Read to see how long it took BOP's staff to realize that the awards show wasn't over and something hysterical was happening.

"One other note when you watch the video of this: look for 70-year-old, returned from the future Matt Damon on the right side of the screen"

In one of the most bizarre twists in Oscars history, Moonlight was named the Best Picture at the Academy Awards, but only after La La Land and its producers were on stage.

Get Out is a film that subtly manages audience expectations, tossing off veiled cues to movies with similar-sounding hooks...

Outdoor hockey, a collapsed coach, division leaders at the Break and college basketball upsets. You'll find tidbits on these and more in our sports recap quiz for the 9th week of 2017.

Sometimes life gives you lemons and you crawl in a hole and pretend the lemons don’t exist while rocking back and forth silently crying.

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We’ve got a little bit of everything this weekend at the box office - massive success, massive failure, and a few films vying for Oscar on Sunday night.

The BOP Staff predicts the winners for the Academy Awards - see if you agree!

Another year another…day in the sun? As the La La Land Oscars come to a close, it’s time to put up or shut up and lay our stakes into what we think are the likely winners.

Horror fans got a unexpected surprise this weekend, as Jordan Peele’s theatrical directorial debut Get Out was released.

Would I be lion to you if I told you this movie is about Matt Damon owning a zoo?

Landmarks, a controversial director, falling dancers and a musical duo. Use your noggin to cogitate your way through our pop culture recap quiz for the 8th week of 2017

A second straight weekend of modest opening films leaves us with just one solid weekend in February, an unusual stretch for what's started to become a strong period for box office.

This is the most special quiz that I have posted in this website. This is the first quiz to be based on a silent film. It is called Wings, THE FIRST FILM to win a Best Picture award at the Academy Awards. It is a romantic story about a WWI pilot who's in pursuit by a woman desperate in love. Watch the film and put yourself to the test on Wings.

Like romances, the weekend after Valentine’s Day experiences a break up at the box office, with new films struggling to compete.

I’m always a little bit excited and a little bit wary when I fire up a movie that I haven’t seen since I was a kid.

The Academy is in trouble. They are at a potential crossroads again and may be shooting themselves in the foot with their choices.

Joel and Ethan Coen are some of the finest gems of modern Americana cinema. Any project they create can either be quirky, suspenseful, or both. One film that leans more toward the latter is No Country for Old Men. This is one that explores the grim reality of crime and how it has gotten worse within time. You may know whether to call head or tails in a coin toss, but how well do you know this Best Picture Academy Award winner of 2007?

Earning spots in the Top Chef Finale are John and Sheldon, both from Top Chef Seattle, and Shirley, from Top Chef New Orleans.

So it all comes down to this. We have handicapped the 23 other Oscar categories, but the one that most people care about is Best Picture.

An incredible victory streak, an assault arrest, All-Stars and a batting practice guest appearance. Here's our sports trivia recap quiz for the 8th week of 2017.

Ace screenwriter Billy Ray's 2003 directorial debut Shattered Glass is kind of a throwback to movies from the 1970s.

A flurry of final guild activity over the weekend has provided final valuable clues as to the direction of the Oscars next week.

It's time for the Calvin Awards!

Something seems missing at the box office over this President’s Day long weekend - moviegoers.

Three new releases all perform poorly even as all of last weekend’s releases drop heavily, leaving LEGO Batman to stay on top for the weekend.

Swimsuits, a Grammy surprise, an assembled superhero and a surprise Congressional witness. Up on your recent entertainment news? Test yourself with our pop culture quiz for the 7th week of 2017.

If there were some way to get Hollywood to start spreading out its actual successful releases, I think we should encourage that.

As John Wick Chapter 2 unfolds, we are reminded how narrow the line can be between a very good film and a very bad one.

Oscar voters have had their ballots since Monday, and the Oscar race is in its last ten days.

Ranked as number 4 in AFI's greatest comedy films list and 28 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Films list, Annie Hall is considered to be Woody Allen's career highlight. He plays a neurotic comedian who goes on a date with the titular character.You think you can ace this one? La-dee-Dah, lah-dee-dah.

Scrolling down the repertoire of director Taylor Hackford, one finds there are more hits than misses...

After enacting brutal and exceptionally well-photographed revenge in the 2014 film, Wick (Keanu Reeves) is hoping to once again re-exit the criminal underworld.

Ah, the shorts. The three obscure little Oscar races that most prognosticators just take crazy stabs at, and that you basically have to pray to get right on Oscar night.

Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is a 30-something Greek-American who does not seem to be in a place to "marry Greek boys, make Greek babies, and feed everyone" like every other woman in her Greek community. Despite her family's misgivings, she leaves her job at the family restaurant and takes steps towards a more independent future, which leads her to Ian Miller (John Corbett). Ian's wonderful - but he's *gasp* not Greek, which scandalizes Toula's large, close-knit family. Will Ian be accepted in the Portokalos clan? This movie was the surprise sleeper hit of 2002, grossing $368.7 million worldwide. How well do you know My Big Fat Greek Wedding?

It’s crunch time... though, to be fair, it’s felt like crunch time for the last four episodes or so.

This week’s highlights include the 25th anniversary of Wayne’s World and 30th anniversary of Mannequin.

An inspiration speech gone awry, an NBA ban, Durant returns to OKC and the passing of a great owner. Here's your sports recap quiz for the 7th week of 2017.

A significant chunk of the dialogue in Fifty Shades Darker consists of relationship clichés.

Unless you’ve been living under an Awards Season rock, you know that La La Land is one of those clear, runaway favorites to win Best Picture at the Oscars in two weeks.

It was almost inevitable that The LEGO Batman Movie would serve as an uproarious parody of the Caped Crusader.

We've got another "sequel weekend" where somehow, all three openers are the second film in their respective franchises.

We've got good news for the Joker on how to defeat Batman. Simply add lots of gratuitous sex scenes. The next Harley Quinn movie basically writes itself.

Let there be no doubt that Martin Scorsese is a man for whom faith has been a lifelong pursuit.

Think fast! What’s the most interesting month for movie box office?

While a large portion of the continent deals with a winter blast, the winter box office doldrums are definitely a thing of the past.

Blasts from the past, Super Bowl festivities, an award-winning director and a sci-fi hero. Wake the neighbors and call the kids, here's our pop culture recap quiz for the 6th week of 2017.

We continue with our handicapping of the Oscar categories, this time by completing the picture of the “below the line” or technical races.

Louisa "Lou" Clark (Emilia Clarke) is looking for a new job when she comes across an offer too good to be true - a position as a caregiver for Will Traynor (Sam Claflin). Will has been paralyzed due to an accident and needs constant care. Cheerful Lou and bitter, angry Will clash initially but eventually change each other's lives. How well do you know the film adaptation of Me Before You?

Today we'll be talking about an important figure in Chinese history. His name is Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty during his childhood and the Emperor of Manchuria at his adulthood. During the last parts of his life he was imprisoned by Chinese communists and forced to confess his collaboration with the Japanese. Here is The Last Emperor.

The tale of Samara Morgan should function as a sort of litmus test for human gullibility.

Assuming that only three chefs will be advancing to the finale (per Top Chef’s usual practice), there will be three chefs taken down, and three allowed to go.

The Super Bowl, an NBA war of words, the final appearance of a legend and college basketball milestones. Here's our review of sports news for the 6th week of 2017, presented in a pleasing quiz format.

La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle, is a magical Hollywood treat that doesn’t aim to just entertain.

This week’s film anniversaries include February record setter Dante’s Peak, and the 25th anniversary of Medicine Man.

The Directors Guild of America awarded La La Land’s Damien Chazelle this year at their ceremony...

What a sorry sack of openers we have for Super Bowl weekend.

Super Bowl Weekend is still one of the few remaining times Hollywood generally takes a pass, tossing out a ridiculously late horror sequel and aiming something at teens.

SAG Awards, a gaming loss, a horror movie victim and a billionaire. Impress friend, colleagues and lovers alike by acing our pop culture quiz for the 5th week of 2017.

The winter doldrums continue as we head into February with a couple of quickly forgettable niche-targeted films...

The Oscar are just three and a half weeks away, so we'd better get a jump on analyzing the race category by category...

The January tradition of dishing out exactly one horror movie per week proceeds at full speed ahead.

Over a decade after we last saw her, Bridget Jones - and her diary - are back. While her professional life is going well, her love life is still in a bit of a rut. Bridget is surprised to find herself pregnant at 43, and also confused about the identity of the baby's father. How well do you know Bridget Jones's Baby?

In honor of the recently passed John Hurt, I’d like to take a moment to talk about the opening moments of 1979’s Alien.