Overpaid Jerks: 12/22/14-12/28/14
A bowl brawl? Yup. A Bluegrass hoops clash? Got it. A weird hockey coaching development? Sure, why not? The last seven days in sports had a little bit of everything. Here's your final 2014 weekly sports quiz.
Weekend Wrap-Up
The box office kept up its torrid pace throughout the weekend.
The 12 Days of Box Office
The fifth day of the Twelve Days of Box Office was predictably outstanding for all films in wide release.
This is So Last Week: 12/19/14-12/25/14
An overpaid actor, a cancelled interview, the Entertainer of the Year and RIP Joe Cocker. Up on the world of entertainment and celebrity news? Here's one of our final weekly 2014 pop culture trivia quizzes.
This Weekend, Watch This
For Christmas weekend, the three new movies in wide release are Into the Woods, Unbroken, and The Gambler.
The 12 Days of Box Office
After spending the morning opening presents, audiences headed out to the movies for a shockingly strong Christmas Day of box office.
How Well Do You Know: 2014: The Year in Movies, Part 4
Aching for another chance to prove your command of 2014 movie trivia? Here's a slate of questions on topics ranking from box office to sequels, plotlines to characters. You may know The Monkey King from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but how well do you know 2014: The Year in Movies?
Review: Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher illustrates the inherent energy of a wrestling match: there is the delicately controlled potential for violence, and then there is a sudden burst of fury.
Oscar Watch 2015
Like all political campaigns, each year the Oscar race has its fair share of dirt and tricks lobbed around.
The 12 Days of Box Office
BOP is pleased to welcome you to the 14th annual Twelve Days of Box Office.
Christmas Weekend Forecast
For the second straight weekend, The Interview dominates movie discussion in the greater world.
Overpaid Jerks: 12/15/14-12/21/14
Lightning and playoff berths, axed coaches and a historic field goal drought. Here's your penultimate 2014 weekly sports trivia quiz.
Weekend Wrap-Up
It’s the weekend before Christmas and the best thing I can say is that the weekend should have been huge.
Top Chef Recap
It’s evident we’re nearing the finale of Top Chef: Boston.
Review: The Hobbit 3
If there was ever any doubt The Hobbit movies fell into the category of children’s fantasy (as opposed to adult fantasy), The Battle of the Five Armies makes this label official.
Survivor Recap
Previously on Survivor, the laziest player this season was sandbagged by her best friend, which we think speaks aptly about her character.
Shop Talk: The Interview
The BOP staff weighs in with thoughts on the cancellation of The Interview and the events leading up to it.
Friday Box Office Analysis
The final Hobbit entry takes in $16.6 million on Friday after a $24.4 million Wednesday and a $9.9 million Thursday.
This is So Last Week: 12/12/14-12/18/14
Reality show endings, movie premiere madness, a late-night sign-off and a Wreath Witherspoon all impacted the last week in entertainment news. Here's your pop culture recap quiz for the 51st week of 2014.
This Weekend, Watch This
For the weekend of December 19th, the three new movies in wide release are The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Annie, and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.
Weekend Forecast
Although most coverage of Hollywood news is (rightly) focused on theinternational incident ongoing and its fallout, there is still a weekend to talk about.
Amazing Race Recap
We recap the penultimate episode, with the finale recap waiting in the wings.
How Well Do You Know: 2014 Movie Posters, Part 2
We continue to barrel through our year-in-review series with another look at 2014 movie posters. We'll show you tidbits of these one sheets and ask you about the film they represent. How well do you know 2014 movie posters?
Review: The Hobbit 3
Indulgence is the operative word with Peter Jackson’s soporific exercise in Smaug-esque money-grabbing.
Review: Top Five
There’s a tradeoff that comes with writing, directing and starring in one’s own film.
Survivor Recap
Hello, good people!! My name is Jim Van Nest. David and Kim are tied up in my basement so I can give you my spin on the finale of Survivor: San Juan Del Sur!
How Well Do You Know: Christmas in TV and the Movies, Part 3
Once again, we take a moment to have fun with the impact Christmas has had on TV and the movies. Before you get ready to feast with the Whos, test yourself on these yule-tide questions. You may know A Christmas Story from Christmas Vacation, but how well do you know Christmas in TV and the Movies, Part 3?
Survivor Power Rankings
Last episode, we saw good-natured Jon get completely blind-sided and smack his head after forgetting all about the “torch-snuffing” ritual.
Weekend Forecast
In what's turning out to be a nightmarish Holiday season for Hollywood, the hits keep on not coming.
Survivor Roundtable
BOP's current and former Survivor recappers take a moment to discuss tonight's impending finale plus some other thoughts on the season.
Movie Review: Top Five
Chris Rock is not an actor. Or maybe he is but just not a very good one.
How Well Do You Know: 2014: The Year in Movies, Part 3
Yet another heaping helping of 2014 movie trivia for your enjoyment. 2014 movies brought you Guardians and Neighbors, Chef and The Other Woman, Godzilla, Maleficent and Birdman. You may know Rocket the Racoon from Drax the Destroyer, but how well do you know 2014: The Year in Movies?
How Well Do You Know: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, S02E09: Ye Who Enter Here
Coulson takes a team to find the Temple within the lost alien city before Hydra can find it and unleash its power. Hydra moves to recover assets and eliminate S.H.I.E.L.D. And we meet another Koenig Brother! Things are getting serious and answers lead to questions. How well do you know "Ye Who Enter Here"?
Overpaid Jerks: 12/8/14-12/14/14
The Heisman, the Sportsman, Army/Navy and a sullen Kobe. The past seven days brought you the victorious and the dispirited. Here's our sports trivia quiz for the 51st week in 2014.
Movie Review: The Homesman
In The Homesman, Mary Bee is a single woman maintaining a farm in the Nebraska Territory.
Elf Off the Shelf: Days 7-13
The elf has left the confines of homes across the world and ended up in well-known movie posters
Movie Review: Wild
Conceptually and on paper, Wild is an inherently powerful drama about one woman’s long journey toward redemption and self-discovery.
Over There
The biggest story this weekend is The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which debuted in 38 territories ahead of its US bow on Wednesday.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Inasmuch as any ink has been spilled over Ridley Scott’s poorly-timed Exodus: Gods and Kings, it has focused on a curious racial issue.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Another weekend, another small disaster at the 2014 box office.
This is So Last Week: 12/5/14-12/11/14
The last week in entertainment news brought you a hungry predator, Victoria's Secret, an explosive finale and the Golden Globes. Here's you pop culture recap quiz for the 50th week of 2014.
This Weekend, Watch This
For the weekend of December 12th, the two new movies in wide release are Top Five and Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Weekend Forecast
In the immortal words of Police Chief Wiggum, this is going to get worse before it gets better.
The Amazing Race 25 - Episode 10
Last week we welcomed cyclists Kym & Alli to the "Also-ran" club of teams that were better than their result showed.
How Well Do You Know: 2014 Movie Plots in Haiku Form, Part 1
Haiku, that venerable Japanese form of poetry featuring three verses of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Our intrepid Curt David summarized the plots for numerous 2014 movies in haiku. We'll give you the verse, and ask you to pick the correct film it applies to. How well do you know 2014 Movie Plots in Haiku Form?
Survivor Recap
Previously on Survivor, everyone wanted to vote out Jon, especially Natalie.
Oscar Watch 2015
Has Boyhood already won the Best Picture Oscar? And just what do the SAG and Golden Globe nominations mean for the 2015 Academy Awards?
How Well Do You Know: Sons of Anarchy, Season 7 Recap
For seven seasons, Sons of Anarchy brought viewers a heavy dose of violence intertwined with Shakespearean themes. The final episodes saw Jax hell-bent on vengeance while trying to chart a new course for the club. You may know Jury from Jarry, but how well do you know Sons of Anarchy, Season 7?
Comics Weekly
Something entitled Bitch Planet #1 is released this week. You pretty much have to buy it.
400 Words: The Babadook
When horror films grow stale on this continent, it’s up to the rest of the world to pick up the slack.
Survivor Power Rankings
How does a player from our least favorite team from The Amazing Race keep surviving?
Overpaid Jerks: 12/1/14-12/7/14
College football madness! Manning's streak ends! Michigan basketball loses! Here's an overview of the mad, mad, mad last seven days in sports. We hope you were paying attention.
Survivor Recap
After Tribal Council, everyone is talking about the fight between Jon and Jaclyn at Tribal. Now that it’s all over, they’re hugging each other and huddling around the fire.
A-List: Holiday Movies
So the Rockefeller Center tree has been lit, the snow outside is frightful while the fire is so delightful, and if you’ve no place to go, read up on my five favorite holiday (essentially, Christmas) themed movies of all time.
Over There
Like Professor Snow's control over Panem, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 maintained a clear yet weakening grip over the international box office.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Like Halloween and Labor Day, it is really no surprise that this weekend’s box office bottomed out, as the post-Thanksgiving frame is always a dead zone at the box office.
Elf Off the Shelf: Days 3-6
Days 3-6 have arrived!
This is So Last Week: 11/28/14-12/4/14
An undead actor, a bumbling Captain, a Grumpy Cat and a Toy Story all highlight recent pop culture news. Here's our entertainment and celebrity quiz for the 49th week of 2014.
Weekend Forecast
Two straight weeks of bad news for the box office could get turned around by... no, I can't say that with a straight face.
Amazing Race Recap
Previously on The Amazing Race, half a dozen teams spent time in Malta.
Amazing Race Power Rankings
If you are fan of a strong and consistently competitive teams getting out before a pair of not-as-capable teams, then last week was prime TV watching for you.
How Well Do You Know: Honest 2014 Movie Titles, Part 2
You've seen movies this year, right? The title may promise one thing. But what are you really getting? We've taken some 2014 movies and reworked the title to show what you can really expect. How well do you know Honest 2014 Movie Titles?
Amazing Race Recap
When we last saw our intrepid Racers in Sicily, they had been the victims of another disappointment-inducing nonelimination leg.
Survivor Recap
Back at camp, Reed and Alec are demoralized.
Oscar Watch 2015
Are Michael Keaton and Julianne Moore headed for overdue acting Oscars, or are there potential spoilers lurking in the wings?
How Well Do You Know: 2014: The Year in Movies, Part 1
You want your 2014 movie trivia? We've got your 2014 movie trivia. With the year winding down, we are barreling head-first into our Year in Review quizzes. Here is our first trivia set on the past 12 months in cinema. You may know Lucy from Tammy, but how well do you know 2014: The Year in Movies?
Overpaid Jerks: 11/24/14-11/30/14
A blocked shot, a great hoops tournament, college football setbacks and the Lord of All Doghood each punctuate our sports quiz for the 49th week of 2014.
Amazing Race Recap
We’re down to six teams, but realistically, there are three teams that matter more than the others thus far.
Review: Horrible Bosses 2
The law of diminishing returns did its work on Horrible Bosses 2, sequel to the genuinely delightful 2011 film.
Oscar Watch 2015
Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, Interstellar, seemed destined to make noise in the 2015 Oscar race, but a tepid reception may have doomed its chances.
The Theory of Everything
It’s a ho-hum story, really: boy meets girl, boy wins girl’s heart, boy discovers the nature of the universe, boy and girl drift apart.