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· 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 Rob Kirchgassner · Nov 2, 2018

Battle of the “Kids in Adult Body” Comedies: Big vs. 13 Going on 30

There are numerous films about people switching bodies. Even the final episode of the original Star Trek series centered on this. Many of these stories are played for comedy, although a notable exception was the 1997 thriller Face/Off in which…

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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 Jordon Davis · Oct 30, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 5 of 8)

Previously: Senator Biter ordered a sexbot, but now she’s in the hands of two teenage boys. They’ve got her stashed in a motel for the night and this is… part 5? Seriously? I have got to get my life together.…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 25, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 4 of 8)

Previously: Vaguely successful fashion model Cynthia Kirchner thought she got her big acting break when asked to star in a teen sex comedy, but it doesn’t seem to be working out the way she’d hoped. Limus needs a place to…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Oct 24, 2018

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Over 25 years before Young Frankenstein hit cinemas, another classic comedy involving Mary Shelley’s creation made a memorable impression on audiences. That movie, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, was ambitious for a number of reasons. One of these was…

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· by Thomas Ricard · Oct 23, 2018

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#1-#5)

Halloween is upon us, which is why I’m counting down the ten best episodes of the ’90s Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark? In case you missed it, you can read part one of this list here. #5 …

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· by Steven Birkner · Oct 22, 2018

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

What do you get when you take away the usual ingredients of a Star Wars movie, such as lightsaber duels, the Jedi, and the Force? What happens when you tell a more prosaic, character-driven story that delves into the background…

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· by Thomas Ricard · Oct 18, 2018

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#6-#10)

Halloween season is upon us, so you know what that means: Drunk costume parties, an excuse to buy a truckload of candy for trick-or-treaters only to eat most of it yourself, and of course, binging on old horror or Halloween-related…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 17, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 3 of 8)

Previously: The Polish brothers got their hands on some filmmaking equipment again. Now two teenagers are face-to-face with a naked robot. And the robot says...

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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…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 15, 2018

Solo was good; here's how it could've been great

Solo: A Star Wars Story was good. It was really good, you guys. You should see it if you haven’t yet. I’d imagine a fair bit of you haven’t, given that Solo was the second lowest-grossing Star Wars movie to…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Oct 11, 2018

Star Trek "Catspaw"

October is here again, and for many, that means the start of Halloween season. So why not look at the only episode in Star Trek franchise history that was an actual Halloween episode? This is the reason “Catspaw”, actually the…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 10, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 2 of 8)

Previously: These are the times that try men’s souls. Look on this picture and weep over it! And if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented. —Thomas Paine (probably) The Hot…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 8, 2018

The Official Drinking Game of the New Picard Series

In an unprecedented step for the Star Trek franchise, it’s been announced that Sir Patrick Stewart will trek through the stars once again in a new series about the further adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Picard was a natural choice…

Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 4, 2018

Hit or Bomb? October 2018 movie predictions

It’s October, which means Halloween is upon us and movie fans get to witness true horror: namely, Sony trying to make its own Marvel movie. It’s also time for us here at the Agony Booth to once again make knee-jerk…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 1, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 1 of 8)

Synopsis: Imagine the dumbest idea you’ve ever had in the stupidest dream of your entire life, and then imagine a community center for at-risk 7th graders making a film about it. You have now imagined a better movie than Hot …

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 24, 2018

You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990)

You Can’t Do That on Television is a Canadian series which initially aired on the CTV station in Ottawa in 1979. Just two years later, it began broadcasting on American TV via the cable network Nickelodeon. Cable TV itself was…

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· by Thomas Ricard · Sep 20, 2018

The Happytime Murders (2018)

In 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit didn’t just revolutionize animation with its seamless insertion of wacky cartoon animation into a majority of its live-action shots; it subtly satirized Hollywood’s own history through a hard-boiled noir plot with a novel premise:…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 17, 2018

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Luc Besson is not a man who inspires a lot of moderate opinions. He is not a moderate man. He’s been referred to as the most American French filmmaker, a title he earned through a characteristically French kind of pigheadedness.…

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

Battle of the “Kids in Adult Body” Comedies: Big vs. 13 Going on 30

Hit or Bomb? November 2018 movie predictions

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 5 of 8)

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 4 of 8)

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#1-#5)

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#6-#10)

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 3 of 8)

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

Solo was good; here's how it could've been great

Star Trek "Catspaw"

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 2 of 8)

The Official Drinking Game of the New Picard Series

Hit or Bomb? October 2018 movie predictions

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 1 of 8)

You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990)

The Happytime Murders (2018)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

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