The Weekly Podioplex: January 20, 2015

 

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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 23^rd, 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 20^th, 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

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Quick Flicks

 

Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope

 

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