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On an all-new edition of The Weekly Podioplex, Batman v Superman remained on top, but at a cost. This week's newcomers are small but innovative, and the question remains: How long can Justice reign? In addition, you can bring the Force home this week, as well as a touching farewell for a time-traveling companion. This and more on this week's edition of The Weekly Podioplex, brought to you on the Chronic Rift Network.

 

 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for April 5, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Hardcore Henry

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – [Second Week]
#2 – Zootopia – [Even]
#3 – My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – [Even]
#4 – God’s Not Dead 2 – [New Release]
#5 – Miracles from Heaven – [-1]
#6 – The Divergent Series: Allegiant – [-1]

#7 – 10 Cloverfield Lane – [-1]
#8 – Meet the Blacks – [New Release]
#9 – Eye in the Sky – [+2]
#10 – Deadpool – [-3]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – Hop
2006 – Ice Age: The Meltdown
1996 – Primal Fear
1986 – Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1976 – Taxi Driver

Box Office Premieres for the week of April 8th, 2016

Wide

Hardcore Henry – [R]

The Boss – [R]

 

Limited

Demolition – [R]
The Invitation – [NR]

Louder than Bombs – [R]

Wedding Doll – [NR]
Mr. Right – [R]
The Dying of the Light – [NR]

Home Entertainment for the week of April 5th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – [PG-13]

Countdown – [R]

 

New Releases on Digital Video

 

Joy – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Doctor Who: Series Nine (2015)

The Expanse: Season One (2015)

Banshee: Season Three (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) – [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Earth Station Who

Earth Station Who is a show dedicated to the culture around the BBC icon Doctor Who. Join Mike F, Mike G, Mary, and Jennifer as we explore the 50 year history and fandom surrounding the Doctor With reviews, interviews and just general talk you never know WHO might pop up.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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 Zootopia gets one more weekend at the top before the debut of Batman Vs. Superman this weekend.  What other movies are being released at the same time?  Michael Falkner has the latest on a new Weekly Podioplex.

 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 22, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Zootopia [Third Week]
#2 – The Divergent Series: Allegiant
#3 – Miracles from Heaven
#4 – 10 Cloverfield Lane [-2]
#5 – Deadpool [-2]
#6 – London Has Fallen [-2]

#7 – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot [-2]
#8 – The Perfect Match [-2]
#9 – The Brothers Grimsby [-1]
#10 – The Revenant [+1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2006 – Inside Man
1996 – The Birdcage
1986 – Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1976 – Robin and Marian

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of March 25th, 2016

Wide

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – [PG-13]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – [PG-13]

 

Limited

I Saw the Light – [R]
Born to Be Blue – [R]

They’re Watching – [NR]

Home Entertainment for the week of March 22nd, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 – [PG-13]

Daddy’s Home – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Lost Girl: Seasons Five and Six – “The Final Chapters” (2015)

Fear the Walking Dead: Season One (2015)

Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (1999-2000)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Donovan’s Brain (1953) – [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Nutty Bites

A monthly podcast that is focused on art, the creative process, people out there in the verse doing creative works, audio dramas that I’m interested in, books, movies, tv, music, you name it. Also covering Cons, host discussions and other fun tidbits. In addition, games, contests and interviews with people who inspire me.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Coming Attractions: April 2016

Links

 

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DEADPOOL continues to impress at the box office, but the weekend's offerings offer new challenges for the Marvel flick.  Michael Falkner has this and more on an all new Weekly Podioplex.

 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 1, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Zootopia

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Deadpool [Third Week]
#2 – Gods of Egypt
#3 – Kung Fu Panda 3 [-1]
#4 – Risen [-1]
#5 – Triple 9
#6 – Eddie the Eagle

#7 – The Witch [-3]
#8 – How to Be Single [-3]
#9 – Race [-3]
#10 – The Revenant [-1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – Rango
2006 – Madea’s Family Reunion
1996 – Up Close & Personal
1986 – Pretty in Pink
1976 – Taxi Driver

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of March 4th, 2016

Wide

Zootopia – [PG]

London Has Fallen – [R]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – [R]

 

Limited

The Other Side of the Door – [R]
Knight of Cups – [R]

Desierto – [R]

The Wave – [R]

Emelie – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of March 1st, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Creed – [PG-13]

Room – [R]

The Danish Girl – [R]

Legend – [R]

The Night Before – [R]

Childhood’s End – [NR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (2015)

The Americans: Season Three (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Strange Brew (1983) – [PG]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Flash Pulp

Flash Pulp is an experiment in broadcasting fresh pulp stories in the modern age – 3 to 10 minutes, brought to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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Deadpool continues to reign at the box office, but perhaps this weekend's fare will bring it down.  Michael Falkner has the weekend movie releases, new TV on DVD and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 23, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Eddie the Eagle

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Deadpool [Second Week]
#2 – Kung Fu Panda 3 [Even]
#3 – Risen
#4 – The Witch
#5 – How to Be Single [-2]
#6 – Race

#7 – Zoolander 2 [-3]
#8 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [-1]
#9 – The Revenant [-4]
#10 – Hail, Caesar! [-4]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – Hall Pass
2006 – Madea’s Family Reunion
1996 – Rumble in the Bronx
1986 – Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1976 – Taxi Driver


Box Office Premieres for the week of February 26th, 2016

Wide

Eddie the Eagle – [PG-13]

Gods of Egypt – [PG-13]

Triple 9 – [R]

 

Limited

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny – [PG-13]
Tere Bin Laden Dead or Alive – [NR]

The Last Man on the Moon – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 23rd, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

The Good Dinosaur – [PG]

Spotlight – [R]

Extraction – [R]

Diablo – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)

Fargo: Season Two (2015)

Warehouse 13: The Complete Series (2009-2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

The Big Sleep (1946) – [Approved]

Key Largo (1948) – [UR]

The Graduate (1967) – [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Remake This Movie RIGHT

“Remake This Movie RIGHT!” is a bi-weekly podcast where we take a classic film that is actively being remade by Hollywood studio execs, and craft our own version of how a modern retelling should go. Does the story need updating? Should characters or motives be tweaked? Do we need more muppets? We take all factors into account, concoct our film, and then offer a Final Pitch to you in movie trailer form. By the end of each episode, we will Remake This Movie RIGHT!

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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It's a delayed episode of the Podioplex as Deadpool continues its reign at the top of the box office.  Plus, Michael Falkner's got new movie news.
 
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 16, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Race


Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Deadpool [New Records]
#2 – Kung Fu Panda 3 [-1]
#3 – How to Be Single
#4 – Zoolander 2
#5 – The Revenant [-1]
#6 – Hail, Caesar! [-4]

#7 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [-4]
#8 – The Choice [-3]
#9 – Ride Along 2 [-1]
#10 – The Boy [-1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – Unknown
2006 – Eight Below
1996 – Broken Arrow
1986 – Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1976 – Taxi Driver

Box Office Premieres for the week of February 19th, 2016

Wide

Race – [PG-13]

Risen – [PG-13]

The Witch – [R]

 

Limited

Embrace of the Serpent – [NR]
Busci novio para mi mujer – [PG-13]

Neerja – [NR]

Rolling Papers – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 16th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Steve Jobs – [R]

Trumbo – [R]

The 33 – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Girls: Season Four (2015)

Family Matters: Season Five (1993)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

The Kid (1921) – [NR]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Earth Station Who

Earth Station Who is a show dedicated to the culture around the BBC icon Doctor Who. Join Mike F, Mike G, Mary, and Jennifer as we explore the 50 year history and fandom surrounding the Doctor With reviews, interviews and just general talk you never know WHO might pop up.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Minor notes: Star Wars, the X-Men films, and Deadpool's R rating.

Links

 

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It's a quiet week for the movies in terms of anyone taking the top spot.  Kung Fu Panda 3 continued to dominate at the box office last weekend, but this weekend is for lovers and what says love like Marvel's Deadpool.  Check out what other movie offerings are available on a new Weekly Podioplex with Michael Falkner.
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 9, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Deadpool

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Kung Fu Panda 3 [Second Week]
#2 – Hail, Caesar!
#3 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [Even]
#4 – The Revenant [-2]
#5 – The Choice
#6 – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

#7 – The Finest Hours [-3]
#8 – Ride Along 2 [-3]
#9 – The Boy [-2]
#10 – Dirty Grandpa [-4]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – Just Go With It
2006 – The Pink Panther
1996 – Broken Arrow
1986 – Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1976 – Next Stop, Greenwich Village


Box Office Premieres for the week of February 12th, 2016

Wide

Deadpool – [R]

Zoolander 2 – [PG-13]

How to Be Single – [R]

 

Limited

Where to Invade Next – [R]
Fitoor – [NR]

Of Mind and Music – [PG-13]

Providence – [NR]

Touched With Fire – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 9th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Spectre – [PG-13]

Crimson Peak – [R]

Love the Coopers – [PG-13]

MI-5 – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Touched By an Angel: The Complete Series (1994-2003)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection (1979-1991) – [PG]

Star Trek: The Next Generation Movie Collection (1994-2002) – [PG/PG-13]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Generations Geek

Generations Geek is a family-friendly celebration of geekdom by a father/daughter crime-fighting duo. Okay, perhaps they don’t fight crime, but they are two generations of geek. In every monthly episode they talk about stuff like books, movies, comics, games, and any other geeky thing they think of.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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There's a new leader at the top of the box office.  With an impressive debut, Kung Fu Panda 3 shows that some sequels still have staying power.  But what of this week's offerings and DVD releases?  Michael Falkner has the latest on a new Weekly Podioplex.​
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 2, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Hail, Caesar!

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Kung Fu Panda 3
#2 – The Revenant [-1]
#3 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [-1]
#4 – The Finest Hours
#5 – Ride Along 2 [-2]
#6 – Dirty Grandpa [-2]

#7 – The Boy [-2]
#8 – The 5th Wave [-2]
#9 – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi [-2]
#10 – Fifty Shades of Black

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – The Roommate
2006 – When a Stranger Calls
1996 – Black Sheep
1986 – Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1976 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of February 5th, 2016

Wide

Hail, Caesar! – [PG-13]

The Choice – [PG-13]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Regression – [R]
Southbound – [NR]

Eisenstein in Guanajuato – [UR]

Tumbledown – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 2nd, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Suffragette – [PG-13]

Truth – [R]

Bridge of Spies – [PG-13]

The Last Witch Hunter – [PG-13]

Rock the Kasbah – [R]

Our Brand is Crisis – [R]

Man Up – [R]

Mercy Street – [NR]

Batman: Bad Blood – [PG-13]

 

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Falling Skies: Season Five (2015)

Falling Skies: The Complete Series (2011-2015)

From Dusk Till Dawn: Season Two (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – [G]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Dead Robots Society

The Dead Robots’ Society was created by Justin Macumber in an effort to offer advice and support to other aspiring writers. All the hosts, current and former, have writing experience of some kind. They gather on a weekly basis to share stories of their individual journeys and discuss topics important to the world of writing. Occasional forays into the territories of brown dragons, taco eating cowboy space ninjas, or random discussions involving monkeys are all considered rumor at best and none of the hosts are willing to admit any of that actually happened.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens climbed upward in the box office ranking this weekend, but it wasn't enough to keep it at the top.  In addition, Ride Along 2 didn't hold the spot as well.  A new movie has taken the position, but how long will that last when there are new movie releases for Febraury just around the corner?  Michael Falkner has this and more on an all new episode of The Weekly Podioplex.
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 26, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Kung Fu Panda 3

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Revenant [+1]
#2 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [+1]
#3 – Ride Along 2 [-2]
#4 – Dirty Grandpa
#5 – The Boy
#6 – The 5th Wave

#7 – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi [-3]
#8 – Daddy’s Home [-3]
#9 – Norm of the North [-3]
#10 – The Big Short [-2]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – The Rite
2006 – Big Momma’s House 2
1996 – Mr. Holland’s Opus
1986 – The Color Purple
1976 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Box Office Premieres for the week of January 29th, 2016

Wide

Kung Fu Panda 3 – [PG]

The Finest Hours – [PG-13]

Fifty Shades of Black – [R]

 

Limited

Jane Got a Gun – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 26th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Goosebumps – [PG-13]

Burnt – [R]

Chi-Raq – [R]

The Assassin – [NR]

 

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Doctor Who: Series Nine, Part Two (2014)

Downton Abbey: Season Six (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Kansas City Confidential (1952) – [NR]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The SciFi Diner Podcast

In this Science Fiction Podcast, we share interviews, reviews, and opinions on popular and perhaps not so popular Science Fiction TV shows and movies.

 

Quick Flicks

 

February 2016 Coming Attractions

 

Links

 

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With apologies to Michael Falkner, here is the delayed release of the January 19, 2015 edition of The Weekly Podioplex.  So, did you win in the movie pool concerning what was going to topple The Force Awakens from the top box office spot?  Who was surprised?  We've got the coverage as well as new movie and DVD releases on this episode.
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 19, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Dirty Grandpa

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Ride Along 2
#2 – The Revenant [Even]
#3 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [-2]
#4 – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
#5 – Daddy’s Home [-3]
#6 – Norm of the North

#7 – The Forest [-3]
#8 – The Big Short [-1]
#9 – Sisters [-4]
#10 – The Hateful Eight [-4]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – No Strings Attached
2006 – Underworld: Evolution
1996 – From Dusk till Dawn
1986 – Iron Eagle
1976 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of January 22nd, 2016

Wide

Dirty Grandpa – [R]

The 5th Wave – [PG-13]

The Boy – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Ip Man 3 – [PG-13]

Synchronicity – [R]

Monster Hunt – [NR]

Mojave – [R]

Aferim! – [NR]

Exposed – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 19th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Everest – [PG-13]

Woodlawn – [PG]

Jem and the Holograms – [PG]

Straight Outta Compton – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Continuum: Season Four (2015)

12 Monkeys: Season One (2015)

Sister Sister: The Complete Collection (1994-1999)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Gilda (1946) – [NR]

The Ice Pirates (1984) – [PG]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Hollywood Outsider

The Hollywood Outsider Podcast is four guys who love the same things you do - Entertainment. Not always PC, but always entertaining, our Podcast is for people who LOVE movies & TV.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

 

Links

 

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues its dominence at the box office.  Will it manage to make it through the month of January at the top?  Michael Falkner has new movie releases that could challenge it on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
 
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 12, 2016

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Ride Along 2

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [Fourth Week]
#2 – The Revenant [+21]
#3 – Daddy’s Home [-1]
#4 – The Forest
#5 – Sisters [-1]
#6 – The Hateful Eight [-3]

#7 – The Big Short [Even]
#8 – Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip [-3]
#9 – Joy [-3]
#10 – Concussion [-2]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2011 – The Green Hornet
2006 – Glory Road
1996 – 12 Monkeys
1986 – Out of Africa
1976 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of January 15th, 2016

Wide

Ride Along 2 – [PG-13]

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The Force Awakens is quite awake at the box office as it continues to not only dominate the box office, but box office records as well.  And with the New Year's weekend ahead, it looks to continue that dominance with the short movie release schedule available.  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
 
 Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 29, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Hateful Eight

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [New Record, Second Week]
#2 – Daddy’s Home
#3 – Joy
#4 – Sisters [-1]
#5 – Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip [-3]
#6 – Concussion

#7 – The Big Short [+12]
#8 – Point Break
#9 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 [-5]
#10 – Creed [-5]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Little Fockers
2005 – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1995 – Toy Story
1985 – Rocky IV
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of January 1st, 2016

Wide

The Hateful Eight – [R]

 

Limited

Anomalisa – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 29th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Bone Tomahawk – [NR]

Hitman: Agent 47 – [R]

A Walk in the Woods – [R]

Heist – [R]

The Perfect Guy – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Shameless: Season Five (2015)

Ray Donovan: Season Three (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

None

 

Podcast Promos

 

Geek Radio Daily

Geek Radio Daily is your one stop shop for all your geeky goodness. Check out Billy Flynn, Flynnstress, and Saucy on GRDsWeekly, the sometimes weekly podcast. All the geek without the wait!

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

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Was it any surprise that Star Wars: The Force Awakens did as well as it did at the box office this past weekend?  And it certainly looks to hold that spot this weekend despite there being four new movie releases to challenge it.  Just how far can this movie got when it appears to be so universally accepted as a proper sequel to the original Star Wars trilogy?  Michael Falkner has all this, some DVD releases, and a look at January movies that could challenge The Force Awakens on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 22, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Joy

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens [New Record]
#2 – Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
#3 – Sisters
#4 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 [-3]
#5 – Creed [-1]
#6 – The Good Dinosaur [-3]

#7 – Krampus [-2]
#8 – In the Heart of the Sea [-6]
#9 – Dilwale
#10 – Bajirao Mastani

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Little Fockers
2005 – King Kong
1995 – Toy Story
1985 – Rocky IV
1975 – The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother


Box Office Premieres for the week of December 25th, 2015

Wide

Joy – [PG-13]

Point Break – [PG-13]

Daddy’s Home – [PG-13]

Concussion – [PG-13]

 

Limited

The Hateful Eight – [R]

The Revenant – [R]

45 Years – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 22nd, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

War Room – [PG]

Pan – [PG]

Pawn Sacrifice – [PG-13]

Project Almanac – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Defiance: Season Three (2015)

Dominion: Season Two (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) – [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Earth Station One 

Earth Station One is a pop culture podcast & blog celebrating our love for all things Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics & much, much more.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Coming Attractions for January 2016

Links

 

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The Force is strong in Michael Falkner as he presents a new Weekly Podioplex.  The Hunger Games gets its last grasp at the number one spot at the box office as the world prepares for the release of The Force Awakens.  The real question that the Las Vegas bookmakers should be taking a piece of the action is: "What movie will take The Force Awakens place at the box office in January?  Stay tuned for Michael's look at upcoming movies in January in a future episode.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 15, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 [Fourth Week]
#2 – In the Heart of the Sea
#3 – The Good Dinosaur [Even]
#4 – Creed [Even]
#5 – Krampus [-3]
#6 – The Night Before [Even]

#7 – Spectre [-2]
#8 – The Peanuts Movie [-1]
#9 – Spotlight [-1]
#10 – Brooklyn [-1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Tron: Legacy
2005 – King Kong
1995 – Toy Story
1985 – Rocky IV
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of December 18th, 2015

Wide

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – [PG-13]

Sisters – [R]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – [PG]

 

Limited

Son of Saul – [R]

Extraction – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 15th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – [PG-13]

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – [PG-13]

Ted 2 – [R]

Fantastic Four – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Marco Polo: Season One (2015)

Extant: Season Two (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

The Car (1977) – [PG]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Full of Sith

The Full of Sith Podcast is a show dedicated to bringing the most interesting Star Wars conversations in the galaxy with hosts Bryan Young, Tha Mike Pilot, and Bobby Roberts.

 

Star Wars Stacks

The Star Wars Stacks is a Star Wars Expanded Universe Bookclub. Once a month, we get together to discuss a different novel from the Star Wars EU.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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It's a brief episode of The Weekly Podioplex as there's only one new movie release to challenge The Hunger Games finale.  Plus, there are a few TV on DVD releases that might make some
good holiday gift ideas.
 
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 8, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: In the Heart of the Sea

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 [Third Week]
#2 – Krampus
#3 – The Good Dinosaur [-1]
#4 – Creed [-1]
#5 – Spectre [-1]
#6 – The Night Before [Even]

#7 – The Peanuts Movie [-2]
#8 – Spotlight [Even]
#9 – Brooklyn [Even]
#10 – The Secret in Their Eyes [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2005 – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1995 – Toy Story
1985 – Rocky IV
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of December 11th, 2015

Wide

In the Heart of the Sea – [PG-13]

Legend – [R]

 

Limited

The Big Short – [R]

Lady in the Van – [PG-13]

Don Verdean – [PG-13]

The Boy and the World – [PG]

Bleeding Heart – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 8th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Ant-Man – [PG-13]

Minions – [PG]

The Transporter Refueled – [PG-13]

Knock Knock – [R]

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

The X-Files: The Complete Series (1993-2002)

Hannibal: Season Three (2015)

Under the Dome: Season Three (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Speedy (1928) – [NR]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Skywalking Through Neverland

Skywalking Through Neverland is a Star Wars/Disney, fan-focused Podcast. We cover Star Wars, Disney, Superheroes and pop culture fandom. You know, that stuff that binds us all together as instantaneous friends! We showcase either what people have done with their fandom or talked to those who are involved first-hand in the universes that we LOVE.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 continues to dominate the box office.  Can the Krampus bring it down or will this weekend make it three in a row for the teen favorite?  Michael Falkner has this and new TV on DVD releases for possible holiday gifts on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 1, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Krampus

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 [Second Week]
#2 – The Good Dinosaur
#3 – Creed
#4 – Spectre [-2]
#5 – The Peanuts Movie [-2]
#6 – The Night Before [-2]

#7 – The Secret in Their Eyes [-2]
#8 – Spotlight [Even]
#9 – Brooklyn [+3]
#10 – The Martian [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Tangled
2005 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
1995 – Toy Story
1985 – Rocky IV
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of December 4th, 2015

Wide

Krampus – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Chi-Raq – [R]

The Letters – [PG]

Macbeth – [NR]

Youth – [R]

A Royal Night Out – [PG-13]

The World of Kanako – [NR]

Life – [R]

Hitchcick/Truffaut – [PG-13]

Christmas Eve – [PG]

MI-5 – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 1st, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Cooties – [R]

Amy – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXIV (1988-1999)

Fear the Walking Dead: Season One (2015)

The Walking Dead: Season Five (Limited Edition) (2014)

Zoo: Season One (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) – [PG-13]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Remake This Movie RIGHT

“Remake This Movie RIGHT!” is a bi-weekly podcast where we take a classic film that is actively being remade by Hollywood studio execs, and craft our own version of how a modern retelling should go. Does the story need updating? Should characters or motives be tweaked? Do we need more muppets? We take all factors into account, concoct our film, and then offer a Final Pitch to you in movie trailer form. By the end of each episode, we will Remake This Movie RIGHT!

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

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James Bond couldn't survive the Hunger Games of the box office competition as Mockingjay, Part 2 took the top spot this past weekend.  But will it hold on through the holiday weekend?  And what's to come for the final month of 2015?  Michael Falkner has all the details on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for November 24, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Creed

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
#2 – Spectre [-1]
#3 – The Peanuts Movie [-1]
#4 – The Night Before
#5 – The Secret in Their Eyes
#6 – Love the Coopers [-3]

#7 – The Martian [-3]
#8 – Spotlight [+4]
#9 – The 33 [-4]
#10 – Bridge of Spies [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2005 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
1995 – Toy Story
1985 – King Solomon’s Mines
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest


Box Office Premieres for the week of November 27th, 2015

Wide

Creed – [PG-13]

The Good Dinosaur – [PG]

Victor Frankenstein – [PG-13]

 

Limited

The Danish Girl – [R]

Janis: Little Girl Blue – [NR]

Killing Them Safely – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of November 24th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Shaun the Sheep: The Movie – [PG]

No Escape – [R]

American Ultra – [R]

Ricki and the Flash – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Doctor Who: The Christmas Specials Giftset (2005-2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

The Mask (1961) – [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

My Star Wars Story

My Star Wars Story is a project to document the impact of Star Wars on the lives of those in the Star Wars Generation.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Coming Attractions for December 2015

Links

 

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 James Bond proves he still has box office muscle over fifty years later as the latest installment of the franchise tops the box office charts, taking down The Martian.  But can it maintain that dominance this weekend?  Michael Falker has the new movie and DVD releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for November 10, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The 33


Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Spectre
#2 – The Peanuts Movie
#3 – The Martian [-2]
#4 – Goosebumps [-2]
#5 – Bridge of Spies [-2]
#6 – Hotel Transylvania 2 [-2]

#7 – Burnt [-1]
#8 – The Last Witch Hunter [-3]
#9 – The Intern [+2]
#10 – Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Megamind
2005 – Chicken Little
1995 – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1985 – Death Wish 3
1975 – Let’s Do It Again

Box Office Premieres for the week of November 13th, 2015

Wide

The 33 – [PG-13]

Love the Coopers – [PG-13]

My All American – [PG]

 

Limited

By the Sea – [R]

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – [NR]

James White – [R]

Entertainment – [R]

Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words – [NR]

Kilo Two Bravo – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of November 10th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Mr. Holmes – [PG]

Terminator Genisys – [PG-13]

Self/less – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Justice League Unlimited: The Complete Series (2001-2006)

Better Call Saul: Season One (2014)

WKRP in Cincinnati: Season Four (1981)

Automan: The Complete Series (1983-1984)

Manimal: The Complete Series (1983)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

Passage to Marseille (1944) – [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Star Wars Stacks

The Star Wars Stacks is a Star Wars Expanded Universe Bookclub. Once a month, we get together to discuss a different novel from the Star Wars EU.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

Links

 

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 The Martian continues to hold the top box office spot as a series of lackluster film releases have offered no competition.  But there are two major movie releases set in two popular franchises that will most likely take it down.  The question is, which one will be at the top when the weekend is over?  There's all this, plus Doctor Who and Batman releases on DVD to talk about on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for November 3, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: SPECTRE

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Martian [Even]
#2 – Goosebumps [Even]
#3 – Bridge of Spies [Even]
#4 – Hotel Transylvania 2 [+1]
#5 – The Last Witch Hunter [-1]
#6 – Burnt

#7 – Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension [-1]
#8 – Our Brand is Crisis
#9 – Crimson Peak [-1]
#10 – Steve Jobs [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Megamind
2005 – Chicken Little
1995 – Get Shorty
1985 – Death Wish 3
1975 – Let’s Do It Again


Box Office Premieres for the week of November 6th, 2015

Wide

SPECTRE – [PG-13]

The Peanuts Movie – [G]

 

Limited

Spotlight – [R]

Trumbo – [R]

Brooklyn – [PG-13]

Miss You Already – [PG-13]

Theeb – [NR]

What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of November 3rd, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Inside Out – [PG]

Vacation – [R]

The End of the Tour – [R]

Before We Go – [PG-13]

She’s Funny That Way – [R]

Toy Story That Time Forgot – [TV-G]

 

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Doctor Who: Series Nine, Part One (2014)

Batman: Season Three (1967)

Black Sails: Season Two (2015)

That ‘70s Show: The Complete Series (1998-2006)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past 

 

The 10th Kingdom (2000) – [NR]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Batcave Podcast

The Batcave Podcast is an Internet show that takes a look at each and every episode of the 60s Batman television series. Host John S. Drew celebrates the great and looks to see where the show went wrong as it slid into oblivion in its third and final season with a different guest host each week. In the end, John is attempting to justify his love for this series, not to the listener, but to himself. Join him on this long, strange trip.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

 

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 â€‹It's a double sized edition of The Weekly Podioplex.  Is there anything in two week's worth of movie releases that could take The Martian from the top of the box office?  Or perhaps one of the upocming November releases might make it.  It's all here and a double dose of DVD and Blu-ray releases.
 
 
Weekly Podioplex Notes for October 20, 2015
 
Introduction
Opening Clip: Jem and the Holograms
 
Box Office Report
 
Top Ten
#1 – Goosebumps
#2 – The Martian [-1]
#3 – Bridge of Spies
#4 – Crimson Peak
#5 – Hotel Transylvania 2 [-3]
#6 – Pan [-3]
#7 – The Intern [-3]
#8 – Sicario [-3]
#9 – Woodlawn
#10 – The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [-4]
 
(New Release) [Change]
 
 
Tops From the Past
2010 – Paranormal Activity 2
2005 – Doom
1995 – Get Shorty
1985 – Commando
1975 – Let’s Do It Again



Box Office Premieres for the week of October 23rd, 2015
Wide
Jem and the Holograms – [PG]
Steve Jobs – [R]
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – [R]
The Last Witch Hunter – [PG-13]
Rock the Kasbah – [R]
 
Limited
Suffragette – [PG-13]
I Smile Back – [R]
Burnt – [NR]
Nasty Baby – [R]
Difret – [NR]
 
 
Box Office Premieres for the week of October 30th, 2015
Wide
Our Brand is Crisis – [R]
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse – [R]
 
Limited
Love – [NR]
The Wonders – [NR]
Carter High – [PG-13]
 
Home Entertainment for the weeks of October 20th and October 27th, 2015
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for October 20th
 
Jurassic World – [PG-13]
Lonesome Dove – [NR]
 
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for October 27th
 
Pixels – [PG-13]
Southpaw – [R]
Max – [PG]
The Gift – [R]
The Human Centipede III: The Final Sequence – [UR]
The Human Centipede: The Complete Sequence – [UR]
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for October 20th

 

Nurse Jackie: Season Seven (2014)
The Facts of Life: Season Seven (1985)
Growing Pains: Season Six (1990)
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for October 27th

 

None
 
Blu-Rays From the Past for October 20th
 
Back to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy (1985-1990) – [PG]
Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1991)
Back to the Future: The Complete Adventures (1985-1991)
Back in Time (2015) – [NR]
 
Blu-Rays From the Past for October 27th
 
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) – [PG]
 
Podcast Promos
 
My Star Wars Story
My Star Wars Story is a project to document the impact of Star Wars on the lives of those in the Star Wars Generation.
 
Quick Flicks
 
Coming Attractions for November
Links
 
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 With apologies to Michael Falkner, here is last week's edition of The Weekly Podioplex.  In addition to The Martian continuing its dominance at the box office, Michael had other space news with Star Wars and Six Million Dollar Man release info.  Check it out.
 
 
Weekly Podioplex Notes for October 13, 2015
 
Introduction
Opening Clip: Goosebumps
 
Box Office Report
 
Top Ten
#1 – The Martian [Second Week]
#2 – Hotel Transylvania 2 [Even]
#3 – Pan
#4 – The Intern [Even]
#5 – Sicario [-2]
#6 – The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [-1]
#7 – The Walk [+4]
#8 – Black Mass  [-2]
#9 – Everest [-2]
#10 – The Visit [-2]
 
(New Release) [Change]
 
 
Tops From the Past
2010 – Jackass 3D
2005 – The Fog
1995 – Seven
1985 – Commando
1975 – Hard Times



Box Office Premieres for the week of October 16th, 2015
Wide
Goosebumps – [PG]
Crimson Peak – [R]
Bridge of Spies – [PG-13]
Woodlawn – [PG]
 
Limited
Truth – [R]
Room – [R]
All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records – [NR]
This Changes Everything – [NR]
Momentum – [NR]
 
Home Entertainment for the week of October 13th, 2015
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray
 
Tomorrowland – [PG]
San Andreas – [PG-13]
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Justified: The Complete Series (2010-2015)
Bates Motel: Season Three (2014)
The Following: Season Three (2014)
The Following: The Complete Series (2013-2015)
Mad Men: Season Seven, Part Two (2015)
Mad Men: The Complete Series (2007-2015)
The 100: Season Two (2014)
Heroes: The Complete Series (2006-2010)
Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Series (1973-1978)
The Bionic Woman: The Complete Series (1976-1978)
 
Blu-Rays From the Past
 
Aladdin (1992) – [G]
Land Before Time (1988) – [G]
 
Podcast Promos
 
Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast
The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman were two of the most influential television programs of the 70's.  During the height of their popularity, Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) would battle Fembots, Bigfoot, Venus Death Probes, deadly duplicates, foreign spies, and bitter cold to protect the United States' interests through the O.S.I. Every other Sunday, hosts John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson talk about one episode from either series in depth with another fan of the series.  The podcast looks at the episodes, the pilot movies, and the reunion movies covering them from synopsis to review to a look at the mythology of both series.
 
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Thttp://www.allbharathnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Martian-%E2%80%93-An-Awesome-Movie-with-Matt-Damon-Action.jpghe Martian took out the competition last weekend, but does it have the staying power to last a second week with new releases this weekend?  Michael Falkner has this and Mission: Impossible on an all new Weekly Podioplex.
 
Weekly Podioplex Notes for October 6, 2015
 
Introduction
Opening Clip: Pan
 
Box Office Report
 
Top Ten
#1 – The Martian
#2 – Hotel Transylvania 2 [-2]
#3 – Sicario [+7]
#4 – The Intern [-2]
#5 – The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [-2]
#6 – Black Mass [-1]
#7 – Everest [-3]
#8 – The Visit [-2]
#9 – War Room [-1]
#10 – The Perfect Guy [-3]
 
(New Release) [Change]
 
 
Tops From the Past
2010 – The Social Network
2005 – Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
1995 – Seven
1985 – Commando
1975 – Dog Day Afternoon



Box Office Premieres for the week of October 9th, 2015
Wide
Pan – [PG]
The Walk – [PG]
 
Limited
Big Stone Gap – [PG-13]
Steve Jobs – [R]
The Final Girls – [PG-13]
Victoria – [NR]
 
 
Home Entertainment for the week of October 6th, 2015
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray
 
Magic Mike XXL – [R]
Insidious: Chapter 3 – [PG-13]
Dark Places – [R]
Tremors 5: Bloodlines – [PG-13]
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! – [NR]
Ride – [R]
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

South Park: Season Eighteen (2014)
The Leftovers: Season One (2014)
Vikings: Season Three (2014)
Mission: Impossible: The Complete Original Series (1966-1973)
 
Blu-Rays From the Past
 
Spartacus (1960) – [PG-13]
 
 
Podcast Promos
 
Saturday B Movie Reel
A weekly podcast covering Syfy Channel Original Movies and other science fiction and fantasy B movies.
 
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The fall brings with it a number of new movies and with a more inconsistent audience, the number one film at the top can change with each week.  And that's the case as the second Maze Runner movie was beat by the second Hotel Transylvania movie.  But can it hold on with only one new movie opening this weekend?  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
Weekly Podioplex Notes for September 29, 2015
 
Introduction
Opening Clip: The Martian
 
Box Office Report
 
Top Ten
#1 – Hotel Transylvania 2
#2 – The Intern
#3 – The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [-2]
#4 – Everest [+1]
#5 – Black Mass [-3]
#6 – The Visit [-3]
#7 – The Perfect Guy [-3]
#8 – War Room [-2]
#9 – The Green Inferno
#10 – Sicario [+15]
 
(New Release) [Change]
 
 
Tops From the Past
2010 – The Social Network
2005 – Flightplan
1995 – Seven
1985 – Invasion U.S.A.
1975 – Three Days of the Condor



Box Office Premieres for the week of October 2nd, 2015
Wide
The Martian – [PG-13]
 
Limited
The Walk – [PG]
Freeheld – [PG-13]
He Name Me Malala – [PG-13]
Shanhai – [R]
Sicario – [R]
 
Home Entertainment for the week of September 29th, 2015
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray
 
Avengers: Age of Ultron – [PG-13]
Entourage – [R]
Spy – [R]
Cop Car – [R]
Zipper – [R]
Aloft – [R]
Poltergeist – [PG-13]
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Bones: Season Ten (2014)
Outlander: Season One, Volume Two (2014)
Grimm: Season Four (2014)
Reign: Season Two (2014)
iZombie: Season One (2014)
 
Blu-Rays From the Past
 
Goodfellas (1990) – [R]
 
 
Podcast Promos
 
Star Wars Stacks
The Star Wars Stacks is a Star Wars Expanded Universe Bookclub. Once a month, we get together to discuss a different novel from the Star Wars EU.
 
Quick Flicks
 
Vin Diesel confirms one last Fast and Furious trilogy
Star Wars Disney Parks update
Star Wars soundtracks
Back to the Future Day celebrations
 
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The newest entry in the Maze Runner series took the top of the box office this past weekend.  But can it outrun this weekend's movie releases?  Michael Falkner has this and some fan favorite DVD releases plus a look at October movie releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
Weekly Podioplex Notes for September 22, 2015
 
Introduction
Opening Clip: Hotel Transylvania 2
 
Box Office Report
 
Top Ten
#1 – The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
#2 – Black Mass
#3 – The Visit [-1]
#4 – The Perfect Guy [-3]
#5 – Everest
#6 – War Room [-3]
#7 – A Walk in the Woods [-3]
#8 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation [-3]
#9 – Straight Outta Compton [-3]
#10 – Grandma [+12]
 
(New Release) [Change]
 
 
Tops From the Past
2010 – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2005 – Flightplan
1995 – Seven
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws



Box Office Premieres for the week of September 25th, 2015
Wide
Hotel Transylvania 2 – [PG]
The Intern – [PG-13]
The Green Inferno – [R]
 
Limited
Stonewall – [R]
Labyrinth of Lies – [R]
99 Homes – [R]
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story – [PG-13]
The Keeping Room – [R]
Mississippi Grind – [R]
The Reflektor Tapes – [NR]
Ashby – [R]
 
 
 
Home Entertainment for the week of September 22nd, 2015
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray
 
Pitch Perfect 2 – [PG-13]
Disneynature: Monkey Kingdom – [G]
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Arrow: Season Three (2014)
The Flash: Season One (2014)
Doctor Who: “Dark Water” and “Death in Heaven” 3D (2014)
 
Blu-Rays From the Past
 
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) – [PG-13]
Breaker Morant (1980) – [PG]
 
Podcast Promos
 
Skywalking Through Neverland is a Star Wars/Disney, fan-focused Podcast. We cover Star Wars, Disney, Superheroes and pop culture fandom. You know, that stuff that binds us all together as instantaneous friends! We showcase either what people have done with their fandom or talked to those who are involved first-hand in the universes that we LOVE.
 
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There's a new leader at the box office, but more importantly - LOST IN SPACE!  Learn all about the series collection on Blu-Ray and more DVD releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
Weekly Podioplex Notes for September 15, 2015
 
Introduction
Opening Clip: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
 
Box Office Report
 
Top Ten
#1 – The Perfect Guy
#2 – The Visit

#3 – War Room [-1]
#4 – A Walk in the Woods [-1]
#5 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation [Even]
#6 – Straight Outta Compton [-4]
#7 – No Escape [-1]
#8 – The Transporter Refueled [-4]
#9 – 90 Minutes in Heaven
#10 – Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos [-1]
 
(New Release) [Change]
 
 
Tops From the Past
2010 – The Town
2005 – Just Like Heaven
1995 – To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws



Box Office Premieres for the week of September 18th, 2015
Wide
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – [PG-13]
Everest – [PG-13]
Black Mass – [R]
 
Limited
Katti Batti – [NR]
Sicario – [R]
Captive – [PG-13]
Pawn Sacrifice – [PG-13]
About Ray – [NR]
 
 
Home Entertainment for the week of September 15th, 2015
New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray
 
Cinderella – [PG]
Furious 7 – [PG-13]
 
TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Two (2014)
Marvel’s Agent Carter: Season One (2014)
Lost in Space: The Complete Adventures (1965-1968)
The Big Bang Theory: Season Eight (2014)
LEGO Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles (2015)
Empire: Season One (2014)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season Fifteen (2014)
CSI: Cyber: Season One (2014)
 
Blu-Rays From the Past
 
Mad Max (1979) – [R]
Defiance (1980) – [PG]
 
Podcast Promos
 
TechnoRetro Dads share the fandom and fun of their youth with their families as they build a bridge from the past to the future through the time spent with their kids in the present. Join JediShua and shazbazzar as they reminisce about the past while exploring the future of some of their favorite science fiction and fantasy properties of their youth. Listen in to discussions about the movies, music, games, and comics of the 70s and 80s as they share the days of their youth with their own kids in a positive, family-friendly atmosphere. If you’re a TechnoRetro Dad, the child of one, or just fondly remember the sci-fi/fantasy properties of the 70s and 80s, then this podcast is for you!
 
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 Michael Falkner returns from DragonCon with new movie and DVD releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.

 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for September 9, 2015

 

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Visit

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – War Room
#2 – Straight Outta Compton
#3 – A Walk in the Woods
#4 – The Transporter Refueled
#5 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation [-2]
#6 – No Escape [-2]

#7 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [-1]
#8 – Sinister 2 [-3]
#9 – Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos
#10 – Inside Out [+9]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Resident Evil: Afterlife
2005 – The Exorcism of Emily Rose
1995 – To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws


 

Box Office Premieres for the week of September 11th, 2015

Wide

The Visit – [PG-13]

The Perfect Guy – [PG-13]

90 Minutes in Heaven – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Coming Home – [PG-13]

Wolf Totem – [PG-13]

Sleeping With Other People – [R]

Time Out of Mind – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the weeks of September 9th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

The Age of Adeline – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

 

Supernatural: Season Ten (2014)

Gotham: Season One (2014)

Haven: Season Five, Volume One (2014)

Homeland: Season Four (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

Shocker (1989) – [R]

Dressed to Kill (1980) – [X]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Earth Station One

Earth Station One is a pop culture podcast & blog celebrating our love for all things Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics & much, much more.

 

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It's a double-sized Dragon Con edition of The Weekly Podioplex.  What is coming up in the next two weeks for the box office and DVD releases?  Michael Falkner has this and highlights from Disney's D23 Expo on a new episode.

 

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for August 25, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: No Escape

 

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Straight Outta Compton [Second Week]
#2 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation [Even]
#3 – Sinister 2
#4 – Hitman: Agent 47

#5 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [-2]
#6 – American Ultra

#7 – The Gift [-2]
#8 – Ant-Man [-2]
#9 – Minions [-1]
#10 – Fantastic Four [-6]

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – The Expendables
2005 – The 40-Year Old Virgin
1995 – Mortal Kombat
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws


 

Box Office Premieres for the week of August 28th, 2015

Wide

No Escape – [R]

We Are Your Friends – [R]

 

Limited (click links to see trailer)

Z for Zachariah – [PG-13]

War Room – [PG]

The Second Mother – [R]

Queen of Earth – [NR]

 

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of September 4th, 2015

Wide

The Transporter Refueled – [PG-13]

A Walk in the Woods – [R]

 

Limited (click link to see trailer) 

Before We Go – [PG-13]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the weeks of August 25th and September 1st, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for August 25th

Aloha – [PG-13]

Citizenfour – [R]

Skin Trade – [R]

The Runner – [R]

LEGO DC Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom! – [NR]

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for September 1st

Mad Max: Fury Road – [R]

I’ll See You in My Dreams – [PG-13]

Boulevard – [R]

Good Kill – [R]

The D-Train – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for August 25th 

The Walking Dead: Season Five (2014)

Criminal Minds: Season Ten (2014)

Elementary: Season Three (2014)

The Good Wife: Season Six (2014)

Revenge: Season Four (2014)

King of the Hill: Season Eleven (2007)

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for September 1st  

Star Wars Rebels: Season One (2014)

The Vampire Diaries: Season Six (2014)

The Originals: Season Two (2014)

Scorpion: Season One (2014)

Castle: Season Seven (2014)

Chicago Fire: Season Three (2014)

Chicago P.D.: Season Two (2014)

Hawaii Five-0: Season Five (2014)

Nashville: Season Three (2014)

New Girl: Season Four (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past for August 25th 

The Last Dragon (1985) – [PG-13]

 

Blu-Rays From the Past for September 1st 

Colors (1988) – [R]

 

 

Podcast Promos

The RevolutionSF RevCast

An online magazine and community dedicated to celebrating the best in science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming, RevolutionSF is created by professional columnists, artists, animators, and humorists from the most prominent genre-related websites and magazines around. Tough love for sci-fi.

 

 

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 Straight Outta Compton went straight to the top of the box office last weekend.  But is there a new movie release this weekend that offers a challenge?  And what is around the corner for new movies in September?  Michael Falkner has the details on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for August 18, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Hitman: Agent 47

 

 

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Straight Outta Compton
#2 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation [-1]
#3 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
#4 – Fantastic Four [-2]
#5 – The Gift [-2]
#6 – Ant-Man [-1]

#7 – Vacation [-3]
#8 – Minions [-2]
#9 – Ricki and the Flash [-2]
#10 – Trainwreck [-2]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – The Expendables
2005 – The 40-Year Old Virgin
1995 – Mortal Kombat
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of August 21st, 2015

Wide

Hitman: Agent 47 – [R]

American Ultra – [R]

Sinister 2 – [R]

 

Limited

Grandma – [NR]

6 Years – [NR]

Digging for Fire – [R]

She’s Funny That Way – [R]

Learning to Drive – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of August 18th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Little Boy – [PG-13]

Strangerland – [R]

Vendetta – [R]

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared – [R]

The Walt Disney Animated Studios Short Films Collection – [NR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Once Upon a Time: Season Four (2014)

The Blacklist: Season Two (2014)

Grey’s Anatomy: Season Eleven (2014)

Mike & Molly: Season Five (2014)

NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Season Twelve (2014)

NCIS: Los Angeles: Season Six (2014)

NCIS: New Orleans: Season One (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Hackers (1995) – [PG-13]

The Hunger (1983) – [R]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The SciFi Diner Podcast

In this Science Fiction Podcast, we share interviews, reviews, and opinions on popular and perhaps not so popular Science Fiction TV shows and movies.

 

 

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  • September’s Coming Attractions

 

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 The revamped Fantastic Four movie couldn't surpass the latest Mission: Impossible movie on what was a smaller weekend for the box office take.  Michael Falkner has the details as well as new movie and DVD releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.

 

 

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for August 11, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

 

 

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation [Second Week]
#2 – Fantastic Four
#3 – The Gift

#4 – Vacation [-2]
#5 – Ant-Man [-2]
#6 – Minions [-2]

#7 – Ricki and the Flash
#8 – Trainwreck [-2]
#9 – Pixels [-4]
#10 – Southpaw [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – The Expendables
2005 – Four Brothers
1995 – Dangerous Minds
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws

 

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of August 14th, 2015

Wide

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – [PG-13]

Straight Outta Compton – [R]

 

Limited

Mistress America – [R]

People Places Things – [R]

Fort Tilden – [R]

10,000 Saints – [R]

Final Girl – [R]

Unity – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of August 4th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Hot Pursuit – [PG-13]

Unfriended – [R]

Police Story: Lockdown – [NR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Person of Interest: Season Four (2014)

Hell on Wheels: Season Four (2014)

The Knick: Season One (2014)

Scandal: Season Four (2014)

2 Broke Girls: Season Four (2014)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season Sixteen (2014)

The Jeffersons: Season Eight (1981)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

The People Under the Stairs (1991) – [R]

Hellfighters (1968) – [G]

 

 

Podcast Promos

Nutty Bites

A monthly podcast that is focused on art, the creative process, people out there in the verse doing creative works, audio dramas that I’m interested in, books, movies, tv, music, you name it. Also covering Cons, host discussions and other fun tidbits. In addition, games, contests and interviews with people who inspire me.

 

 

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The Ant-Man was taken down after a profitable run by Tom Cruise's latest Mission: Impossible adventure.  And now there are a series of new movies opening this weekend that could easily take its place.  What movies interest you?  Or perhaps you'll stay home and watch any of the new DVD release offerings.  It's all here on a new Weekly Podioplex with Michael Falkner.

 

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for August 4, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Fantastic Four

 

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
#2 – Vacation

#3 – Ant-Man [-2]
#4 – Minions [-1]
#5 – Pixels [-3]
#6 – Trainwreck [-2]

#7 – Southpaw [-2]
#8 – Paper Towns [-2]
#9 – Inside Out [-2]
#10 – Jurassic World [-2]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – The Other Guys
2005 – Dukes of Hazzard
1995 – Waterworld
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws


Box Office Premieres for the week of August 7th, 2015

 

Wide

Fantastic Four – [PG-13]

The Shaun the Sheep Movie – [PG]

Ricki and the Flash – [PG-13]

The Gift – [R]

 

Limited

Cop Car – [R]

The Diary of a Teenage Girl – [R]

Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet – [PG]

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection “F” – [NR]

Dark Places – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of August 4th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Divergent Series: Insurgent – [PG-13]

Far from the Madding Crowd – [PG-13]

Barely Lethal – [PG-13]

Do You Believe? – [PG-13]

True Story – [R]

The Salvation – [R]

The Casual Vacancy – [NR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Orphan Black: Season Three (2015)

Strike Back: Season Three (2015)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Season One (1964)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Innerspace (1987) – [PG]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Roundtable Podcast

Every great story begins starts with a great idea. But… how do you know if your idea is strong enough to bear the weight of pen and ink? You do what we all do… you tell someone about it.  You talk it through, bounce ideas around, and get some feedback.  You have a discussion.

Now… wouldn’t it be great if you could have that discussion with some folks who’ve been around the block once or twice, who have published a book or two, or edited a few novels?  Now THAT discussion would be fabulous!  Think of what you could learn about your craft, the questions you could ask and the answers you’d get!

That’s what The Roundtable Podcast is all about.  It’s about nurturing ideas, fostering inspiration, and getting the creative juices flowing.  It’s also about mistakes and blind alleys, harsh reality and uncomfortable truths.

Each week we invite publishers, editors, and authors to get on the line with a writer who presents an idea on the table… an idea for a story they want to write.  And then everyone digs in, asking questions, pointing out problems, and proposing solutions.  Characters are dissected or dismissed, plots reinforced or torn apart altogether, and hopefully what started as an idea, becomes something more.

It becomes a story… one we’d all like to hear.

 

 

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It's another stellar box office week for Marvel's Ant-Man, but can the inch high superhero stand up to Tom Cruise and his latest Mission: Impossible movie?  And what's in store for the box office in August?  It's all here on a new Weekly Podioplex with Michael Falkner.

 

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for July 28, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

 


Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Ant-Man [Second Week]
#2 – Pixels
#3 – Minions [-1]
#4 – Trainwreck [-1]
#5 – Southpaw
#6 – Paper Towns

#7 – Inside Out [-3]
#8 – Jurassic World [-3]
#9 – Mr. Holmes [+2]
#10 – Terminator: Genisys [-4]

 

(New Release[Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Inception
2005 – Wedding Crashers
1995 – Waterworld
1985 – National Lampoon’s European Vacation
1975 – Jaws


 

Box Office Premieres for the week of July 31st, 2015

 

Wide

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – [PG-13]

Vacation – [R]

 

Limited

Best of Enemies – [R]

The End of the Tour – [R]

A LEGO Brickumentary – [G]

Listen to Me Marlon – [NR]

That Sugar Film – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of July 28th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Home – [PG]

Justice League: Gods and Monsters – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXIII (1988-1999)

Helix: Season Two (2015)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Miracle Mile (1988) – [R]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

Geek Radio Daily 

Geek Radio Daily is your one stop shop for all your geeky goodness. Check out Billy Flynn, Flynnstress, and Saucy on GRDsWeekly, the sometimes weekly podcast. All the geek without the wait!

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • August 2015’s Coming Attractions

 

 

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Ant-Man proved it wasn't such a small movie at the box office this weekend.  But is it big enough to take on the nostalgia of Pixels?  Michael Falkner has this and all the DVD release news on a new Weekly Podioplex.

 

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for July 21, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Pixels

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Ant-Man
#2 – Minions [-1]
#3 – Trainwreck
#4 – Inside Out [-1]
#5 – Jurassic World [-3]
#6 – Terminator: Genisys [-2]

#7 – Magic Mike XXL [-1]
#8 – The Gallows [-3]
#9 – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
#10 – Ted 2 [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Inception
2005 – Wedding Crashers
1995 – Waterworld
1985 – National Lampoon’s European Vacation
1975 – Jaws


Box Office Premieres for the week of July 24th, 2015

Wide

Pixels – [PG-13]

Paper Towns – [PG-13]

Southpaw – [R]

 

Limited

The Vatican Tapes – [PG-13]

Samba – [R]

Unexpected – [R]

Big Significant Things – [NR]

Phoenix – [PG-13]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of July 21st, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

What We Do in the Shadows – [R]

Wild Horses – [R]

Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery – [NR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Robot Chicken: Season Seven (2014)

The Centurions: Part One (1985)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) – [R]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Dead Robots Society

The Dead Robots’ Society was created by Justin Macumber in an effort to offer advice and support to other aspiring writers. All the hosts, current and former, have writing experience of some kind. They gather on a weekly basis to share stories of their individual journeys and discuss topics important to the world of writing. Occasional forays into the territories of brown dragons, taco eating cowboy space ninjas, or random discussions involving monkeys are all considered rumor at best and none of the hosts are willing to admit any of that actually happened.

 

Quick Flicks

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Animated fare continues to dominate the box office.  Minions takes the top spot this week, but can it hold that position this weekend as Marvel unleashes the Ant-Man?  (Never thought a sentence like that would be written.)  Michael Falkners got all this, DVD releases and Comic Con news on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for July 14, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Ant-Man

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Minions
#2 – Jurassic World [Even]
#3 – Inside Out [-2]
#4 – Terminator: Genisys [-1]

#5 – The Gallows
#6 – Magic Mike XXL [-2]

#7 – Ted 2 [-2]
#8 – Self/Less
#9 – Baahubali: The Beginning
#10 – Max [-4]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Inception
2005 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1995 – Apollo 13
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws



Box Office Premieres for the week of July 17th, 2015

Wide

Ant-Man – [PG-13]

Trainwreck – [R]

 

Limited

Irrational Man – [R]

The Look of Silence – [PG-13]

Mr. Holmes – [PG]

The Stanford Prison Experiment – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of July 14th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Ex Machina – [R]

X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut – [UR]

It Follows – [R]

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – [PG]

The Longest Ride – [PG-13]

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – [PG]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Batman: Season Two, Part Two(1967)

Powers: Season One(2015)

Growing Pains: Season Five(1989)

WKRP in Cincinnati: Season Three(1980)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

The Black Stallion (1979)– [G]

The Andromeda Strain (1971)– [G]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Batcave Podcast

The Batcave Podcast is an Internet show that takes a look at each and every episode of the 60s Batman television series. Host John S. Drew celebrates the great and looks to see where the show went wrong as it slid into oblivion in its third and final season with a different guest host each week. In the end, John is attempting to justify his love for this series, not to the listener, but to himself. Join him on this long, strange trip.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Buzz at San Diego Comic Con

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What took Jurassic World at the box office?  What offerings are there for this coming weekend movie releases?  What does guest Kevin Bachelder think of the newest convention Indy Popcon?  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for July 7, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip:   Minions


Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Inside Out [+1]
#2 – Jurassic World [-1]
#3 – Terminator: Genisys
#4 – Magic Mike XXL

#5 – Ted 2 [-2]
#6 – Max [-2]

#7 – Spy [-2]
#8 – San Andreas [-2]
#9 – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl [+4]
#10 – Dope [-3]

 

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Inception
2005 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1995 – Apollo 13
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws

 

 

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of July 3rd, 2015

 

Wide

Minions – [PG]

The Gallows – [R]

Self/less – [PG-13]

 

 

Limited

Do I Sound Gay? – [NR]

Tangerine – [R]

Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot – [NR]

 

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of June 16th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Woman in Gold – [PG-13]

Maggie – [PG-13]

Mercenary: Absolution – [R]

 

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

House of Cards: Season Three (2015)

Barney Miller: Season Eight (1981)

 

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

The Killers (1946) – [NR]

 

 

Podcast Promo

 

Remake This Movie RIGHT!

“Remake This Movie RIGHT!” is a bi-weekly podcast where we take a classic film that is actively being remade by Hollywood studio execs, and craft our own version of how a modern retelling should go. Does the story need updating? Should characters or motives be tweaked? Do we need more muppets? We take all factors into account, concoct our film, and then offer a Final Pitch to you in movie trailer form. By the end of each episode, we will Remake This Movie RIGHT!

 

 

Quick Flicks

 

 

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And with a third week at the top of the box office, Jurassic World is the first box office "turkey" of the summer season, beating out Avengers: Age of Ultron.  It's a slow week of movie and DVD releases, but there are a couple that promise to threaten the dinosaurs' top spot.  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for June 30, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip:  Terminator Genisys


Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Jurassic World [Third Week]
#2 – Inside Out [Even]
#3 – Ted 2
#4 – Max

#5 – Spy [-2]
#6 – San Andreas [-2]

#7 – Dope [-2]
#8 – Insidious: Chapter 3 [-2]
#9 – Mad Max: Fury Road [-1]
#10 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [-1]

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Despicable Me
2005 – Fantastic Four
1995 – Apollo 13
1985 – Back to the Future
1975 – Jaws

 

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of July 3rd, 2015

 

Wide

Terminator Genisys – [PG-13]

Magic Mike XXL – [R]

 
 

 

Limited

Cartel Land – [NR]

Jimmy’s Hall – [PG-13]

Jackie & Ryan – [PG-13]

Amy – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of June 16th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Get Hard – [R]

Last Knights – [R]

Danny Collins – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

None

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Vanilla Sky (2001) – [R]

 

 

Podcast Promo

 

The RevolutionSF Revcast

An online magazine and community dedicated to celebrating the best in science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming, RevolutionSF is created by professional columnists, artists, animators, and humorists from the most prominent genre-related websites and magazines around. Tough love for sci-fi.

 

Earth Station One

Earth Station One is a pop culture podcast & blog celebrating our love for all things Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics & much, much more.

 

 

Quick Flicks

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Jurassic World continues its dominiation at the box office with a much smaller take this weekend.  Does this mean that those new films opening this weekend might topple it? Michael Falkner has this as well as a look at the July releases.  It's all here and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.
 
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Weekly Podioplex Notes for June 23, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Max


Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Jurassic World [Second Week]
#2 – Inside Out
#3 – Spy [-1]
#4 – San Andreas [-1]
#5 – Dope
#6 – Insidious: Chapter 3 [-2]

#7 – Pitch Perfect 2 [-2]
#8 – Mad Max: Fury Road [-1]
#9 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [-1]
#10 – Tomorrowland [-1]

 

 

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2005 – War of the Worlds
1995 – Apollo 13
1985 – Pale Rider
1975 – Jaws

 

 

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of June 19th, 2015

 

Wide

Max – [PG]

Ted 2 – [R]

 

 

Limited

Big Game – [PG-13]

Batkid Begins – [PG]

The Little Death – [NR]

A Murder in the Park – [PG-13]

 

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of June 16th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Survivor – [PG-13]

The Forger – [R]

Pound of Flesh – [R]

 

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Graceland: Season Two (2014)

Workaholics: Season Five (2015)

 

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

The Bridge (1959) – [NR]

Needful Things (1993) – [R]

 

 

 

Podcast Promo

 

The SciFi Diner Podcast

In this Science Fiction Podcast, we share interviews, reviews, and opinions on popular and perhaps not so popular Science Fiction TV shows and movies.

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • July’s Coming Attractions

 

 

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It really doesn't come as much of a surprise that Jurassic World took the top box office spot last weekend.  What's amazing are the records that were broken with its release.  Can it hold the top spot as it appears everyone in the world has seen the film?  Michael Falkner has a few new movie releases to suggest as competition.  There are also DVD releases and movie news with casting for the first Star Wars spinoff film and the passing of Christopher Lee.  It's all here and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for June 16, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Inside Out


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Jurassic World
#2 – Spy [-1]
#3 – San Andreas [-1]
#4 – Insidious: Chapter 3 [-1]
#5 – Pitch Perfect 2 [+1]
#6 – Entourage [-2]

 

#7 – Mad Max: Fury Road [-2]
#8 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [Even]
#9 – Tomorrowland [-2]
#10 – Love & Mercy [+1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

 

2010 – Toy Story 3
2005 – Batman Begins
1995 – Pocahontas
1985 – Cocoon
1975 – Jaws


Box Office Premieres for the week of June 19th, 2015

Wide

Inside Out – [PG]

 

Dope – [R]

 

Limited

Infinitely Polar Bear – [R]

Manglehorn – [PG-13]

Eden – [R]

Gabriel – [NR]

The Overnight – [R]

 

The Tribe – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of June 16th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Chappie – [R]

Run All Night – [R]

Unfinished Business – [R]

The Lazarus Effect – [PG-13]

 

Beyond the Reach – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Newsroom: Season Three (2014)

Two and a Half Men: Season Twelve (2014)

Two and a Half Men: The Complete Series (2003-2015)

Laverne and Shirley: The Complete Series (1976-1983)

Jericho: The Complete Series (1966-1967)

 

The Odd Couple: The Complete Series (1970-1975)


Blu-Rays From the Past

 

The Land That Time Forgot (1975)– [PG]

 

 

Podcast Promo

 

The Roundtable Podcast

 

Each week we invite publishers, editors, and authors to get on the line with a writer who presents an idea on the table… an idea for a story they want to write.  And then everyone digs in, asking questions, pointing out problems, and proposing solutions.  Characters are dissected or dismissed, plots reinforced or torn apart altogether, and hopefully what started as an idea, becomes something more.

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • Forest Whitaker joins Rogue One

  • Katherine Waterston joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  • Rupert Wyatt joins Gambit

  • Sir Christopher Lee

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With apologies to host Michael Falkner, here is this week's episode of The Weekly Podioplex.  Spy was number last week and it's not looking good that it's going to hold the top spot this weekend, but there are a number of DVD releases to talk about on this new episode.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for June 9, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Jurassic World


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Spy
#2 – San Andreas [-1]
#3 –Insidious: Chapter 3
#4 – Entourage

#5 – Mad Max: Fury Road [-1]
#6 – Pitch Perfect 2 [-4]
#7 – Tomorrowland [-4]
#8 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [-3]
#9 – Aloha [-3]
#10 – Poltergeist [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Toy Story 3
2005 – Batman Begins
1995 – Batman Forever
1985 – Rambo: First Blood, Part II
1975 – Nashville


Box Office Premieres for the week of June 12th, 2015

Wide

Jurassic World – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – [PG-13]

The Wolfpack – [R]

Set Fire to the Stars – [NR]

Soaked in Bleach – [NR]

The 11th Hour – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of June 9th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Kingsman: The Secret Service – [R]

Project Almanac – [PG-13]

The DUFF – [PG-13]

Serena – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Hart to Hart: Season Five (1983)

The Originals: Season Two (2014)

Thunderbirds: The Complete Series (1965-1966)

The Last Ship: Season One (2014)

The Facts of Life: Season Six (1984)

Teen Wolf: Season Four (2014)


Blu-Rays From the Past

The Last Unicorn (1982)– [G]

F/X (1986)– [R]

 

 

Podcast Promo

Tuning in to SciFi TV

Tuning in to SciFi TV is the genre fan's weekly guide to science fiction and fantasy television. Think of us as the viewer’s digest, tour guides or sherpas for the genre rather than critics. We’ll always share our honest opinions but we also plan to keep things fun.

 

 

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Tomorrowland is yesterday's news as The Rock takes the top spot with his disaster flick, San Andreas.  There's news of a new 24 and more in the Quick Flicks.  Michael Falkner is back with this and your DVD releases on a new episode of The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for June 2, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Spy

 

This is Michael Falkner and it is showtime at the June 2, 2015 edition of The Weekly Podioplex, brought to you on The Chronic Rift Network.

This week’s birthdays include

Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman,Zachary Quinto, Imogen Poots,Angelina Jolie, Marky Mark Wahlberg, and Robert Englund.


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – San Andreas
#2 – Pitch Perfect 2 [Even]
#3 – Tomorrowland [-2]
#4 – Mad Max: Fury Road [-1]
#5 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [Even]
#6 – Aloha

 

#7 – Poltergeist [-3]
#8 – Far from the Madding Crowd [-1]
#9 – Hot Pursuit [-3]
#10 –Home [Even]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

 

2010 – The Karate Kid
2005 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1995 – Congo
1985 – Rambo: First Blood, Part II
1975 – The French Connection II


Box Office Premieres for the week of June 5th, 2015

Wide

Spy – [R] Action Comedy

Rose ByrneJason StathamMelissa McCarthy,

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

 

Entourage – [R] Comedy

Adrian GrenierJeremy PivenKevin Connolly,

Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, are back - and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold.

 

Insidious: Chapter 3 – [PG-13] Horror

Dermot MulroneyStefanie ScottAngus Sampson,

This prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

 

 

 

Limited

Love & Mercy – [PG-13]

Testament of Youth – [PG-13]

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – [NR]

Hungry Hearts – [NR]

 

Police Story: Lockdown – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of June 2nd, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Jupiter Ascending – [PG-13] Adventure Fantasy

A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.

 

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – [PG] Animated Comedy

When a diabolical pirate above the sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his nemesis Plankton must team up in order to get it back.

 

Focus – [R] Comedic Crime Drama

In the midst of veteran con man Nicky's latest scheme, a woman from his past - now an accomplished femme fatale - shows up and throws his plans for a loop.

 

McFarland USA – [PG] Sports Drama

A cross country coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Justified: Season Six (2015)

The Wire: The Complete Series (2002-2008)

Falling Skies: Season Four (2014)

Parks and Recreation: Season Seven (2015)

Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series (2009-2015)

Pretty Little Liars: Season Five (2014)

Rizzoli & Isles: Season Five (2014)


Blu-Rays From the Past

1776 (1972)– [PG] Musical Drama

Apollo 13 (1995)– [PG] Historical Drama

 

 

Podcast Promo

 

The Quantum Leap Podcast

The Quantum Leap Podcast is a podcast with the soul purpose of exploring the Quantum Leap Universe one episode at a time. This podcast will cover all five seasons of one of the best television shows of all time ranked #15 and #19 on TV Guide’s “Top Cult Shows Ever” in In 2004 and 2007, by delving into all 96 episodes and not spoiling upcoming plot points so first timers can follow along. We will dissect each and every show looking for the meanings morals and lessons we can learn while keeping track of the overall arc of the show.

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • Big Trouble in Little China and The Rock

  • 24 and a new agent

  • Tron 3 gets de-rezzed at Disney; fans petition

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Tomorrowland takes the top spot at the box office, but there are new movies on tap for June to challenge it.  Michael Falkner is back with this and your DVD releases on a new episode of The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for May 26, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: San Andreas


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Tomorrowland
#2 – Pitch Perfect 2 [-1]
#3 – Mad Max: Fury Road [-1]
#4 – Poltergeist
#5 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [-2]
#6 – The Age of Adaline [+1]
#7 – Hot Pursuit [-3]
#8 – Furious 7 [-3]
#9 – Far from the Madding Crowd [+1]
#10 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 [-4]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2010 – Shrek Forever After
2005 – Madagascar
1995 – Casper
1985 – Rambo: First Blood Part II
1975 – The French Connection II


Box Office Premieres for the week of May 29th, 2015

Wide

San Andreas – [PG-13]

Aloha – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Results – [R]

Gemma Bovery – [R]

Heaven Knows What – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of May 26th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Seventh Son – [PG-13]

The Loft – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Wonder Years: Season Three (1989)

The Rockford Files: The Complete Series (1974-1980)

Ray Donovan: Season Two (2014)

The Nanny: The Complete Series (1993-1999)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

State of Siege (1972) – [NR]

The Confession (1970) – [GP]

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) – [NR]

 

 

Podcast Promo

The ScapeCast: The Scaper Chronicles

The ScapeCast is your guide to the wonders of Farscape. Join Karen, Lou, veteran Scapers, and newbies as they discuss each episode in detail on The Scaper Chronicles. Look up and share the wonders we've seen.

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • June Coming Attractions

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The Avengers: Age of Ultron continues to dominate the box office.  But will the next two weeks of movie releases offer something that can stop this blockbuster's momentum?  Michael Falkner has this and two weeks worth of DVD releases on a double-sized episode of The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for May 5, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Mad Max: Fury Road


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Avengers: Age of Ultron [Second Week]
#2 – Hot Pursuit
#3 – The Age of Adaline [Even]
#4 – Furious 7 [-2]
#5 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 [-1]
#6 – Ex Machina [+1]

 

#7 – Home [-2]
#8 – Woman in Gold [+2]
#9 – Cinderella [-3]
#10 – Unfriended [-2]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2010 – Shrek Forever After
2005 – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
1995 – Die Hard with a Vengeance
1985 – Code of Silence
1975 – The Day of the Locust


Box Office Premieres for the week of May 15th, 2015

Wide

Mad Max: Fury Road – [R]

Pitch Perfect 2 – [PG-13]

 

Limited

I’ll See You in My Dreams – [PG-13]

Good Kill – [R]

The Connection – [NR]

Set Fire to the Stars – [NR]

Where Hope Grows – [PG-13]

The Film Critic – [NR]

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of May 22nd, 2015

Wide

Tomorrowland – [PG]

Poltergeist – [PG-13]

 

Limited

When Marnie Was There – [PG]

Aloft – [R]

Chocolate City – [R]

The Farewell Party – [NR]

Sunshine Superman – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of May 12th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Blackhat – [R]

Mortdecai – [R]

Still Alice – [PG-13]

The Cobbler – [PG-13]

Tracers – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Battlestar Galactica: The Remastered Edition (1978-1980)

Battlestar Galactica: The Definitive Edition (1978-1980)

The Colbys: The Complete Series (1985-1987)

The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series (1965-1969)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Jamaica Inn (1939)– [Passed]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of May 19th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

American Sniper – [R]

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 – [R]

Leviathan – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Orange is the New Black: Season Two (2014)

Beauty and the Beast: Season Two (2014)

NewsRadio: The Complete Series (1995-1999)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

The Rose (1979)– [R]


 

Podcast Promo

 

Techno Retro Dads

 

 

TechnoRetro Dads share the fandom and fun of their youth with their families as they build a bridge from the past to the future through the time spent with their kids in the present. Join JediShua and shazbazzar as they reminisce about the past while exploring the future of some of their favorite science fiction and fantasy properties of their youth. Listen in to discussions about the movies, music, games, and comics of the 70s and 80s as they share the days of their youth with their own kids in a positive, family-friendly atmosphere. If you’re a TechnoRetro Dad, the child of one, or just fondly remember the sci-fi/fantasy properties of the 70s and 80s, then this podcast is for you!

 

 

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The Avengers: Age of Ultron was an easy win at the box office.  With only one major release this weekend, the odds are good it will stay at the top.  But how long will it last?  There's this and DVD releases with Michael Falkner on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for May 5, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Hot Pursuit


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Avengers: Age of Ultron
#2 – Furious 7 [-1]
#3 – The Age of Adaline [Even]
#4 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 [-2]
#5 – Home [-1]
#6 – Cinderella [+6]
#7 – Ex Machina [-1]
#8 – Unfriended [-3]
#9 – The Longest Ride [-2]
#10 – Woman in Gold [Even]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2010 – Iron Man 2
2005 – Monster-in-Law
1995 – Crimson Tide
1985 – Code of Silence
1975 – The Day of the Locust


Box Office Premieres for the week of May 8th, 2015

 

Wide

Hot Pursuit – [PG-13]

 

Limited

The D Train – [R]

5 Flights Up – [PG-13]

Maggie – [PG-13]

Saint Laurent – [R]

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story – [NR]

Noble – [PG-13]

The Seven Five – [R]

Skin Trade – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of May 5th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Selma – [PG-13]

 

Fifty Shades of Grey – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

White Collar: Season Six (2014)

White Collar: The Complete Series (2009-2014)

Broadchurch: Season Two (2015)

Parenthood: The Complete Series (2010-2015)

Law & Order: Season Eighteen (2007)

Law & Order: Season Nineteen (2008)

Law & Order: Season Twenty (2009)

The Fugitive: The Complete Series (1963-1967)

Cheers: The Complete Series (1982-1993)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Goodfellas (1990) – [R]


 

Podcast Promo

 

The Hollywood Outsider

 

My Star Wars Story is a project to document the impact of Star Wars on the lives of those in the Star Wars Generation.

 

 

 

Quick Flicks

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Fast and Furious 7 makes it four weeks in a row as the top box office draw.  But now, The Avengers: Age of Ultron waits in the wings.  Can it have the same staying power?  There's this and DVD releases and movie releases for May with Michael Falkner on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for April 28, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Avengers: Age of Ultron


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Furious 7 [Week 4]
#2 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 [Even]
#3 –The Age of Adaline
#4 – Home [Even]
#5 – Unfriended [-2]
#6 – Ex Machina [+9]

 

#7 – The Longest Ride [-2]
#8 – Get Hard [-2]
#9 – Monkey Kingdom [-1]
#10 – Woman in Gold [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2010 – Iron Man 2
2005 – Kingdom of Heaven
1995 – French Kiss
1985 – Code of Silence
1975 – The Day of the Locust


Box Office Premieres for the week of May 1st, 2015

 

Wide

Avengers: Age of Ultron – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Far from the Madding Crowd – [PG-13]

Welcome to Me – [R]

Tangerines – [NR]

Iris – [PG-13]

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared – [R]

Ride – [R]

Far from Men – [NR]

Hyena – [NR]

Days of Grace – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of April 28th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Paddington – [PG]

Inherent Vice – [R]

The Boy Next Door – [R]

 

The Gambler – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Covert Affairs: Season Five (2014)

The Mentalist: Season Seven (2014)

 

Suits: Season Four (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Spaceballs (1987) – [PG]


 

Podcast Promo

 

My Star Wars Story

 

My Star Wars Story is a project to document the impact of Star Wars on the lives of those in the Star Wars Generation.

The Anomaly Podcast

 

Welcome to Anomaly Geek Girl Podcasts and Blog.  Articles and episodes feature topics such as: Sci Fi and Fantasy books, games, movies & television shows, costuming & cosplay, conventions, theatre & general geek culture. There’s a little something here for the geek in every one.

 

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • Coming Attractions for May 2015

 

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Fast and Furious 7 makes it three in a row at the top of the box office.  Can it hold on for one more week before the summer movie season kicks in with The Avengers: Age of Ultron?  There's this and news from the recent Star Wars Celebration with Michael Falkner on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for April 21, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Age of Adaline


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Furious 7 [Even]
#2 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
#3 –Unfriended

#4 – Home [-2]
#5 – The Longest Ride [-2]
#6 – Get Hard [-2]

 

#7 – Woman in Gold [Even]
#8 – Monkey Kingdom
#9 – The Divergent Series: Insurgent [-1]
#10 – Cinderella [-5]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

 

2010 – A Nightmare on Elm Street
2005 – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1995 – While You Were Sleeping
1985 – Stick
1975 – Death Race 2000


Box Office Premieres for the week of April 24th, 2015

 

Wide

The Age of Adaline – [PG-13]

 

Little Boy – [PG-13]

 

Limited

The Water Diviner – [R]

Adult Beginners – [R]

 

Misery Loves Company – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of April 21th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Taken 3 – [PG-13]

Everly – [R]

 

Cake – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Teen Titans Go!: Season One (2013)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Firewalker (1986)– [PG]

 

Escape from New York (1981)– [R]


 

Podcast Promo

 

 

Star Wars Stacks

 

The Star Wars Stacks is a Star Wars Expanded Universe Bookclub. Once a month, we get together to discuss a different novel from the Star Wars EU.

 

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • Star Wars Celebration Anaheim

 

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There's some new Star Wars news in addition to Fast and Furious 7 taking the top spot for a second week in a row.  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for April 14, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Furious 7 [even]
#2 –
Home [even]

#3 –The Longest Ride
#4 – Get Hard [-1]
#5 – Cinderella [-1]
#6 – The Divergent Series: Insurgent [-1]

 

#7 – Woman in Gold [Even]
#8 – It Follows [-2]
#9 – Danny Collins [+8]
#10 – While We’re Young [+4]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2010 – Kick-Ass
2005 – The Amityville Horror
1995 – Bad Boys
1985 – Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1975 – Shampoo


Box Office Premieres for the week of April 17th, 2015

 

Wide

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – [PG]

Unfriended – [R]

 

Monkey Kingdom – [G]

 

Limited

Child 44 – [R]

True Story – [R]

Alex of Venice – [R]

Beyond the Reach – [R]

Felix and Meira – [R]

Monsters: The Dark Continent – [R]

 

The Dead Lands – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of April 14th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Maps to the Stars – [R]

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – [PG-13]

The Babadook – [NR]

Big Eyes – [PG-13]

 

Batman vs. Robin – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

JAG: Complete Series (1995-2005)

 

Little House on the Prairie: Season Five (1978)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)– [R]


 

Podcast Promo

 

Full of Sith

 

The Full of Sith Podcast is a show dedicated to bringing the most interesting Star Wars conversations in the galaxy with hosts Bryan Young, Tha Mike Pilot, and Bobby Roberts.

 

 

Quick Flicks

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Is it any surprise that Fast and Furious 7 made it to the top of the charts this past weekend?  And it seems most likely that the movie will have legs for a second week.  Michael Falkner has the word on this, a boatload of TV on DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for April 7, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Longest Ride


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Furious 7
#2 – Home [-1]
#3 – Get Hard [-1]
#4 – Cinderella [Even]
#5 – The Divergent Series: Insurgent [-2]
#6 – It Follows [-1]

 

#7 – Woman in Gold [Limited]
#8 – Kingsman: The Secret Service [-2]
#9 – Do You Believe? [-2]
#10 – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [-1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Clash of the Titans
2005 – Sahara

1995 – Bad Boys

1985 – Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

1975 – Escape to Witch Mountain


Box Office Premieres for the week of April 10th, 2015

 

Wide

The Longest Ride– [PG-13]

 

Limited

Ex Machina – [R]

Desert Dancer – [PG-13]

Clouds of Sils Maria – [R]

Kill Me Three Times – [R]

 

Lost River – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of April 7th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

A Most Violent Year – [R]

 

Happy Valley – [NR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Drop Dead Diva: Season Six (2014)

Barney Miller: Season Seven (1980)

Frasier: The Complete Series (1993-2004)

MacGyver: The Complete Series (1985-1992)

Matlock: The Complete Series (1986-1995)

 

The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series (1969-1974)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Sharky’s Machine (1981) – [R]
Silent Running (1972) – [G]

 

Podcast Promo

Techno Retro Dads

 

TechnoRetro Dads share the fandom and fun of their youth with their families as they build a bridge from the past to the future through the time spent with their kids in the present. Join JediShua and shazbazzar as they reminisce about the past while exploring the future of some of their favorite science fiction and fantasy properties of their youth. Listen in to discussions about the movies, music, games, and comics of the 70s and 80s as they share the days of their youth with their own kids in a positive, family-friendly atmosphere. If you’re a TechnoRetro Dad, the child of one, or just fondly remember the sci-fi/fantasy properties of the 70s and 80s, then this podcast is for you!

 

 

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Home takes the top box office spot this past weekend and there's only one new major movie release to challenge it.  But the real news comes from Adam West and Burt Ward regarding Batman 66!  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 31, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Furious 7


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Home

#2 – Get Hard
#3 – The Divergent Series: Insurgent [-2]
#4 – Cinderella [-2]
#5 – It Follows [+14]

#6 – Kingsman: The Secret Service [-1]

#7 – Do You Believe? [-1]
#8 – Run All Night [-5]

#9 – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [-2]

#10 – The Gunman [-6]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2010 – Clash of the Titans
2005 – Sin City

1995 – Tommy Boy

1985 – Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

1975 – Escape to Witch Mountain


Box Office Premieres for the week of April 3rd, 2015

 

Wide

Furious 7 – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Woman in Gold – [PG-13]

5 to 7 – [R]

Lambert & Stamp – [R]

 

Effie Gray – [PG-13]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of March 31st, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Interstellar – [PG-13]

The Imitation Game – [PG-13]

Wild – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Veep: Season Three (2014)

Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)

Silicon Valley: Season One (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

The Facts of Life (1960) – [Approved]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Batcave Podcast

 

The Batcave Podcast is an Internet show that takes a look at each and every episode of the 60s Batman television series. Host John S. Drew celebrates the great and looks to see where the show went wrong as it slid into oblivion in its third and final season with a different guest host each week. In the end, John is attempting to justify his love for this series, not to the listener, but to himself. Join him on this long, strange trip.

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • Animated 1966 Batman feature film(s) coming

 

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The movies at the top of the box office are as consistent as the weather during the month of March.  Cinderella takes the top spot, but what does the weekend box office offerings hold?  Michael Falkner has the answers, plus Star Wars news on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 17, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Divergent Series: Insurgent


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Cinderella
#2 – Run All Night

#3 – Kingsman: The Secret Service [+1]
#4 – Focus [-2]
#5 – Chappie [-4]
#6 – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [-2]

 

#7 – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water [-2]
#8 – McFarland, USA [-1]
#9 – Fifty Shades of Grey [-3]
#10 – The DUFF [-1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2009 – Alice in Wonderland
2004 – The Ring Two
1994 – Outbreak
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – Shampoo


Box Office Premieres for the week of March 20th, 2015

 

Wide

The Divergent Series: Insurgent – [PG-13]

The Gunman – [R]

 

Do You Believe? – [NR]

 

Limited

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter – [NR]

Danny Collins – [R]

Spring – [NR]

 

Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of March 17th, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Annie – [PG]

Penguins of Madagascar – [PG]

Exodus: Gods and Kings – [PG-13]

 

Song of the Sea – [PG]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Ghost Whisperer: The Complete Series (2005-2010)

 

Maude: The Complete Series (1972-1978)

 

Gomer Pyle: USMC: The Complete Series (1964-1969)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Veronika Decides to Die (2009)– [R]

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)– [NR]

 

My Girl (1991)– [PG-13]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

 

Flash Pulp

Flash Pulp is an experiment in broadcasting fresh pulp stories in the modern age – 3 to 10 minutes, brought to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

 

 

 

Quick Flicks

  • Star Wars: Rogue One
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII
  • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

 

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Focus didn't stay in focus for very long as a quirky movie about a robot took the top box office honors last weekend.  But can it last?   Michael Falkner has the answers, plus more comic movie news and The Expendables on TV on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 10, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Cinderella


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Chappie
#2 – Focus [-1]
#3 –The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
#4 – Kingsman: The Secret Service [-2]
#5 – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water [-2]
#6 – Fifty Shades of Grey [-2]

#7 – McFarland, USA [-1]
#8 – The Lazarus Effect [-3]
#9 – The DUFF [-1]
#10 – Unfinished Business

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2009 – Alice in Wonderland
2004 – Robots
1994 – Outbreak
1984 – Witness
1974 – The Towering Inferno


Box Office Premieres for the week of March 13th, 2015

 

Wide

Cinderella – [PG]

Run All Night – [R]

 

Limited

It Follows – [R]

Seymour: An Introduction – [PG]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of March 13rd, 2015

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Legend of Korra: Book Four: Balance (2014)

The Red Tent (2014)

Quincy, M.E.: Season Eight (1982)

Shane: The Complete Series (1966)

 

Gomer Pyle: USMC: The Complete Series (1964-1969)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

The Sound of Music (1965)– [G]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The RevolutionSF RevCast

 

An online magazine and community dedicated to celebrating the best in science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming, RevolutionSF is created by professional columnists, artists, animators, and humorists from the most prominent genre-related websites and magazines around. Tough love for sci-fi.

 

 

 

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Links

 

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50 Shades of Grey took quite the tumble in the box office this week, beaten out by new release Focus and two previous releases.  But what's in store for this week?  Michael Falkner has the answers, plus his thoughts on the passing of actor Leonard Nimoy on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 24, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Focus


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Focus

#2 – Kingsman: The Secret Service [Even]
#3 – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water [Even]
#4 – Fifty Shades of Grey [-3]

#5 – The Lazarus Effect
#6 – McFarland, USA [-2]

#7 – American Sniper [-1]

#8 – The DUFF [-3]
#9 – Still Alice [+2]

#10 – Hot Tub Time Machine 2 [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Alice in Wonderland

2004 – The Pacifier

1994 – Man of the House

1984 – Beverly Hills Cop

1974 – At Long Last Love


Box Office Premieres for the week of March 6th, 2015

Wide

Chappie – [R]

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – [PG]

 

Unfinished Business – [R]

 

Limited

Merchants of Doubt – [PG-13]

 

Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of March 3rd, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I – [PG-13]

Ask Me Anything – [NR]

 

Foxcatcher – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Da Vinci’s Demons: Season Two (2014)

Outlander: Season One, Volume One (2014)

Longmire: Season Three (2014)

CHiPs: Season Three (1979)

 

Hill Street Blues: Season Four (1984)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

Kiss Me Kate (1953)– [Approved]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Geek Radio Daily

Geek Radio Daily is your one stop shop for all your geeky goodness. Check out Billy Flynn, Flynnstress, and Saucy on GRDsWeekly, the sometimes weekly podcast. All the geek without the wait!

 

 

 

Quick Flicks

 

Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

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While 50 Shades of Grey may still be holding the top box office spot, the real news is what happened at the Oscars. Michael Falkner has this, the newest movie releases, and DVD releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 24, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Focus


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Fifty Shades of Grey[Even]
#2 – Kingsman: The Secret Service[Even]
#3 – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water [Even]
#4 –McFarland, USA
#5 – The DUFF

#6 – American Sniper [-2]

 

#7 – Hot Tub Time Machine 2
#8 – Jupiter Ascending [-3]
#9 – The Imitation Game [-2]
#10 – Paddington [-3]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Shutter Island
2004 – Diary of a Mad Black Woman
1994 – The Brady Bunch Movie
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Towering Inferno


Box Office Premieres for the week of February 27th, 2015

Wide

Focus – [R]

The Lazarus Effect – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Maps to the Stars – [R]

‘71 – [R]

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn – [NR]

Everly – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 17th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Big Hero 6 – [PG]

Whiplash – [R]

Horrible Bosses 2 – [R]

Beyond the Lights – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Sons of Anarchy: Season Seven (2014)

Sons of Anarchy: The Complete Series (2008-2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Watership Down (1978) – [PG]

52 Pick-Up (1986) – [R]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast

The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman were two of the most influential television programs of the 70's.  During the height of their popularity, Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) would battle Fembots, Bigfoot, Venus Death Probes, deadly duplicates, foreign spies, and bitter cold to protect the United States' interests through the O.S.I. Every other Sunday, hosts John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson talk about one episode from either series in depth with another fan of the series.  The podcast looks at the episodes, the pilot movies, and the reunion movies covering them from synopsis to review to a look at the mythology of both series.

 

 

 

Quick Flicks

 

The 87th Annual Academy Awards

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Did anyone really think that 50 Shades of Grey wouldn't take the top box office spot this past Valentine's Day weekend?  Did anyone realize it would do as well as it did?  Did the counter-programming of The Kingsmen work for movie audiences? Michael Falkner has the answers to these questions, the newest movie releases, and DVD releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 17, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Hot Tub Time Machine 2


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Fifty Shades of Grey
#2 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

#3 – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water [-2]
#4 – American Sniper [-2]
#5 – Jupiter Ascending [-2]
#6 – Seventh Son [-2]

 

#7 – Paddington [-1]
#8 – The Imitation Game [Even]
#9 – The Wedding Ringer [-2]
#10 – Project Almanac [-5]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Shutter Island
2004 – Hitch
1994 – The Brady Bunch Movie
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Towering Inferno


Box Office Premieres for the week of February 20th, 2015

Wide

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 – [R]

The DUFF – [PG-13]

McFarland, USA – [PG]

 

Limited

Wild Tales – [R]

Gloria – [R]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 17th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Interview – [R]

Dumb and Dumber To – [PG-13]

St. Vincent – [PG-13]

The Theory of Everything – [PG-13]

Birdman – [R]

Life Itself – [R]

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – [PG]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Game of Thrones: Season Four (2014)

Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

None

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The SciFi Diner Podcast

In this Science Fiction Podcast, we share interviews, reviews, and opinions on popular and perhaps not so popular Science Fiction TV shows and movies.

 

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

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Who would have thought that Spongebob Squarepants would take down the American Sniper?  And yet, that's what happened at the box office this past weekend.  But as we move into the Valentine's Day weekend, can it hold up against the advanced buzz of Fifty Shades of Grey?  Michael Falkner has the newest movie releases, DVD releases and a preview of March releases on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 10, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Kingsman: The Secret Service


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
#2 – American Sniper [-1]
#3 –
Jupiter Ascending
#4 –Seventh Son
#5 – Project Almanac [-3]
#6 – Paddington [-3]

#7 – The Wedding Ringer [-1]
#8 – The Imitation Game [-1]
#9 – Black or White [
-5]
#10 – The Boy Next Door [
-5]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Valentine’s Day
2004 – Hitch
1994 – Billy Madison
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Towering Inferno


Box Office Premieres for the week of February 13th, 2015

Wide

Kingsman: The Secret Service – [R]

Fifty Shades of Grey – [R]

 

Limited

The Last Five Years – [PG-13]

What We Do in the Shadows – [NR]

Old Fashioned – [PG-13]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 10th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – [PG]

Nightcrawler – [R]

Predestination – [R]

Kill the Messenger – [R]

Rosewater – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Nurse Jackie: Season Six (2014)
Batman: Season Two, Part 1 (1966)
Mama’s Family: Season Six (1989)
Hart to Hart: Season Four (1982)

Blu-Rays From the Past

101 Dalmatians (1961) – [G]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Nutty Bites

A monthly podcast that is focused on art, the creative process, people out there in the verse doing creative works, audio dramas that I’m interested in, books, movies, tv, music, you name it. Also covering Cons, host discussions and other fun tidbits. In addition, games, contests and interviews with people who inspire me.

 

Quick Flicks

 

March Preview

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American Sniper makes it three weeks in a row, but Michael Falkner has new movie release news to challenge the box office champ and much more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 3, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Black or White

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – American Sniper [Third Week]
#2 – Project Almanac
#3 – Paddington [Even]
#4 –Black or White
#5 – The Boy Next Door [-3]
#6 – The Wedding Ringer [-2]

 

#7 – The Imitation Game [-1]
#8 – Taken 3 [-3]
#9 – Strange Magic [-2]
#10 – The Loft

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Dear John

2004 – Boogeyman

1994 – Legends of the Fall
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop

1974 – The Towering Inferno




Box Office Premieres for the week of January 30th, 2015

Wide

Jupiter Ascending – [PG-13]

Seventh Son – [PG-13]

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – [Not Yet Rated]

 

Limited

 

Ballet 422 – [PG]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 27th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

John Wick – [R]

The ABCs of Death 2 – [NR]

Dracula Untold – [PG-13]

Ouija – [PG-13]

The Best of Me – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Wonder Years: Season Two (1988)
The Bob Newhart Show: Season Five (1976)
The Bob Newhart Show: Season Six (1977)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Kull the Conqueror (1997) – [PG-13]

 

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) – [PG-13]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Handsome Timmy D Express

The purpose of this podcast is to create an archive of first hand knowledge and experience from myself and numerous other creative professionals. Hopefully the thoughts recorded here will be a positive contribution to other creative souls out there who are also fighting the good fight to share their stories with the world. It’s a hyper competitive business but we’re all in it together.

 

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

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American Sniper continues to take out the box office competition, but more importantly - if there's something strange in the neighborhood, who're ya gonna call?  Michael Falkner has the answers and much more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 27, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Black or White

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – American Sniper [Even]
#2 –
The Boy Next Door
#3 – Paddington [Even]
#4 – The Wedding Ringer [-2]
#5 – Taken 3 [-1]
#6 – The Imitation Game [
Even]

#7 – Strange Magic
#8 – Selma [-3]
#9 –
Mortdecai
#10 – Into the Woods [-3]

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Avatar
2004 – Hide and Seek
1994 – Legends of the Fall
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Towering Inferno




Box Office Premieres for the week of January 30th, 2015

Wide

Black or White – [PG-13]

Project Almanac – [PG-13]

The Loft – [R]

Limited

Amira & Sam – [NR]

Timbuktu – [NR]

Girlhood – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 27th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Fury – [R]

The Book of Life – [PG]

The Judge – [R]

Before I Go to Sleep – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Downton Abbey: Season Five (2014)

Blu-Rays From the Past

Pork Chop Hill (1959) – [Approved]

The Usual Suspects (1995) – [R]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Generations Geek

Generations Geek is a family-friendly celebration of geekdom by a father/daughter crime-fighting duo. Okay, perhaps they don’t fight crime, but they are two generations of geek. In every monthly episode they talk about stuff like books, movies, comics, games, and any other geeky thing they think of.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Ghostbusters reboot cast
Mission: Impossible 5 moves up

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It's the movie that broke January box office records - American Sniper.  Can this much discussed movie hold the top spot for a second week in a row?  And what TV on DVD goodness is in store for the gentle viewer?  Michael Falkner has this, Star Wars news, and much more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 20, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Boy Next Door


Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – American Sniper [+20]
#2 – The Wedding Ringer
#3 –Paddington
#4 – Taken 3[-3]
#5 – Selma [-3]
#6 – The Imitation Game [Even]

#7 – Into the Woods [-4]
#8 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[-4]
#9 – Unbroken [-4]
#10 – Blackhat

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Avatar
2004 – Are We There Yet?
1994 – Legends of the Fall
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Towering Inferno


Box Office Premieres for the week of January 23rd, 2015

Wide

The Boy Next Door – [R]

Mortdecai – [R]

Strange Magic – [PG]

 

Limited

Black Sea – [R]

Cake – [R]

Mommy – [R]

Red Army – [PG]

The Duke of Burgundy – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 20th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Lucy – [R]

The Boxtrolls – [PG]

The Zero Theorem – [R]

The Drop – [R]

Annabelle – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Wolfblood: Season Three (2014)
Welcome Back, Kotter: Season Two (1976-1977)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

On Golden Pond (1981) – [PG]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The RevolutionSF RevCast

An online magazine and community dedicated to celebrating the best in science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming, RevolutionSF is created by professional columnists, artists, animators, and humorists from the most prominent genre-related websites and magazines around. Tough love for sci-fi.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope

 

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Michael Falkner has the latest movie news, plus a little future gazing as he looks at movie releases for February on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 13, 2015

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Paddington

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Taken 3
#2 – Selma [+22]
#3 – Into the Woods [-2]
#4 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[-3]
#5 – Unbroken [-2]
#6 – The Imitation Game [+1]

#7 – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [-2]
#8 – Annie [-2]
#9 – The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death [-5]
#10 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 [-2]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Avatar
2004 – Coach Carter
1994 – Legends of the Fall
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Towering Inferno


Box Office Premieres for the week of January 16th, 2015

Wide

Paddington – [PG]

The Wedding Ringer – [R]

Blackhat – [R]

 

Limited

Still Alice – [PG-13]

Spare Parts – [PG-13]

Match – [R]

Little Accidents – [NR]

Son of a Gun – [NR]

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 13th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Gone Girl – [R]

A Walk Among the Tombstones – [R]

Jessabelle – [PG-13]

The Identical – [PG]

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Dallas: Season Three (2014)
Boardwalk Empire: Season Five (2014)

The Facts of Life: Complete Series (1979-1988)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Capricorn One (1978) – [PG]

At the Earth’s Core (1976) – [PG]

Dances with Wolves (1990) – [PG-13]

 

Podcast Promos

 

The Hollywood Outsider

The Hollywood Outsider Podcast is four guys who love the same things you do - Entertainment. Not always PC, but always entertaining, our Podcast is for people who LOVE movies & TV.

 

Quick Flicks

February 2015 preview

 

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Michael Falkner is back after a hiatus with a new Weekly Podioplex.  In addition to showcasing the week's new releases in theater and home entertainment, he take a look back at movies releases in 2014 and offers a few thoughts on 2015.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for January 6, 2015

 

IIntroduction

Opening Clip: Taken 3

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[Third Week]
#2 – Into the Woods [Even]
#3 – Unbroken [Even]
#4 –The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
#5 – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [-1]
#6 – Annie [-1]

#7 – The Imitation Game [+1]
#8 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 [-2]
#9 – The Gambler [-2]
#10 – Big Hero 6 [+1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Avatar
2004 – Meet the Fockers
1994 – Dumb and Dumber
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – The Godfather, Part II


Box Office Premieres for the week of January 9th, 2015

Wide

Taken 3 – [PG-13]

 

Limited

Beloved Sisters – [NR]

It’s All So Quiet – [NR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of January 6th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Boyhood – [R]

The Guest – [R]

Get On Up – [PG-13]

Horns – [R]

Left Behind – [PG-13]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Archer: Season Five (2014)
Looking: Season One (2014)

Glee: Season Five (2013)

Black Sails: Season One (2014)

Girls: Season Three (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

Working Girl (1988) – [R]

The Sword of Doom (1966) [Criterion Collection] – [NR]

The Good Shepherd (2006) – [R]

 

 

Podcast Promos

 

The ScapeCast: The Scaper Chronicles

The ScapeCast is your guide to the wonders of Farscape. Join Karen, Lou, veteran Scapers, and newbies as they discuss each episode in detail on The Scaper Chronicles. Look up and share the wonders we've seen.

 

Quick Flicks

 

2014 in Review

 

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So what movies are you planning to see this holiday season?  Need a little help in deciding?  Let Michael Falkner give you some suggestions in a triple sized holiday edition of The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 9, 2014

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

 

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Exodus: Gods and Kings

#2 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 [-1]

#3 – The Penguins of Madagascar [-1]

#4 – Top Five

#5 – Big Hero 6 [-1]

#6 – Interstellar [-1]

#7 – Horrible Bosses 2 [-4]

#8 – Dumb and Dumber To [-2]

#9 – The Theory of Everything [-2]

#10 – The Wild [+5]

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – Avatar

2004 – Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

1994 – Dumb and Dumber

1984 – Beverly Hills Cop

1974 – Young Frankenstein

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of December 19th, 2014

Wide

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – [PG-13]

Annie – [PG]

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – [PG]

 

Limited

 

 

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of December 26th, 2014

Wide

All released on December 24th

Unbroken – [PG-13]

Into the Woods – [PG]

The Interview – [CANCELLED]

 

Limited

American Sniper – [R]

The Gambler – [R]

Big Eyes – [PG-13]

Two Days, One Night – [PG-13]

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of January 2nd, 2015

Wide

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – [PG-13]

 

Limited

A Most Violent Year – [R]

Leviathan – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the weeks of December 16th, 2014 to December 30th, 2014

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for December 16th, 2014

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – [PG-13]

The Maze Runner – [PG-13]

This is Where I Leave You – [R]

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for December 23rd, 2014

 

The Good Lie – [PG-13]

Pride – [R]

 

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray for December 30th, 2014

 

The Equalizer – [R]

Tusk – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for December 16th, 2014

 

Arrested Development: Season Four (2014)

The Americans: Season Two (2013)

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for December 23rd, 2014

 

Continuum: Season Three (2014)

Dominion: Season One (2014)

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray for December 30th, 2014

 

Shameless: Season Four (2014)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past for December 16th, 2014

 

Tootsie (1982) – [R]

 

Blu-Rays From the Past for December 23rd, 2014

 

None

 

Blu-Rays From the Past for December 30th, 2014

 

None

 

Podcast Promos

 

Geek Radio Daily

Geek Radio Daily is your one stop shop for all your geeky goodness. Check out Billy Flynn, The Flynnstress, and Saucy on GRDsWeekly, the sometimes weekly podcast, and the daily show as well. All the geek without the wait!

 

The Hollywood Outsider

The Hollywood Outsider Podcast is four guys who love the same things you do - Entertainment. Not always PC, but always entertaining, our Podcast is for people who LOVE movies & TV.

 

Quick Flicks

 

None

 

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 made its mark on what was a terrible box office weekend as it topped the charts for a third time.  Hopefully, the holidays will bring in more box office sales, but the DVD releases might make up for it.    Michael Falkner has this and plenty of Batman 66 news.  It's all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 9, 2014

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Exodus: Gods and Kings

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 [Even]
#2 – The Penguins of Madagascar [
Even]
#3 – Horrible Bosses 2 [
+2]
#4 – Big Hero 6 [-1]
#5 – Interstellar [-1]
#6 – Dumb and Dumber To [
Even]

#7 – The Theory of Everything [Even]
#8 – Gone Girl [
Even]
#9 –
The Pyramid
#10 – Birdman [-1]

 

(New Release) [Change]

 

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – The Princess and the Frog
2004 – Ocean’s Twelve
1994 – Disclosure
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – Earthquake




Box Office Premieres for the week of December 12th, 2014

Wide

Exodus: Gods and Kings – [PG-13]

Top Five – [R]

 

Limited

Inherent Vice – [R]

Free the Nipple – [NR]

 

 

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 9th, 2014

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Guardians of the Galaxy – [PG-13]

Dolphin Tale 2 – [PG]

When the Game Stands Tall – [PG]

 

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Doctor Who: Series Eight (2014)

Family Guy: Season Twelve (2013)

Under the Dome: Season Two (2013)

Mister Ed: The Complete Series (1958-1966)

The Jeffersons: The Complete Series (1975-1985)

Mork and Mindy: The Complete Series (1978-1982)

Mork and Mindy: Season Four (1982)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

The Green Mile (1999)– [R]

Forrest Gump (1994)– [PG-13]

Batman (1989)– [PG-13]

Gremlins (1984)– [PG]

 

Podcast Promos

 

Dead Kitchen Radio: The Keith R. A. DeCandido Podcast

Author, editor, percussionist, voice talent, and Rift regular Keith R.A. DeCandido presents a little slice of his life twice a month in his podcast, Dead Kitchen Radio.  Each episode Keith offers readings from his latest works, anecdotes on the writing and editing process, and music from his days with the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players and the Boogie Knights.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Replacement discs for Batman 1966[Batcave Podcast Boxset Review]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer
Bryan Young (Twitter) (Full of Sith)

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire continues its dominence of the box office, but who has time for that when there's some many great DVDs coming out this holiday season.  Michael Falkner has this and plenty of Star Wars news.  It's all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for December 2, 2014

 

 

Introduction

 

Opening Clip: Comet

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1[Second Week]
#2 – Penguins of Madagascar
#3 – Big Hero 6 [-1]
#4 – Interstellar [-1]
#5 – Horrible Bosses 2
#6 – Dumb and Dumber To [-2]

 

#7 – The Theory of Everything [+3]
#8 – Gone Girl [-3]
#9 – Birdman [Even]
#10 – St. Vincent [-3]

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

 

2009 – The Blind Side
2004 – National Treasure
1994 – The Santa Clause
1984 – Beverly Hills Cop
1974 – Earthquake


Box Office Premieres for the week of December 2nd, 2014

Wide

Life Partners – [R]

Comet – [R]

Pioneer – [R]

 

Limited

The Pyramid – [R]

 

Wild – [R]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of December 2nd, 2014

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – [PG-13]

The Hundred-Foot Journey – [PG]

 

As Above, So Below – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season Seven (1993-1994)
Star Trek: The Next Generation: “All Good Things…” (1994)

Justified: Season Five (2014)

Legend of Korra: Book Three – Change (2014)

The Simpsons: Season Seventeen (2005)

The Strain: Season One (2014)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Season Four (2013)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Showdown in Dimension X (2014)

 

Young Justice: Invasion: Season Two (2013)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) – [NR]

 

Podcast Promos

Earth Station One

Earth Station One is a pop culture podcast & blog celebrating our love for all things Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics & much, much more.

 

Quick Flicks

 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer
Bryan Young
(Twitter)
(
Full of Sith)

 

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What will this holiday weekend's box office fair offer in the way of comprtition for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire? It's all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Weekly Podioplex Notes for November 25, 2014

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: Horrible Bosses 2

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
#2 – Big Hero 6 [Even]
#3 – Interstellar [Even]
#4 – Dumb and Dumber To [-3]
#5 – Gone Girl [Even]
#6 – Beyond the Lights [-2]

#7 – St. Vincent [-1]
#8 – Fury [-1]
#9 – Birdman [+1]
#10 – The Theory of Everything [+7]

(New Release) [Change]

 

Tops From the Past

2009 – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2004 – National Treasure
1994 – The Santa Clause
1984 – Missing in Action
1974 – Earthquake

Box Office Premieres for the week of November 28th, 2014

Wide

Horrible Bosses 2 – [R]

Penguins of Madagascar – [PG]

Limited

The Imitation Game – [PG-13]

Before I Disappear – [NR]

Remote Area Medical – [NR]
The Babadook – [NR]

Antarctica: A Year on Ice – [PG]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of November 25th, 2014

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

The Expendables 3 – [PG-13]

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas – [PG-13]

The Giver – [PG-13]

The November Man – [R]

Nymphomaniac: The Extended Director’s Cut (Volume 1 and 2)– [UR]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXI – The Turkey Day Collection (1988-1999)

Better Off Ted: Season Two (2009)

 

Blu-Rays From the Past

None

 

Podcast Promos

Full of Sith

The Full of Sith Podcast is a show dedicated to bringing the most interesting Star Wars conversations in the galaxy with hosts Bryan Young, Tha Mike Pilot, and Bobby Roberts.

 

Quick Flicks

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It's a Bat-sized edition this week as Michael Falkner tells not only about the box office take from last week, but premeires trailers for this weekend's film and tells us about the long awaited release of Batman 1966 on DVD and Blu-Ray.  It's all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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It's a Bat-sized edition this week as Michael Falkner tells not only about the box office take from last week, but premeires trailers for this weekend's film and tells us about the long awaited release of Batman 1966 on DVD and Blu-Ray.  It's all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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A slow Halloween weekend allowed Ouija to remain at the top of the box office last weekend.  Two new high end movies are premiering though offering an early holiday season start to the box office. There's this and Quantum Leap on DVD and movie news and more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Ouija managed to make it to the top of the box office last weekend.  Now that it's Halloween, can it hold that top spot or will this weekend's releases take it down?  There's this and WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD and movie news and more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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With apologies to Michael Falkner, here is this week's episode of The Weekly Podioplex.  There are new movies out this weekend.  Check out the trailers here as well as the mix of movies and TV on DVD releases.

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Gone Girl continues to hold the top of the box office, but it's clear that the position is temporary as the contenders are close on its heels.  And there are new movies set for release this weekend.  Michael Falkner's got all this and more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Will Gone Girl be gone with the slew of movies opening this weekend? Will you pick up any of the new movie and TV on DVD releases?  And what is the deal with the Tetris movie?  All this and more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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The Weekly Podioplex returns after a brief hiatus with a new series of theatrical and DVD releases, plus movie news you can use.  Michael Falkner has all that and more on a new episode.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy drops from the top spot meaning there's a new box office champ.  With host Michael Falkner taking a week off, there's twice as many contenders to fight to knock the Idris Elba thriller No Good Deed from its perch.  There's all this and upcoming DVD releases on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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With a slow box office weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy continues to hold the top position by default.  Can this continue much longer? What's in store for the theaters this weekend?  Michael Falkner has the news on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy held out for another week at the top, making this a good holiday weekend for Marvel.  What's in store for the theaters this weekend?  Michael Falkner has the news on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy proves its vialbilty as a franchise with its return to the top of the box office after two weeks away.  Micahel Falkner talks about this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continued to dominate the box office last weekend.  Does it have what it takes to do it again this weekend with all the new movie releases on the slate?  After weeks of quiet TV on DVD releases, there is an explosions of options to choose from.  All this, plus a request to help fellow podcaster P.G. Holyfield from Michael Falkner on this week's delayed Weekly Podioplex.

NOTE: This episode was recorded earlier in the week.  Since that time, P.G. has lost his battle with cancer.  We extend our condolences to the family and friends who knew him well.  You can still help though as he leaves behind three daughters and mounting bills from his brief struggle with the disease.  Click on the link here to learn more.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did a surprisingly good turn at the box office and took the number one spot.  Can Guardians of the Galaxy take it back when movie-goers realize their horrible mistake or will this week's releases offer competition to both top films?  All this, plus a tribute to the late Robin Williams and more from Michael Falkner on this week's Weekly Podioplex.

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Can the Guardians of the Galaxy defend their box office title from a horde of new movies that includes dancing, an apocolyptic storm, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?  Michael has this and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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The Apes were taken down by a killer assassin by the name of Lucy.  But can she hold her own against the Guardians of the Galaxy?  Michael Falkner has this and news from Comic Con on an all new Weekly Podioplex.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes continues to dominate the box office, but a trio of new films premiering this Friday offers some stiff competition.  There's this, DVD releases, movie news and more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apesi managed to blow away all competion at the box office and looks to do well this weekend despite the multiple releases thanks to great word of mouth.  Michael Falkner talks about this as well as a Labor Day anniversary release for Ghostbusters on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Transformers continues to dominate a box office that was a little on the weak side this holiday weekend.  But there's a new movie dawning on the horizon that promises to present box office bang that could knock the Autobots and Decepticons from the top spot.  Michael Falkner has this, plus news on the Gardians of the Galaxy soundtrack and Batman 66 coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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The Weekly Podioplex returns with a new leader at the top of the box office.  Can Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots hold that position when they have to face, not Decepticons, but rather new movie releases?  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new episode.

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It's double your pleasure, double your fun as The Weekly Podioplex offers two weeks worth of movie and DVD release offerings.  First up though, it might be a new address, but enough people found 22 Jump Street to make it the number one movie at the box office this weekend.  But will the next two weeks of release offerings make it a one week hit wonder?  Michael Falkner has this and more on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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The fault didn't lie in The Fault in Our Stars at the box office weekend.  The drama easily beat Maleficent to take the top of the box office.  Find out this and more as Michael Falkner hosts the third anniversary edition of the Weekly Podioplex.

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Maleficent cast quite the spell at the box office this past weekend, but does it have enough magic to hold that place as we move into the June box office season?  There's so big news for Marvel and other franchise movie properties.  Michael Falkner has this as well as new TV-on-DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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The future's looking bright for the X-Men as they easily beat Godzilla at the box office this past holiday weekend.  But can they hold out against the powers of Angelina Jolie?  Michael Falkner has this as well as new TV-on-DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Godzilla managed to stomp the box office competition to take the box office top spot.  Will a collection of shunned mutants have a chance of bringing the goliath down?  Michael Falkner has this as well as new TV-on-DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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The box office top spot has some new Neighbors that have caused Amazing Spider-Man 2 to move down.  And now there are some monstrous movies waiting to move in.  Michael Falkner has this as well as new TV-on-DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Is it any surprise that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 took the top spot at the box office last weekend.  And it looks poised to hold that position this weekend as the new theatrical releases are looking slim.  Michael Falkner shares the trailer for the movie that hopes to challenge the contender as well as new TV-on-DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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A powerful female force took down Captain America this weekend at the box office.  But it wasn't the Black Widow.  It wasn't even Wonder Woman.  It was The Other Woman and the movie managed to score the top spot despite the near universal panning of the film by critics.  Now, there's a new hero waiting in the wings ready to take The Other Woman on.  But does the web-slinger in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 have what it takes to take down this unusual movie?  Michael Falkner shares the trailer for the movie as well as new TV-on-DVD releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Captain America makes it a box office turkey in the good sense with three weeks at the top.  But can he maintain that hold for much longer?  Michael Falkner has some new movie releases that might challenge the Star-Spangled Avenger on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Captain America held the top of the box office for a second week, but there are a slew of new movie releases that offer a challenge to Cap.  Michael Falkner has them, DVD releases, and the Quick Flicks on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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Captain America continues to fight the good fight as The Winter Soldier takes the top spot at the box office.  And while there is a shortage of TV on DVDs being released this week, there are a number of box office releases that could offer a challenge to the Captain.

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No fooling around here.  Michael Falkner is back with an all new The Weekly Podioplex.  Get in on the latest releases from Hollywood in theaters and on DVD and check in with the Quick Flicks and the box office results from last weekend.

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Divergent, as expected, took the box office top spot this past weekend.  Can it hold that position as two new movies premiere this weekend?  Michael Falkner has a preview as well as news of new DVD releases, news of a Peewee Herman movie, and so much more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

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With apologies to Michael Falkner for the delay in editing and posting, here is this week's episode of The Weekly Podioplex.  This weekend should prove interesting with two strong contenders for the top of the box office premiering.  Are they strong enough to take out the top dog, Peabody?

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Michael Falkner returns to the podcast airwaves after a brief hiatus with a new episode of The Weekly Podioplex. There are a few new movie and DVD releases to report on in this shortened episode.

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Category:The Weekly Podioplex -- posted at: 9:24pm EDT
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It's a double sized episode of The Weekly Podioplex with Michael Falkner offering twice the movie releases and DVD releases than usual as he plans to take next week off.  But with all these movie offerings, can any of them knock The LEGO Movie from the number one perch at the box office, a position it's held now for three weeks in a row?  In addition, Michael offers his thoughts on the passing of writer/director/actor Harold Ramis.

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Despite the mixed review, the beboot of Robocop wasn't able to make a big enough dent at the box office.  The LEGO Movie continues to dominate, but perhaps a 3D epic film on the last days of Pompei may take it down.  Meanwhile, there's new DVD releases including the final season of the classic 70s series, The Six Million Dollar Man. Michael Falkner has all the movie and DVD news on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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The Lego Movie crushed all the competiton this past weekend, but there's a number of romantic movies and a scifi remake waiting in the wings to take it on this President's Day/Valentine's Day weekend.  Michael Falkner previews them as well as fills you in on all the new DVD releases on an all new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Ride Along gets the box office turkey of three weeks at the number one spot.  After a quiet January though, things are back to normal in terms of movie and DVD releases.  Plus, Michael Falkner talks about the latest Superman movie casting news and the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman on an all new The Weekly Podioplex.

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