, February 12
Comics Weekly
Comics make an excellent Valentine's Day gift!
What Went Wrong
The following does contain a few spoilers so if you haven’t seen Cowboys & Aliens then stick with a sci-fi western that worked.
Tuesday, February 11
How Well Do You Know: RoboCop
Part futuristic satire, part shoot-em-up action flick, RoboCop wowed audiences in 1987 with its thrilling sci-fi take on the not-too-distant future. Arm yourself with some state-of-the-art bang-bang, and see how well you know RoboCop.
Tuesday, February 11
Viking Night
Last week, we explored one of Burt Reynolds’ most enduring triumphs. Today…we will instead be discussing The Cannonball Run.
Monday Morning Quaterback
The Lego Movie was huge, while The Monuments Men was okay. Oh, and there was something called Vampire Academy. The BOP staff discusses the weekend.
Monday, February 10
Overpaid Jerks: 2/3/14-2/9/14
This week saw the Olympics begin, college basketball developments, a significant NFL draft development and a celebrity life saver. See how well you paid attention during the last seven days in sports.
Monday, February 10
Oscar Watch
Captain Phillips and American Hustle just won the guild prize for Best Edited films, and Her, The Great Gatsby and Gravity nabbed guild wins from the Art Directors.
Sunday, February 9 Saturday, February 8
Friday Box Office Analysis
The Lego Movie, the best reviewed wide-release of the year (ask again in December and it still might be a contender for that title) opens to an awesome $17.1 million on Friday.
Friday, February 7
This is So Last Week: 1/31/13-2/6/14
The Super Bowl didn't just leave a blemish on Peyton Manning's legacy. The halftime show, commercials and after broadcasts left a few pop culture skid marks. Plus, old scandals got reignited this week, Rowling has regrets and the sad death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman. How well do you know the 6th week of 2014?
Friday, February 7
Weekend Forecast
It's a hodgepodge trio of films for this first weekend of February, united only by their total lack of things in common.
On Digitizing Hoffman
A staff member offers thoughts on the plan to digitally recreate Philip Seymour Hoffman for his final, unfilmed scenes in Mockingjay Part 2.
Top Chef Recap
The next day is the Big Day. The restaurants will serve their food to guests; then, the judges will determine who is Top Chef.
Thursday, February 6
Oscar Power Rankings
Writers and animators are our focus as we finish the week.
Viking Night
In a world that ran on oily charm and the ability to wear incredibly tight pants, Burt Reynolds would be a living God.
This Weekend, Watch This
New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch?
Top Chef Recap
Moments after the previous episode’s eliminations, Tom and Padma speak directly to Nick and Nina. The terms of the final Elimination challenge are clearly defined.
Wednesday, February 5
How Well Do You Know: The Spectacular Now
It's an engaging, thoughtful look at an unexpected teen romance, and one of the more pleasant surprises of 2013.
The film adaptation of Tim Tharp's novel features quality performances by leads Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley.
Put down your flask long enough to see how well you know The Spectacular Now.
Wednesday, February 5
What Went Right: Juno
To the jealous rage of many would-be screenwriters around the world, Diablo Cody’s first screenplay managed to get filmed. And she wasn’t even trying.
Comics Weekly
Support the local economy. Buy comics.
Oscar Power Rankings
Today, we have a shakeup at the top of our Best Picture power rankings.
Oscar Watch
The main question that should be in your mind when predicting these Oscars is: will Academy voters want to give consolation prizes to other Best Picture nominees?
Top Chef Recap
Previously on Top Chef, Carlos won the battle and a new car as his prize. Alas, Nick won the war, at least for the time being.
Tuesday, February 4
How Well Do You Know: Seinfeld: The Stall
Jerry is dating a woman who may or may not be a phone sex worker. Meanwhile, Elaine has an unpleasant encounter in a restroom, and she dates a mimbo who George has a man-crush on. Let's see how well you know Seinfeld: The Stall.
Tuesday, February 4
Oscar Power Rankings
Another weekend of awards, another revision of our power rankings.
Monday Morning Quarterback
It was Super Bowl Sunday. New movie releases did poorly while everyone eagerly anticipated the big game.
Monday, February 3
400 Words: Labor Day
What the Hell.
400 Words: That Awkward Moment
That Awkward Moment has intermittent laughs and dances occasionally with charm...
Oscar Watch
Over the weekend, Her won the Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Captain Phillips won for adapted (12 Years a Slave was not eligible).
Sunday, February 2
Overpaid Jerks: 1/27/14-2/2/14
An awful Super Bowl, college upsets, Hall of Famers and the rise of a union. Prove your a sports smarty by acing our sports trivia quiz for the 5th week of 2014.
Sunday, February 2
Weekend Wrap-Up
Risk-adverse Hollywood is on full display this weekend, as studios trot out already dead Oscar losers and fledgling comedies no one will remember in a month.
Saturday, February 1
Friday Box Office Analysis
It's Super Bowl weekend, and one of the least exciting weekends of the year with regards to movie receipts.
Oscar-Nominated Shorts
The annual packages of Oscar-nominated shorts are making their rounds through art houses and finer multiplexes nationwide this month.
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