Hit or Bomb? July 2018 movie predictions
Here we go again! It’s that time where we make snap judgments about which movies released this month will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailer. Our box office gurus this time...
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Hit or Bomb? September 2017 movie predictions
September’s here and school is back in session, meaning it’s the time of the year that the studios usually reserve for more mature, adult-oriented films. Which sounds great in theory after a summer full...
Hit or Bomb? June 2017 movie predictions
Welcome to June! We’re now in the thick of the summer movie season, with all the unwanted reboots and sequels a moviegoer could ever want. Once again, we at the Agony Booth are here...
Hit or Bomb? October movie predictions
Join us for the first in a (hopefully) regular feature on the Agony Booth where we make snap judgments about the box office chances of upcoming movies based solely on watching the trailers, including Gone Girl on a Train, The Birth of a Nation, Jack Reacher 2, and more.
Top Gun (1986): a recap (part 3 of 3)
“Maverick then rejoins the battle and helps Iceman take out the remaining enemy planes, as totally happened all the time during the Cold War. AMERICA, YEAHHHHH!”
Top Gun (1986): a recap (part 2 of 3)
The 30th anniversary recap continues as we try to find out if Top Gun is still on top after all these years.
Top Gun (1986): a recap (part 1 of 3)
“I’m willing to risk it all to bring you this mini-recap, and find out if Top Gun is still on top after all these years.”
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
“Director Doug Liman channels Harold Ramis, albeit taking things in a very different direction (less Andie MacDowell, more Alien MindControl).”
The top 10 films of 2014
“2014 was a great year for movies. So much so that making my top ten list this year was torturous (well, more torturous than usual).”
‘Edge of Tomorrow’: Terrible Title, but oh, That Tom Cruise
‘Edge of Tomorrow’: Terrible Title, but oh, That Tom Cruise
Jack Reacher (2012)
“Cruise tackles the role of an action antihero well, even though at age fifty, he’s probably getting too old for this.”
Morning Sideboob: Selena Gomez, Wannabe Born-Again Virgin
Morning Sideboob: Selena Gomez, Wannabe Born-Again Virgin
The Society For The Prevention Of Celebrity Divorce Will Prevent Celebrity Divorce With One Weird Trick
The Society For The Prevention Of Celebrity Divorce Will Prevent Celebrity Divorce With One Weird Trick
War of the Worlds (2005)
“While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it’s one of Steven Spielberg’s best, his version of War of the Worlds is high up there on the rather short list of remakes that are actually better than the originals.”
Endless Love (1981) vs. Endless Love (2014)
Let’s say you HAD to watch either the 1981 Endless Love or the 2014 Endless Love. Maybe Hezbollah is holding you hostage and forcing you, Clockwork Orange style, to watch a terrible, terrible movie....
Oblivion (2013)
“And much like an amnesiac, you’ll embark on an adventure that’s all too familiar, and by the end you’ll have forgotten it all anyway.”
Grown-Up Marky ‘Mark’ Wahlberg and Baby Matt Damon Are Not To Be Trifled With
Grown-Up Marky ‘Mark’ Wahlberg and Baby Matt Damon Are Not To Be Trifled With
Where's my Legend remake, Hollywood?
In a movie landscape completely obsessed with remakes, why hasn’t Legend been remade? And who would we cast as our intrepid heroes?
VIDEO: Magnolia (1999)
Cheapus takes you character by character through Magnolia, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s lengthy opus about 24 hours in the lives of interconnected people living in the San Fernando Valley, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards, and Tom Cruise in an Oscar-nominated role.
VIDEO: Minority Report (2002)
In Steven Spielberg’s overlong, needlessly complicated adaption of a Philip K. Dick short story, the Couch Jumper (AKA Tom Cruise) plays a “precrime” detective who stops murders before they happen with the help of blind, androgynous “precogs” who can see the future.
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