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Weekend Forecast

For the first weekend of 2016, we get a lot of “next verse, same as the first” as just one new film opens up in wide release...

The 12 Days of Box Office Day 10

Welcome to the final day of 2015!

How Well Do You Know: 2015: Celebrities in Memoriam

As the end of 2015 approaches, we here at HWDYK take a moment to remember those celebrities who died this year. How well do YOU know the members of the entertainment field who left the stage for the last time in 2015?

Survivor Finale Recap Pt. 2

Thanks for coming back after a break to finish off this crazy season of Survivor.

Movie Review: Concussion

Concussion could either be viewed as a character study or a dramatic thriller about a timely subject.

A-List: Top 10 Movies of 2015

The end of the year is undoubtedly the time for list-making, the one time all year the A-List expands to 10 titles.

12 Days of Box Office Day 9

Previously in the 12 Days of Box Office, I indicated that the next time I spoke to you, The Force Awakens would be past the $550 million mark domestically.

How Well Do You Know: 2015: The Year in Movies, Part 3

As our year-in-review quiz series nears its end, here's our final trivia set on 2015 movies. So put on your cinematic thinkin' cap and prove your knowledge on box office, directors, fictional roles and biopics. You may know The Gunman from Hitman: Agent 47, but how well do you know 2015: The Year in Movies?

Viking Night: Bad Santa

You know that label they put on bottles of bleach that say “Warning: Do Not Drink This Bottle of Bleach?"

Movie Review: The Big Short

Collateralized debt obligation. It’s a fantastic phrase; it just kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?

12 Days of Christmas Day 8

With Monday’s box office results in, here’s where the real fun begins, especially for the films not named Star Wars.

Overpaid Jerks: 12/21/15-12/27/15

An overtime screw-up, a towel tosser, Christmas Day basketball and the last of the undefeateds. Here's your very last chance in 2015 in impress us with your mastery of recent sports trivia.

12 Days of Box Office Day 6

The box office record book is in shambles again this weekend again as Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to roll.

12 Days of Box Office Day 5

It was a heck of a Christmas Day at movie theaters everywhere, and not just because Star Wars: The Force Awakens was setting yet another record.

This is So Last Week: 12/18/15-12/25/15

A Miss Universe catastrophe, and overpaid actor, a smuggled prize won at auction and a Harry Potter surprise. Here's our pop culture trivia quiz for the last week of 2015.

Elf Off the Shelf 2015

For the fourth year, the Elf is not content with merely hanging out on some shelf or mantle.

12 Days of Box Office Day 4

Merry Christmas! You should be celebrating with family rather than reading this, so BOP assumes you’re catching up after the holidays.

Weekend Forecast

And now we plunge headlong into the Christmas box office season, albeit with a more of a hodgepodge group of new films.

12 Days of Box Office: Day 3

And the only thing you care about continues to be that movie with the glow-in-the-dark phallic symbols.

How Well Do You Know: 2015 Movies: Movie Posters

If you're like us, you dig movie posters and you dig movie trivia. If you're even more like us, you just put together a quiz about 2015 movie posters. Even if you're not that much like us, you can still enjoy the quiz. How well do you know 2015 Movie Posters?

Top Chef Recap

Instead of heading to one of Palm Spring’s famous resorts, the cheftestants are dropped off in the middle of the dessert (Welcome to California!).

Review: The Force Awakens

Basically, The Force Awakens is a fan-made Star Wars movie that lives and breathes like a fan-made Star Wars movie...

Oscar Watch 2015

The Revenant, Joy, and The Hateful Eight are the last major movies to open this year that are looking to make noise in the Oscar race.

Monday Morning Quarterback

We bet you can't guess our topic of discussion this week.

12 Days of Box Office Day 2

We’ll be discussing the impressive staying power of Sisters and Road Chip. What’s that, you say? You’d rather talk about Star Wars instead?

How Well Do You Know: Gilmore Girls, S03E22: Those Are Strings, Pinocchio

Rory's time at Chilton is coming to a close, but she's not the only one with big changes in store. Lorelai and Sookie's job prospects are up in the air, while Luke thinks about the possibility of a future with Nicole. How well do you know Those Are Strings, Pinocchio - the Season 3 finale of Gilmore Girls?

Survivor Finale Recap Pt. 1

Season 31 of Survivor has been a great season through 13 episodes, and tonight's finale should keep up that trend.

Review: The Force Awakens

Well, here it is. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally arrived, and if it’s Star Wars you want, it’s Star Wars you got.

Review: Sisters

The nearly unmatched comedic talents of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, easily two of the funniest humans currently living, has not yet made for big-screen magic.

12 Days of Box Office

Welcome to the 15th (!) annual 12 Days of Box Office.

Overpaid Jerks: 12/14/15-12/20/15

Sportsperson of the Year, a night at the strip club, a baby delivery and ranked teams falling to unranked teams. If these topics are in your wheelhouse, you're ready for our sports recap quiz for the 52nd week of 2015.

Review: The Big Short

The Big Short, Adam McKay’s daring adaptation of a nonfiction take on the American housing bubble, has two giant obstacles in its path.

Movie Review: Sisters

As a fan of both actresses, I don’t remember exactly what it was that put me off about the last Tina Fey/Amy Poehler cinematic team-up of Baby Mama back in 2008.

Marquee History

With three dozen films covered this week, it’s difficult to pick one highlight. Casanova, Cast Away, The Color Purple… the list goes on!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally opened this weekend, and the result is out-of-this-world.

Friday Box Office Analysis

I won’t make you wait any longer than you need to: Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned $120.5 million on Friday.

This is So Last Week: 12/11/15-12/17/15

Do you know who won all the things last week? Can you name the highest paid celebrity under 30? Would you like to know which A-list thespian wore the world's worst DIY Star Wars outfit? It was a fascinating week of celebrity news. We hope you were paying attention.

Elf Off the Shelf - Days 10-16

For the fourth year, the Elf is not content with merely hanging out on some shelf or mantle.

Oscar Watch 2015

In a year that is this crowded with good movies vying for Oscar gold, could we finally see 10 nominees since the move to the sliding scale Best Picture format?

BOP Staff Star Wars Predictions

It's time. The BOP staff discusses the opening weekend potential for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Weekend Forecast

So this is the weekend we've all been waiting for – the release of the latest entry in a decades old franchise...

How Well Do You Know: 2015: The Year in Pop Culture, Part 2

Here's the second part of your 2015 Pop Culture Final Exam. We hope you studied up on comic-to-TV projects, food stamp challenges, Muppets and Biff Tannen. Sharpen your pencils and let's see how well you know 2015: The Year in Pop Culture.

Comics Weekly

Merry Christmas and a Comics New Year!

Movie Review: Krampus

It’s not that Michael Dougherty’s second feature is any worse than his first one, 2007’s Trick ‘r Treat...

How Well Do You Know: The 2015 Movie That Starred....(Part 2)

More 2015 movie cast trivia! We'll give you four people who appeared in the film, you give us the name of the movie. How well do you know the 2015 Movie That Starred....

Monday Morning Quarterback 3

Today, we discuss Krampus... and Victor Frankenstein. One is perhaps scarier than the others.

Survivor Recap

We begin tonight's episode at camp as the tribe returns from the boot of Joey Amazing.

Review: In the Heart of the Sea

For his journey over the horizon, Howard brings us In the Heart of the Sea, the mostly-true tale of the whaling ship Essex...

Viking Night: Waterworld

Only a few times in a generation comes a cinematic event so notorious that the actor most closely associated it would be mocked...

A-List: Star Wars

The most iconic franchise in the history of commercial cinema returns to theaters just in time for the Holidays.

Survivor Power Rankings

Previously on Survivor, the we’s reigned supreme - but no one seemed to know for sure who was in which “we.”

Overpaid Jerks: 12/7/15-12/13/15

The last seven days in sports saw an incredible streak ending, a monstrous defensive performance, a lightning MMA victory and a Heisman winner. Here's your sports trivia quiz for the 51st week of 2015.

Top Chef California: Episode 3

Padma promised road trips and finally, after two fun-filled challenges in Los Angeles, Top Chef’s first road trip has arrived.

Over There

The number one film this week is the Chinese film Surprise, which won the weekend with a fairly modest $17 million.

Marquee History

This week's highlights are the 20th anniversary of Heat, 25th anniversary of Edward Scissorhands, and 30th anniversary of Clue.

Weekend Wrap-Up

The lamb to the slaughter this weekend is Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea...

Friday Box Office Analysis

Although there was a new movie released in theaters this weekend, you almost wouldn’t know it.

This is So Last Week: 12/4/15-12/10/15

The final covergirl, a bite from a fan, award nominations and music for grannies. If these ring a bell, you're ready to take our pop culture trivia quiz for the 50th week of 2015.

Weekend Forecast

As studios keep their powder dry before Christmas week, a single wide release hits the market...

Amazing Race Power Rankings

So now we head to the end. How do our teams stack up?

This Month, Watch This

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

Amazing Race Recap

When the teams rip into their first clue of the leg, they’re instructed to fly to Long Island, New York.

How Well Do You Know: Gilmore Girls, S03E21: Here Comes the Son

Rory's so preoccupied and stressed out getting ready for finals and graduation that Lorelai isn't sure when to tell her that Jess is gone. Jess, meanwhile, arrives in warm and sunny California, looking to reconnect with his father. How well do you know Gilmore Girls, S03E21: Here Comes the Son?

Oscars Tracking

The Golden Globes nominations featured many surprises that sent a shockwave through Hollywood. We've already updated our power rankings to reflect the changes.

Oscar Watch

The SAG and the Golden Globe nominations threw the already-muddled Oscar race into further confusion with their eyebrow raising set of nominations in the last couple of days.

Elf Off the Shelf

For the fourth year, the Elf is not content with merely hanging out on some shelf or mantle.

How Well Do You Know: 2015: The Year in Movies, Part 2

More 2015 movie trivia! The year in cinema ran the gamut from Wolf Totem to Shaun the Sheep to another visit from (shudder) Alvin and the Chipmunks. You may know Get Hard from Road Hard, but how well do you know 2015: The Year in Movies?

Survivor Power Rankings

Seven are left. Here are the power rankings for this week.

Comics Weekly

Comics for Christmas!

Monday Morning Quarterback

We return from the Thanksgiving hiatus...

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How Well Do You Know: 2015: The Year in Pop Culture, Part 1

In 2015, the world of pop culture gave us a surprise Super Bowl halftime show star, a lovable NYC rat, the toppling of a boy band and US-Australian tensions. Revisit the last year in celebrity and entertainment news...how well do you know 2015: The Year in Pop Culture?

Viking Night: Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest is easily the best Star Trek movie since Wrath of Khan.

Top Chef California: Episode 2

Our second helping to Top Chef this season kicks off right where the last episode ended.

A-List

We explore movies that take at least 180 minutes to watch, and that consist of 180 minutes of mostly pain and agony.

The Amazing Race Recap

Tonight’s previews promise some drama for Justin & Diana, which might just give some other team a chance to finish in the top spot.

Overpaid Jerks: 11/30/15-12/6/15

A first win, bad for at a conference champion, a blatant missed call and the clash of basketball goddesses. Here's our sports recap quiz for the 50th week of 2015.

Top Chef California Recap

Ah, yes. As the song goes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Movie Review: Creed

Creed proves a movie franchise can pretty much go on for all time so long as each installment is well made.

Marquee History

This week features two important highlights in Ang Lee’s career: the 10th anniversary of Brokeback Mountain and 15th of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Weekend Wrap-Up

The monster called Krampus may be truly evil and eat little kids, but at least it brings some life into the usually very sullen post-Thanksgiving weekend frame.

Friday Box Office Analysis

The weekend’s only new major release, holiday horror entry Krampus, wins Friday with $6 million.

Weekend Forecast

While it's not our only wide release, Krampus is the only one with major studio backing.

TAR Power Rankings

Justin & Diana have dominated the Race. They’re on track to set the record for most legs won...

This is So Last Week: 11/27/15-12/3/15

A band is stranded, a movie franchise continues, a Board of Review announces its Movie of the Year and a Civil War breaks out. Here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 49th week of 2015.

Survivor Recap

Previews for tonight tell us there's a family visit and also a medical emergency.

Oscar Watch 2015

The New York Film Critics’ Circle went gaga for Carol and the National Board of Review raised some eyebrows by naming Mad Max their best of the year.

December 2015 Forecast

December 2015 is riven by a real big gap between the #1 film and all the rest.

How Well Do You Know: 2015: The Year in Movies, Part 1

We start our year-in-review quiz series with a set of trivia on 2015. It was the year of Cinderella and Spectre, Minions and The Martian, The Woman in Gold and The Last Witch Hunter. You may know the Age of Adeline from the Age of Ultron, but how well do you know 2015: The Year in Movies?

How Well Do You Know: The Avengers: Age of Ultron

It was the follow-up to the box-office record holder. It reassembled everyone's favorite misfit superhero team. The 2015 film Age of Ultron pitted the Avengers against a sentient AI creation. You may think that Pinocchio's theme song is particularly catchy, but how well do you know Avengers: Age of Ultron?

Survivor Recap

Hello, good people, and welcome back to Part 2 or our super-sized Thanksgiving edition of the Survivor recap.

Viking Night: Half Baked

Half Baked is the kind of goofball farce best enjoyed by the goofballs it’s making fun of.

A-List

Spotlight swept the Gotham Awards and continues to dominate awards chatter...

Survivor Power Rankings

Previously on Survivor, there was actually a double episode where both parts were exciting.

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