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Author: Dr. Winston O'Boogie

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 18, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Saints of Imperfection”

Previously: Mirror Georgiou recruited Voq/Tyler AKA Vyler into Section 31. Lt. Spock was wanted for the murder of his doctors. Tilly started to see the ghost of her junior high classmate May, who turned out to be a “multidimensional fungal…

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

Fantastic Four (2015), a recap (part 1 of 7)

In 2015, 20th Century Fox achieved a remarkable feat: At a time when comic book movies and Marvel superheroes in particular were seen as a license to print money, they still managed to make a massive bomb out of their reboot of Marvel’s Fantastic Four. Even more remarkably...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 11, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “An Obol for Charon”

Previously: Discovery was out to track down the source of “seven signals” that seem to foretell appearances of the Red Angel. Spock knew about the signals months before they were detected, which in some way led to him voluntarily committing…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 8, 2019

The 30 most popular posts of 2018

It’s time once again to revisit this website’s most popular posts from the previous year, and it looks like 2018 was a time when people really, really wanted to read about 1) movie predictions, and 2) Suicide Squad. Note:…

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

Star Trek: Discovery “Point of Light”

Previously: Michael Burnham fell in love for the very first time with Lt. Ash Tyler, a man who—whoops—turned out to be a surgically-altered Klingon sleeper agent better known as Voq the Torchbearer. Together with his Klingon lover L’Rell,…

Movies / Text

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

Hit or Bomb? February 2019 movie predictions

It’s a new month, and this one isn’t quite as much of a dumping ground as the last one, but still not a whole lot better. Nevertheless, our box office gurus are going to persevere and again take the time…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 28, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “New Eden”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Captain Christopher Pike arrived to take command of the Discovery, due to the detection of mysterious “red bursts” all throughout the galaxy that need investigating. But instead of a Red Burst, Discovery found an…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 21, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Brother”

Last season on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham’s mutiny aboard the USS Shenzhou led to the death of her captain Philippa Georgiou, though not to the protracted war with the Klingons that followed, but everybody blamed her for it…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 15, 2019

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 2: Split (2016)

Previously in the Unbreakable Trilogy: Despite mediocre reviews, 2000’s Unbreakable was a pretty sizable hit for M. Night Shyamalan, who then went on to experience years of diminishing critical and commercial returns culminating in bombs like Lady in the Water…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 14, 2019

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 1: Unbreakable (2000)

Lately, a lot of film critics and film fans have been revisiting Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan’s deconstructionist take on superhero mythology, mostly thanks to a mid-credits scene in Shyamalan’s 2016 thriller Split that revealed it was secretly a backdoor…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 7, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Escape Artist”

And finally, we come to the last of the four Short Treks released on CBS All Access in anticipation of the second season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. My initial viewing of “The Escape Artist” was honestly a bit…

Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 3, 2019

Hit or Bomb? January 2019 movie predictions

It’s January, Hollywood’s usual dumping ground for lackluster movies, and this year might be the Januariest January in recent memory. Despite a paltry slate consisting mostly of films you can’t believe didn’t go straight to streaming, our box office gurus…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 27, 2018

The Great Wall (2016)

Anyone who follows the movie business nowadays is starkly aware that the Chinese box office now accounts for a disproportionate share of Hollywood blockbuster profits. This is why audiences of late have seen unprecedented levels of pandering to China in…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 13, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Brightest Star”

It’s time for another installment of Short Treks, AKA the mini-episodes of Star Trek: Discovery being released monthly in the lead-up to January’s season premiere. And unlike the previous two Short Treks, “Runaway” and “Calypso”, the synopsis for “The Brightest…

Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 6, 2018

Hit or Bomb? December 2018 movie predictions

It’s the holiday season and we’ve got a lot of wide releases to cover this month, so let’s get to it. Our box office gurus this time around are Tyler Peterson, Thomas Ricard, Julie Kushner, Jordon Davis, and Rick Lewis.…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 29, 2018

Star Trek: Voyager “Tsunkatse”

As I continue my look back at Star Trek: Voyager, I’ve been focusing mainly on the terrible episodes, but I have to admit that this current episode really isn’t all that terrible. In fact, for anyone who was watching…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 12, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks “Calypso”

Here we go with another installment of Short Treks, the mini-episodes that are being released only on CBS All Access to help build anticipation for January’s season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. And I feel like the trailer for…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 8, 2018

God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)

The Christian movie studio Pure Flix was around for nearly a decade before becoming a major faith-based player thanks to 2014’s God’s Not Dead. Maudlin and treacly and often violently disdainful of nonbelievers, God’s Not Dead nevertheless struck a…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 31, 2018

Hit or Bomb? November 2018 movie predictions

It’s early November, which means that much like the big box retailers, it’s time for Hollywood studios to put away the Halloween stuff and start pushing the Christmas crap way too early. So join us as we once again make…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 16, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

To build up hype for January’s second season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access will be posting a series of “Short Treks” over the next few months. These are basically the service’s latest attempt to drag the…

Author: Dr. Winston O'Boogie

Star Trek: Discovery “Saints of Imperfection”

Fantastic Four (2015), a recap (part 1 of 7)

Star Trek: Discovery “An Obol for Charon”

The 30 most popular posts of 2018

Star Trek: Discovery “Point of Light”

Hit or Bomb? February 2019 movie predictions

Star Trek: Discovery “New Eden”

Star Trek: Discovery “Brother”

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 2: Split (2016)

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 1: Unbreakable (2000)

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Escape Artist”

Hit or Bomb? January 2019 movie predictions

The Great Wall (2016)

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Brightest Star”

Hit or Bomb? December 2018 movie predictions

Star Trek: Voyager “Tsunkatse”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Calypso”

God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)

Hit or Bomb? November 2018 movie predictions

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

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