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Friday Box Office Analysis

With the arrival of Labor Day weekend, the summer box office season ends not with a bang but a whimper.

This is So Last Week: 8/22/14-8/28/14

A scavenger hunt, a stunning wedding, video piracy and a hip-hop shoot-out: all ingredients in the pop culture stew during the last week. Enjoy our most recent 2014 entertainment and celebrity quiz.

This Weekend, Watch This

For the weekend of August 29th, new movies in wide release are November Man and As Above, So Below.

How Well Do You Know: Divergent

Your 2014 dose of dystopian YA fiction-to-film came in the adaptation of Veronica Roth's Divergent. Shailene Woodley stars as a young woman caught in an extremely segregated post-ward world. You may think the future belongs to those who know where they belong, but how well do you know Divergent?

Weekend Forecast

Was it good for you? If “it” is the summer movie season, and “you” are a major Hollywood studio, the odds are that the answer to that is a resounding “No.”

How Well Do You Know: Labor Day: Working in the Movies, Part 4

In 1894, Congress passed a law designating the first Monday in September each year as a holiday for businesses to promote sales and release lousy movies to theaters across the country. In honor of Labor Day, let's see how well you know Working in the Movies.

Monday Morning Quarterback

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was... not successful this past weekend.

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Comics Weekly

Original Sin ends this week. You win, Puritans!

400 Words: Cavalry

Calvary is brutal, unrelenting and starkly depressing.

When the Game Stands Tall

When the Game Stands Tall is an unbearably boring sports flick.

How Well Do You Know: The Simpsons: Homer's Barbershop Quartet

Rock and roll had become stagnant. "Achy Breaky Heart" was seven years away; something had to fill the void. That something was barbershop. And it made Homer Simpson rich, famous and successful for one crazy summer. How Well Do You Know The Simpsons: Homer's Barbershop Quartet?

Viking Night: The Craft

Something sinister is going on with boobs in this movie.

Doctor Who Recap

With a new Doctor comes a chance for renewal.

Overpaid Jerks: 8/18/14-8/24/14

Little League, big injuries, San Francisco baseball and an expensive obscenity. See how well you know all things athletic with our sports recap quiz for the 35th week of 2014.

Over There

With no new Hollywood blockbusters debuting worldwide this week, international box office consists largely of shuffling around a few old favorites.

Friday Box Office Analysis

The big story of the week is neither the number one movie nor the number one release.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Bow to the box office power of Marvel and the Guardians!

This is So Last Week: 8/15/14-8/21/14

This week: Unlikely country cover songs, a rock star apologizes, Chris Martin moves on and a legendary voice is lost. Here is your celebrity/entertainment quiz for the 34th week of 2014.

Weekend Forecast

If there was any question about the box office season having turned, this results from this weekend should settle that completely.

This Weekend, Watch This

For the weekend of August 22nd, new movies in wide release are Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, If I Stay, and When the Game Stands Tall.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, S04E03: Launch Party

Dwight faces off against the website. Michael is slighted by Ryan. Andy fancies Angela. And oh yeah, there's a kidnapping. Be careful which pizza place you order from and see how well you know The Office: Launch Party.

Shop Talk

BOP staffers discuss some favorite (and not-so-favorite) summer films.

400 Words: If I Stay

As more films are adapted from young adult novels, the invocation of that term becomes decreasingly useful.

How Well Do You Know: The Color Purple

Alice Walker's haunting story comes to life in this Steven Spielberg classic. Set in the rural south in the early 1900's, this is a story of love, friendship and the strength to fight on despite all odds. You may know that it pisses God off when you walk past the color purple without noticing it, but how well do you know the movie, The Color Purple?

Comics Weekly

What's Multiversity? Some sort of streaming device?

Review: The Expendables 3

The Expendables 3 isn’t a good action movie or a bad action movie. It’s simply an action movie, one that clings to the traditional formula so tightly it could serve as a template.

Monday Morning Quarterback

There were three new releases this week. None of them did especially well...

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A-List: Robin Williams

When I heard of the untimely death of beloved actor Robin Williams, I thought back to one of my favorite Disney movies of all time, Aladdin.

How Well Do You Know: Game of Thrones, Season 4 Recap

In this quiz on Game of Thrones Season 4 trivia, we meet Oberyn Martell, visit the Iron Bank, see an attack on the Wall and hit the road with Podrick Payne. You may know Grey Worm from a White Walker, but how well do you know Game of Thrones, Season 4?

Viking Night: Insomnia

Everyone says they hate remakes, but sometimes it works out. Anybody out there see Cape Fear, or Ocean’s Eleven? Yeah, you did and you liked them, too.

Weekend Wrap-Up

The Expendables 3 was... less han thrilling this weekend. The BOP staff discusses the reasons for its failure.

Daily Box Office Analysis

After a ten day absence, Guardians of the Galaxy returns to the top spot of the box office with Monday’s totals.

Overpaid Jerks: 8/11/14-8/17/14

A finalized sale, a change at the top of the NASCAR standings, a well-paid female and an academic scandal all play a part in our sports recap quiz for the 34th week of 2014.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Without forethought, without intention, without justification, without reason, without art and without mercy, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have returned.

400 Words: The Expendables 3

As Sylvester Stallone approaches his dotage, he’s taken the time to craft a bewilderingly popular film series for his other aged buddies to cash in on.

Over There

The weird thing about the international box office is that staggered release dates allow films that looked like they were on the way out to come back with a vengeance.

400 Words: Magic in the Moonlight

Magic in the Moonlight is a good example. It’s sometimes funny, often charming. Undeniably a Woody Allen picture. It’s just sort of stupid.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Good thing the openers in the first two weekends of August were strong, as we have a couple of swings and misses this weekend.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Friday Box Office Analysis

Three new movies debuted this week, but audiences returned to the familiar yesterday.

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

This week, mutant turtles, man-eating sharks, a newly-blonde dude and two departing legends impacted the pop culture world. Here's our entertainment recap quiz for the 33rd week of 2014.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, S04E02: Dunder Mifflin Infinity

Ryan tries to modernize the office with a new website. Michael fights back with gift baskets. You may think you can win over people with chocolate turtles, with raspberry jam, and a little bit of fat and salt, but how well do you know The Office: Dunder Mifflin Infinity?

Daily Box Office Analysis

Yesterday, I discussed the likelihood of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles falling out of first place.

MMQB Part III

We close out our weekly Monday Morning Quarterback discussion with conversation on Into the Storm, The Hundred-Foot Journey, and more.

Weekend Forecast

Barring yet another groundswell surprise, August box office should be back to normal this weekend.

How Well Do You Know: Funny Farm

Andy Farmer and his wife have discovered that the country life may not be the relaxing and peaceful getaway they thought it would be. Country folks have a different way of dealing with newcomers, and these two city mice just may be way out of their league in the wide open country. You may know better than to try the lamb fries, but who well do you know Funny Farm?

Comics Weekly

Nine out of 10 dentists recommend buying comic books.

Daily Box Office Analysis

Kids love Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Adults do as well. And that aspect makes me sad.

How Well Do You Know: TV Families, Part II

Be they highly functioning or disastrously dysfunctional, television dramas and sitcoms offer a wide variety of family unit. In this quiz, we'll serve up the name of a family having appeared in a TV family over the years. You just need to pick the show they are from. You may know your Simpsons from your Sopranos, but how well do you know TV Families?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) essentially tells the same story as, well, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).

Viking Night

So, what the hell am I doing writing about The French Connection?

Daily Box Office Analysis

Those of us anxiously awaiting the comeuppance of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be disappointed yet again.

Monday Morning Quarterback

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exceeded expectations by a lot this weekend...

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Overpaid Jerks: 8/4/14-8/10/14

Weird dugout celebrations, strange animals on the field of play, punks playing in the dirt and a reversal of journalistic assignments highlight the latest edition of Overpaid Jerks. We hope you were paying attention.

Over There

After Star-Lord showed up last week to save the galaxy and/or summer box office, this weekend proved to be far less disruptive.

Review: Under Western Stars

Roy Rogers’ first significant movie, Under Western Stars, is campy and Rogers comes across as a nerdy boy scout

Weekend Wrap-Up

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles people should send the Guardians of the Galaxy people flowers.

Friday Box Office Analysis

For the second time in less than two months, Paramount Pictures has conquered Hollywood with a toy story brought to cinematic life.

This is So Last Week: 8/1/14-8/7/14

Did you make it unscathed through this week of unique musical interpretations, box office records, inflated salaries, a lack of AutoCorrect on subtitles and yet again...leaked nude photos (possibly)? We hope you were paying attention to the 32nd week of 2014.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Weekend Forecast

After getting last weekend’s Movie That Saved The Summer out of the way, Hollywood exhales and officially gives up by giving us four new wide releases.

Monday Morning Quarterback

In Part 3 of Monday Morning Quarterback, we discuss our thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy and the box office result for Get on Up.

How Well Do You Know: The Office, S04E01: Fun Run

A freak accident launches Michael on a crusade to raise awareness of a disease that has already been cured. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam either are or are not dating. How well do you know The Office: Fun Run?

Daily Box Office Analysis

Yesterday’s North American box office contained no surprises.

How Well Do You Know: Snowpiercer

The world has frozen, and humanity's last remnants are aboard a severely segregated train. Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi thriller is intriguing as it is visually arresting. You may think you can make it all the way to the front, but how well do you know Snowpiercer?

Monday Morning Quarterback

Guardians of the Galaxy was kind of a big deal this weekend.

Part I
Part II

Viking Night: The Goonies

The disappointing thing about The Goonies was finding out what Goonies were not - as in “not zombies” and “not bloodthirsty mutants.”

Comics Weekly

Transformers versus G.I. Joe: who ya got?

Daily Box Office Analysis

Peter Quill and his new alien friends simply will not stop guarding the galaxy.

How Well Do You Know: Movies Set Outside the US IV

Here's a movie testing your knowledge of movie (yay!) geography (boo!). We'll list a film for which the primary action is set outside the United States. You just have to pick the correct setting. You may know Good Morning Vietnam from Last Tango in Paris, but how well do you know Movies Set Outside the US?

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy feels like Marvel's first step into a larger world, while also reinforcing the notion that formula is king.

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

Sometimes the best reason to see a movie is for its attitude.

A-List: Best Movies about NYC

What are the best movies that feature New York City as a character?

Daily Box Office Analysis

Guardians of the Galaxy continues to move forward in its attempt to win the summer box office campaign. On Monday, it earned a sizzling $11.7 million.

Overpaid Jerks: 7/28/14-8/3/14

This week, we said goodbye to July and hello to August with Hall of Fame inductions, the longest Cubs game ever, a horrific injury and a double no-hitter battle. Take our weekly sports quiz. We'd tell you to break a leg, but, well, you know.

400 Words: Get On Up

In Get On Up, the James Brown biopic from director Tate Taylor, the Godfather of Soul is not that great of a guy.

Over There

Chris Pratt took a major step from being a standout character on a cult sitcom to becoming a bona fide movie star with Guardians of the Galaxy.

Weekend Wrap-Up

A movie featuring no bankable actors as lead actors or villains debuted this weekend. Records were shattered. Read how this happened.

Friday Box Office Analysis

Consider the galaxy sufficiently guarded.

This is So Last Week: 7/25/14-7/31/14

Reprise of a SyFy masterpiece, birthday toplessness, a new Peter Pan and a salary dispute. These are just some of the elements that make up our entertainment quiz for the 31st week of 2014.

This Weekend, Watch This

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

Weekend Forecast

Do you need your galaxy guarded? Boy do we have the team for you.

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