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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Aug 2, 2018

Hit or Bomb? August 2018 movie predictions

It’s a new month, meaning it’s time once again for us to make knee-jerk assessments about which upcoming releases will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailers. Our box office gurus this time around…

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

Hit or Bomb? June 2018 movie predictions

For being smack-dab in the middle of blockbuster season, this month gets off to a pretty slow start. Guess everybody assumed Solo: A Star Wars Story would be dominating the box office for at least a little while, huh? Oops.…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 9, 2018

Tron (1982), a recap (part 6 of 6)

Before I get into the impact Tron has had on pop culture in the decades since its release, let’s discuss how the movie itself stands up. Video game-based movies are usually received with not much enthusiasm by most audiences. The…

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· by Tyler Peterson · May 7, 2018

7 ideas for the next A Star Wars Story

It was a golden moment when Lucasfilm and Disney announced their intention to make a series of standalone Star Wars movies in addition to the sequel trilogy. For the first time in history, the Star Wars franchise wasn’t penned in…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 3, 2018

Hit or Bomb? May 2018 movie predictions

Feeling like you’re recovering from a massive hangover of Avengers proportions? Well, pop a fistful of Tylenol and pour yourself a Bloody Mary, because blockbuster season has only just begun, and Hollywood still has a ton of action/comic book/sci-fi extravaganzas…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 10, 2018

Tron (1982), a recap (part 4 of 6)

Previously on Tron: Flynn discovered that he’d arrived at a place that is, essentially, Ready Player One before the Ernest Cline book (or the subsequent Spielberg film). He finally met the movie’s title character who, along with another program,…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 14, 2018

Tron (1982), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Previously on Tron: We learned that the computer world is becoming more and more advanced. A certain program that calls itself the Master Control Program pretty much dominates it. However, after it gets rid of a program that looks…

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· by Nathan Kerner · Mar 12, 2018

Can we stop using the word "reboot"?

Looking at this year’s slate of movie reboots (including Death Wish, Tomb Raider, Venom, Robin Hood: Origins, and Mary Poppins Returns) made me come to a realization: Someday, Disney is going to reboot Star Wars…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 5, 2018

Tron (1982), a recap (part 1 of 6)

I’ve written articles about films where I’ve made a point to note other movies that were released in the same year. To me, this has been relevant because the 1980s was a pretty great decade when it came to science…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 1, 2018

Hit or Bomb? March 2018 movie predictions

It may be March, but it’s looking more like summer at the cineplex, due to several big budget sci-fi/fantasy releases this month. Once again, it’s time for us here at the Agony Booth to play armchair box office prognosticators and…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 1, 2017

Hit or Bomb? November 2017 movie predictions

Welcome to November! It’s officially the holiday season and the studios are now bringing out their A-game in terms of star-studded special effects extravaganzas. Once again, we at the Agony Booth are here to make knee-jerk assessments about which of…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 19, 2017

Top 5 (good guy) movie sidekicks

Throughout history, both in real life and otherwise, there have always been those who seem to be, intentionally or not, subordinate to someone else. The slang expression that describes such a person is “sidekick”. In literature, such characters include Sancho…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 1, 2017

Hit or Bomb? March 2017 movie predictions

It’s a new month, and time for another batch of box office predictions. We’ve finally escaped the movie dumping grounds better known as January and February and entered that time of the year when there’s at least some small chance…

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· by Joey Tedesco · Jan 7, 2017

VIDEO: Top 5 animated films of 2016

How is it one of the most insane years in recent memory managed to have mostly great animated movies?

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· by Sursum Ursa · Dec 27, 2016

VIDEO: Mulan (1998)

Let's get down to business... to perform our designated gender role. HUH!

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· by Jonathan Campbell · Dec 19, 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016): Clumsy, but fun

Rogue One takes a different approach, and is both a prequel and an interquel, taking place between Episodes III and IV (immediately before Episode IV, as it eventually turns out) and details how the Rebellion managed to get hold of the Death Star plans that served as the MacGuffin of the original film.

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· by Nathan Kerner · Nov 10, 2016

Why I'm not excited about Star Wars going on forever

Well, we made it, people. We have reached the third age of Star Wars in cinema. The sci-fi cinematic juggernaut is back, and we'll be getting more Star Wars than ever before. ...And I don’t care.

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· by Thomas Ricard · Nov 4, 2016

Trolls, and the problem with "irreverent" kids' movies

Like all things, Hollywood has capitalized on our awareness of the prevalence of tropes, clichés, and recurring storytelling patterns by flattering our built-in cynicism and congratulating us for being so clever. For better and for worse, irreverence is now cool.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 27, 2016

Hit or Bomb? November movie predictions

Join us as we predict which of these November movies will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailers!

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· by Michael A. Novelli · Oct 12, 2016

So, could we… not get more Star Wars?

I’m not one to judge people for falling under the sway of merchandising-based nostalgia (I had He-Man and the Masters of the Universe bed sheets as a kid, so I get it). However, I can’t help but feel that this renewed obsession with trying to make Star Wars the epicenter of popular culture again is in some way unhealthy.

Tagged: Disney

Hit or Bomb? August 2018 movie predictions

Hit or Bomb? June 2018 movie predictions

Tron (1982), a recap (part 6 of 6)

7 ideas for the next A Star Wars Story

Hit or Bomb? May 2018 movie predictions

Tron (1982), a recap (part 4 of 6)

Tron (1982), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Can we stop using the word "reboot"?

Tron (1982), a recap (part 1 of 6)

Hit or Bomb? March 2018 movie predictions

Hit or Bomb? November 2017 movie predictions

Top 5 (good guy) movie sidekicks

Hit or Bomb? March 2017 movie predictions

VIDEO: Top 5 animated films of 2016

VIDEO: Mulan (1998)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016): Clumsy, but fun

Why I'm not excited about Star Wars going on forever

Trolls, and the problem with "irreverent" kids' movies

Hit or Bomb? November movie predictions

So, could we… not get more Star Wars?

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