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Author: Dr. Winston O'Boogie

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 14, 2020

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 3: Glass (2019)

Previously in the Unbreakable Trilogy: In the wake of 2016’s Split—an effective horror-thriller in spite of its paltry $9 million budget and a depiction of multiple personality disorder straight out of 1970s TV movies—some feared writer-director M. Night Shyamalan…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 1, 2020

What We’re Streaming: May 2020

It’s another month and movie theaters around the country are still closed due to the global pandemic, so the people who once brought you monthly box office predictions here at the Agony Booth are back for another installment of What …

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 31, 2020

What We’re Streaming: April 2020

Regular visitors to the Agony Booth know that our monthly Hit or Bomb? box office prediction articles have been a popular fixture here for years now, but with movie theaters closed around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 4, 2020

Hit or Bomb? March 2020 movie predictions

We’re past the dump months of January and February, which means it’s time for studios to roll out their second-tier blockbusters to take advantage of spring break audiences. Here to predict whether some of the biggest March releases will be…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 12, 2020

The 30 most popular posts of 2019

Another year is upon us, and it’s time again to take a look at what Agony Booth readers clicked on the most in 2019. Note: As always, posts aren’t ranked by total views (which would be unfairly biased towards articles…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 6, 2020

Hit or Bomb? February 2020 movie predictions

Another February is upon us and I think we all know what to expect by now. Our box office prognosticators this month are Thomas Stockel, Tyler Peterson, Rick Lewis, and Jordon Davis. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of …

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 15, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Shades of Gray”

A long, long time ago, when the Agony Booth’s list of Star Trek recaps was called the Worst of Trek and only consisted of recaps of bottom-of-the-barrel episodes like “Spock’s Brain” and “The Outrageous Okona”, there was one episode that seemed like a no-brainer to be included on the list. Anyone even vaguely familiar with the franchise knows exactly which episode is the most hated...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 2, 2020

Hit or Bomb? January 2020 movie predictions

Another new year and another January are upon us, and I think by now we all know what that means. Here to predict which of these (mostly long-delayed) films will be HITs (unlikely) and which will BOMB are Thomas…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 19, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 10 of 10)

Previously: V’Ger threatened to destroy all life on Earth, leading both Kirk and the screenwriters to completely wing it, coming up with a plan on the fly that sees the Enterprise get drawn even deeper into the alien vessel for a personal meeting with V’Ger itself.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 16, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ephraim and Dot”

“Ephraim and Dot” is one of two animated Short Treks that premiered last Thursday, along with “The Girl Who Made the Stars”. But unlike that other short, “Ephraim and Dot” has a strong connection to Star Trek lore—which may be…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 13, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Previously in the Star Trek franchise: On October 12, 1974, the Star Trek Saturday morning cartoon aired its final episode, and (save for a proposed idea for a post-Nemesis animated web series) this would be the last time Star…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 4, 2019

Hit or Bomb? December 2019 movie predictions

It’s the Christmas movie season, where studios typically roll out lots of big blockbusters and awards bait, but much like two years ago, the release schedule is pretty light this year, because the assumption seems to once again be that…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 29, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 9 of 10)

Previously: Decker tried to put the moves on the Ilia-probe, while Spock stole a spacesuit and tried to put the mind-meld moves on V’Ger. Sadly, those living machines aren’t quite the easy lay that either man expected. Spock wakes up in Sickbay. Dr. Chapel is scanning his brain, and McCoy tells Kirk that the “power pouring through that mind-meld” may have caused Spock...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 20, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ask Not”

And now, the last of the Captain Pike-era Short Treks, “Ask Not”. At around nine minutes, this is the shortest Short Trek so far, and one of the most inconsequential. It’s built around a pretty obvious twist that negates…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 13, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 8 of 10)

Previously: The Enterprise entered the evil cloud and got a bit too close to the Great Sphincter. Lt. Ilia was abducted by the intruder, which left a robot “probe” lookalike in her place, sort of like a… changeling? And with that, it’s back to the TOS theme...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 6, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 7 of 10)

Previously: If you want to know what the last installment was like, give yourself a mild concussion and stare in wonder at all the lights and colors that dance before your eyes. Another alarm sounds, and this time, the Enterprise has been seized by a tractor beam...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 31, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 6 of 10)

Previously: Spock showed up at last and made himself science officer, leading to a heartwarming reunion where the guy was pretty near catatonic. There was some questioning of Spock’s motives between Kirk and McCoy that went nowhere, just in time for the Enterprise to make visual contact with the Maybe-Not-Evil Cloud.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 30, 2019

Hit or Bomb? November 2019 movie predictions

It’s almost November, that time of year reserved for films that are a bit too small-scale to qualify as summer blockbusters, but not good enough for the big holiday and awards season. Here to judge the box office potential of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 25, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 5 of 10)

Previously: The Slow-Motion Picture literally went into slow-motion as the Enterprise fell into a wormhole created purely by Kirk’s hubris. Decker agreed to “nursemaid” Kirk to prevent this sort of mishap from happening again, which isn’t quite as freaky as it sounds...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 19, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 4 of 10)

Previously: Kirk blindsided Decker by taking over the Enterprise, but Decker felt a lot better once his old flame Lt. Ilia came aboard. And then Kirk lost his science officer in a horrific transporter accident, but he felt a lot better once his old flame Dr. McCoy came aboard.

Author: Dr. Winston O'Boogie

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 3: Glass (2019)

What We’re Streaming: May 2020

What We’re Streaming: April 2020

Hit or Bomb? March 2020 movie predictions

The 30 most popular posts of 2019

Hit or Bomb? February 2020 movie predictions

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Shades of Gray”

Hit or Bomb? January 2020 movie predictions

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 10 of 10)

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ephraim and Dot”

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Hit or Bomb? December 2019 movie predictions

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 9 of 10)

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ask Not”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 8 of 10)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 7 of 10)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 6 of 10)

Hit or Bomb? November 2019 movie predictions

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 5 of 10)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 4 of 10)

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