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The Agony Booth is an ongoing inquisition into some of the worst movies humanity has to offer, and is not for the weak of spirit or the easily disheartened. However, if you think you have the fortitude to completely immerse yourself in a truly awful film, withstanding in-depth commentary and analysis, then the Agony Booth is the place for you. As Mirror Spock would say, you may just find it to be a most effective means of discipline.

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Movie Review: Stone Cold (1991)
Monday, May 5, 2008

"The bike crashes through the window... and right into the helicopter... which proceeds to go up in a huge fireball. Okay, maybe this film does have one thing Road House doesn't."

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TV Episode Review: Degrassi Junior High: "The Cover-Up"
Original Airdate: Sunday, February 8, 1987
Sunday, March 30, 2008

"Caitlin says they should try to get Rick to smile. Ooh, that sounds like a fantastic idea, doesn't it? And somehow, the writers were able to come up with a subplot even more insubstantial than the Voula-Steph animosity. At this point, I expect a subplot where Yick Yu debates whether or not to pick his nose in class."

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latest movie recaps:

Enterprise - "A Night in Sickbay" (2002)

a recap by Albert Walker

Another installment in the Worst of Trek!

Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, Connor Trineer.

In a nutshell: "This episode will not be presented in real time. It'll only feel that way."

Posted on: Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

Average reader rating: 8.761/10 (238 votes).

Epic Movie (2007)

a recap by Jordon Davis

Stars: Adam Campbell, Jayma Mays, Faune Chambers, Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge, Darrell Hammond, Fred Willard.

In a nutshell: A spoof in the tradition of Airplane!, if someone had replaced the first three reels of Airplane! with The Sorrow and the Pity.

Posted on: Sunday, April 6, 2008.

Average reader rating: 8.394/10 (198 votes).

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The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)

By Harry Medved, Randy Dreyfuss.

Amazon Customer Review by Matherson: "When this was written, bad films were defined by their short cinematic run and scathing theater reviews. Twenty years later, the advent of video has given us an altogether more awful prospect: the simply unwatchable 'straight to video' flick. Some of the 50 Worst Ever are 'so bad they're good', some are plain, unwatchably, bad, and yet others are admittedly in bad taste but not actually bad films. Some of these line-ball calls are due to the fact that there was originally a core of about 20 really "good" bad films in the first draft, and then the publisher insisted on 50." New: $64.31! Used: $3.69!

The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)

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Star Trek: Voyager - "The Fight" (1999)

a recap by Mark M. Meysenburg

Another installment in the Worst of Trek!

Stars: Robert Beltran, Robert Picardo, Ray Walston, Carlos Palomino.

In a nutshell: "If you listen carefully, you'll hear the thud as this episode hits the canvas."

Posted on: Sunday, March 23, 2008.

Average reader rating: 7.857/10 (126 votes).

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

a recap by Team Agony Booth

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Stars: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker.

In a nutshell: "Every shot is tilted at a different angle. I'd call this 'jarring', but I'd worry about offending jars."

Posted on: Sunday, March 9, 2008.

Average reader rating: 8.940/10 (298 votes).

I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

a recap by Jack Spencer, Jr.

Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough.

In a nutshell: "There's an old saying in Hollywood: You're only as good as your last movie. Unfortunately for Lindsay Lohan, this is her last movie. If it's any consolation to her, it's all her fault."

Posted on: Wednesday, February 20, 2008.

Average reader rating: 8.216/10 (176 votes).

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