November 2016 Content at BoxOfficeProphets.com

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Survivor Recap

Chris has just been voted out and we are headed back to camp to see the reactions to the biggest blindside since the merge.

Survivor Recap

Welcome to a super-sized, 2-hour, Thanksgiving bloated episode of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.

How Well Do You Know: Krampus

Happy Holidays, everyone! Let's get a start of this holiday madness with a modern Christmas horror comedy, Krampus. From the man behind Trick r' Treat, Krampus pays homage to Joe Dante films like Gremlins with its blend of creatures rampaging the house, holiday atmosphere, and practical effects. Set up a campfire and beware of killer gingerbread men. How well do you know Krampus?

Overpaid Jerks: 11/21/16-11/27/16

Curious NFL endings, a college coaching change, a new Heisman contender and Thursday football: here's our sports recap quiz for the 48th week of 2016.

Book vs. Movie

The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, is about the nation of Panem (which has grown out of the remains of North America)...

Review: Fantastic Beasts

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is a prequel of sorts to the Harry Potter films and, fortunately for viewers, every bit as delightful.

Weekend Wrap-Up

What a weekend it has been – good food, and a whole lot of movie watching.

Friday Box Office Analysis

It's a Black Friday at the box office as well as at the mall, with the latest Disney animated release leading the way into December.

This is So Last Week: 11/18/16-11/24/16

A concert and hospitalization, an impersonation, the loss of a TV mom and an unexpected suspension. As you slip into the holiday season, enjoy our pop culture trivia quiz for the 47th week of 2016.

How Well Do You Know: The Jungle Book (2016)

An impressive achievement in CGI, 2016's The Jungle Book entertainingly updates the Disney animated classic. Jon Favreau stunningly renders a lush jungle environment as the setting for Kipling's timeless tale. You may be able to recite The Law of the Jungle, but how well do you know The Jungle Book?

Oscar Watch

It appears as if La La Land remains ahead for Best Picture, while we obviously have a very wide-open Best Actress race.

Weekend Forecast

A bevy of high profile films greet this Thanksgiving weekend...

How Well Do You Know: Modern Family, S06E08: Three Turkeys

Three Turkeys find the Pritchett-Dunphy family scrambling to pull off a successful Thanksgiving, only to meet with the usual mayhem. You may know that Gloria's family calls her "La Tranquilla" - "The Quiet One" - but how well do you know Three Turkeys?

Survivor Recap

What we've seen this season - more than most, I think - is that the original tribes don't mean a whole lot to this group.

Viking Night

If you’re reading this, then you’re old enough to have a computer, and presumably at least semi-independent from your parents.

Overpaid Jerks: 11/14/16-11/20/16

A driver is crowned, a record is recorded, hardware is handed out and a supermodel is incensed...all in our sports recap quiz for the 47th week of 2016.

Hidden Gems

1993’s Searching for Bobby Fischer is a movie of surprising depth and nuance.

Movie Review

There are the beginnings of something great here.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Harry Potter may not be back, but the money that follows him definitely is.

Friday Box Office Analysis

Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them starts out with $29.6 million on Friday.

This is So Last Week: 11/11/16-11/17/16

Music news, a planet, Mickey Mouse and a spy. Put on your entertainment thinkin' caps, here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 46th week of 2016.

Weekend Forecast

For most of the year, reboots and way-too-late sequels have met with just modest success, if not outright hostility.

How Well Do You Know: The Jungle Book (1967)

A year after Walt Disney's passing, the studio released their animated version of Rudyard Kipling's classic children's book. Before you see Jon Favreau or Stephen Sommer's versions on Blu-ray or DVD, check out this version. Even though it has loose relationship with the book, the songs are catchy, the atmosphere is soothing and pleasant, and a villain that's so memorable he upstages the film. So, look for your bare necessity, relax and test yourself on Disney's The Jungle Book.

How Well Do You Know: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

You sir! too sir! Welcome to the grave! Many of you have seen the musical on Broadway. However, most of you have seen the film version starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. This Stephen Sondheim musical based on a penny dreadful tells an excellent story about an anti-hero who seeks vengeance on a man who took his family away, resulting with bloodshed, regret, betrayal, and human meat pies. Here is Sweeney Todd.

Survivor Recap

We have finally made it. The Merge episode!

Viking Night

The lamest, and most obvious way for me to open would be to joke about how the world we’re living in resembles the dystopian nightmare...

Overpaid Jerks: 11/7/16-11/13/16

A crazy NFL win, an NBA record, Golden Gloves and college football madness all figure into the last week in sports. Here's our sports recap quiz for the 46th week of 2016.

The 400-Word Review: Arrival

Among genre films, few scenarios are presented with more frequency than the idea of first contact.

Movie Review: Doctor Strange

It may seem “strange” (pun intended) to say so, but Doctor Strange is a movie that's easier to like than admire, at least on a narrative level.

Weekend Wrap-Up

The movies this weekend acted as the warm blanket following an intense and controversial election campaign...

Friday Box Office Analysis

The critically acclaimed Arrival starts off with $9.3 million on Friday.

This is So Last Week: 11/4/16-11/10/16

A fired-up actress, royal controversy, a movie plot come to life and a new fad. Here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 45th week of 2016.

Weekend Forecast

While not headed for quite as lucrative a weekend as last, this slate of new films includes one of the most acclaimed films of the year.

How Well Do You Know: James and the Giant Peach

Henry Selick and Tim Burton are at it again. This time, they have adapted one of Roald Dahl's more optimistic book. A orphan boy named James and his gang of giant insects travel in a giant peach to New York City. When I first saw it for the first time, I was impressed by its stop-motion animation and warped backgrounds. 20 years later, these technical elements still hold up now. But enough of my thoughts about it. Let's see how well YOU know James and the Giant Peach.

Viking Night: Election

Hey, who wants to talk about politics? Specifically, elections?

Intermittent Issues

Like most advancements in the technological world, we can attribute the ascension of streaming media in the home to sex appeal.

Survivor Recap

As expected, we start with the Takali tribe and Taylor is bummed and pissed.

Marquee History

This week’s highlights are the 10th anniversary of Stranger Than Fiction and 20th anniversary of Mel Gibson’s box office hit Ransom.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

At its heart, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a simple story about a crumbling marriage, family politics, and the relationships between fathers and sons.

How Well Do You Know: Full Metal Jacket

Welcome to the Full Metal Jacket Quiz. You will be recruited to your Gunnery Sergeant who is tough but fair. The tougher he is, the more you will hate him. The more you will hate him, the more you will learn. This here is THE HWDYK quiz. If you ace this in one go, you are a TRUE man. You will not laugh, you will not cry. You will learn by the details of Stanley Kubrick's film. Think you can handle it? Must be 18 or over to enlist.

Overpaid Jerks: 10/31/16 - 11/6/16

What a week it was! For those of you who weren't paying attention or perhaps live in a cave, the Cubs won the World Series this weekend, breaking a goat-related curse (and perhaps kicking off the apocalypse). To celebrate, we've got an all-World Series Overpaid Jerks for your quizzing pleasure.

Weekend Wrap-Up

The film industry has needed a Doctor for about three months, and it certainly got the special treatment this weekend.

Friday Box Office Analysis

It's a Strange weekend at the box office, and I'm not Trolling you.

Weekend Forecast

While Captain America 3 started off Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's this weekend's Doctor Strange that really sends the MCU in a new direction...

This is So Last Week: 10/28/16-11/3/16

Another week means seven more days of pop culture goodness of questionable taste, such as a Woman (?) of the Year, the soundtrack for a lingerie fashion show, an authentic Halloween costume and a disease denial. How well do you know the 44th week of 2016?

Movie Review: Inferno

Inferno is the kind of movie you seek out when you want to watch something intelligent but have the movie do most of the thinking for you.

November 2016 Forecast

As was also true last year, 2016's November is a highlighted by two live-action blockbusters (both fantasies this time) and two big CGI films...

How Well Do You Know: Jessica Chastain and/or Bryce Dallas Howard Movies

Along with Amy Adams, they make up the trio of Hollywood's Most Visible Redheads. Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard's physical similarities lead viewers to confuse one with another. You known their movies, but can you figure out which flick starred which actress?

Viking Night: Ginger Snaps

The girls haunt the periphery of their high school world, drifting around campus like a pair of ghouls...

Survivor Recap

We begin at Vanua right after Tribal Council. Zeke tells us that the Gen Xers were so dumb to get rid of CeCe and that he's all of a sudden in a power position in the tribe with Chris.

How Well Do You Know: Bulworth

Before Selina Meyer and Leslie Knope, there was Jay Billington Bulworth, Senator of California. He's an MCing Democrat trying to gain respect and voting support from the African-American community in Los Angeles. He's a Ghetto Superstar, coming from afar and reaching for the stars. Crank up some Cypress Hill and LL Cool J and test yourself on this political satire film: This is Bulworth. Warning: contains foul language and adult situations.

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