April 2020 Content at BoxOfficeProphets.com

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Review: The Wretched

Certain things are always true in the movies: The sudden appearance of a monster, maniac or other ghoul will always be noticed only by a troubled teenager whom no one else believes.

Survivor Recap

The good news? If you dislike Tony, we’re here to help you through it. The bad news? If you’re a Tony fan, this was an episode Jim wished he could have handled himself.

Review: What She Said

Let me start by acknowledging that there is something inherently absurd in the following endeavor. I’m writing a movie review about a movie about a movie reviewer.

Top Chef Power Rankings

Three chefs are WAY ahead of the rest.

This Weekend, Read This

Today’s the day. We started with 32 witches and wizards, and now we are down to the Sweet 16 (full list at the bottom of the article).

The #1 in America: Stigmata

The 1999 horror movie “Stigmata” has a significant place in box-office history — for no reason related to the film itself.

Hidden Gems: Skeleton Twins

They say the heart of a clown is sad, yet we’re still always surprised when funny people give great dramatic acting performances.

Top Chef Recap

It’s flower power—errrr, flour power time with Padma and guest judge, Chris Bianco, an artisan and renowned pizza maker.

Review: Shooting Heroin

“Shooting Heroin” has the skeleton of a topical, moving drama but not the body.

Review: Extraction

Netflix’s newest action spectacle, “Extraction,” begins with two cliches.

This Weekend, Read This

They call it March Madness for a reason. This week in the Unofficial Harry Potter bracket, we get the third tournament upset and one of the three main characters almost gets knocked off.

Movie Review: Porno

Let’s be clear: “Porno” is not a porno.

This Weekend, Read This

Do I feel a little bad that it’s my fault Viktor Krum, Rubeus Hagrid, Arthur Weasley, and Rita Skeeter had humiliating defeats in duels with other wizards? A little.

Top Chef Power Rankings

It's time to start ranking the chefs! Who is most likely to reign supreme?

Review: Beastie Boys Story

There is, in most cases, a slim range of variation in music documentaries.

Top Chef Recap

Lee Anne Wong knows her way around Top Chef.

Tales from a Quarantine

Perhaps I can recap how things are faring outside of the United States, in some small way.

Survivor Recap

As if to rub it all in our faces, tonight's episode promises the family visit where the players in the game get to see their entire families.

This Weekend, Read This

You know that feeling when you gather the 32 most famous witches and wizards and watch them start dueling? Yes, that’s the feeling I have right now.

Number One Movie in America

If you go back far enough, box-office results aren’t really comparable to the way we look at them today.

Review: Sergio

Does a standard-issue biopic become more interesting when its subject is relatively unknown?

Tales from a Quarantine

I started quarantine with big plans.

Review: Driveways

There’s an old “Simpsons” bit in which Lisa is trying to convince a skeptical stranger of a jazz musician’s merits. “You have to listen to the notes she’s not playing,” Lisa says.

Review: The Quarry

Early in “The Quarry,” a no-nonsense lawman smashes the myth that modern small towns are “quaint.”

Tales from a Quarantine

A short bit ago today I got done with my new once-a-day ritual.

Survivor Recap

Welcome back to another quarantines edition of the BOP Survivor: Winners at War recap.

This Weekend, Read This

During this time of social distancing, I wanted to add a little bit more joy into the world by producing The Unofficial Harry Potter Bracket.

Review: The Dog Doc

This is definitely the only film that includes a German shepherd receiving magnetic muscle stimulation. There’s that.

Tales from a Quarantine

“How are you?” has taken on a whole new meaning these days, and that meaning seems to change every week..

Top Chef Recap

We rejoin the twelve remaining chefs for what feels like a forgotten relic of a distant time: the reality television show/new feature film tie-in.

Tales from a Quarantine

For the United States, Wednesday, March 11th will be remembered, shall we say, as the “day which shall live in infamy” for the coronavirus crisis.

This is So Last Week: 3/21/20-4/10/20

With the entertainment world seemingly frozen in place, we were still able to patch together a review of recent pop culture news. With everything else going on in the world (or not), we hope you were paying attention.

Review: Love. Wedding. Repeat.

I’m pretty sure I liked “Love. Wedding. Repeat” specifically because it’s a damn mess.

April Forecast (?)

Most theatrical film releases have been canceled...

The #1 Movie in America

Michael Bay doesn’t generally make unsuccessful movies.

Tales from a Quarantine

BOP staff is checking in from around the world to let you know how they're spending their time.

The 400-Word Review

Few films speak to the strengths of their creators as clearly as “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.”

Shiny Things

On June 21, 2004, BOP debuted one of its most popular columns in the early years.

Movie Review: Crip Camp

Perhaps the main title, “Crip Camp,” and the poster for it, which features a disabled kid in a wheelchair being pushed around by a guitar-holding camp counselor, are misleading.

Survivor Recap

We're back for the MERGE episode of WaW and I'm totally ready for it.

Not the Weekend Wrap-Up

Three weekends ago, Onward won the domestic box office campaign with $10.6 million. We deemed it a disastrous result...

Review: Coffee & Kareem

Let’s get this out of the way: That’s a really bad title.

The 400-Word Review

The recently renamed Academy Award for Best International Film has been awarded since 1956.

Top Chef Recap

There will be no Quickfire this episode because the chefs are being asked to do some research before the Elimination Challenge.

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