The Weekly Podioplex: February 7, 2017

Welcome to February with all-new edition of The Weekly Podioplex. With Split earning a box office turkey and all of the new releases acting more like Falcons than Patriots, we have to wonder if the Caped Crusader can break through the brick wall and score a win. Joining him (and Robin, if we continue the avian theme) are John Wick and fifty more shades of Fifty Shades. Nothing says Valentines like LEGOs, violence, and hyperbolic BDSM.

 

In home entertainment, we start with a completely different kind of Loving, followed by Trolls, political fallout, and the dark side of the Justice League. The digital and TV slates are pretty sparse, but classics on Blu-Ray make up for it as we say goodbye to Carrie Fisher with a loose semi-autobiographical salute. Wrap it up with Denise and news of Star Wars vinyls, Game of Thrones beverages, and a wee spot of, shall we say, alternative facts in the Quick Flicks, and we bring this edition of The Weekly Podioplex to close. It's all yours for free, courtesy of The Chronic Rift Network.

 

 

Weekly Podioplex Notes for February 7th, 2017

 

Introduction

Opening Clip: The LEGO Batman Movie

 

Box Office Report

 

Top Ten

#1 – Split – [Third Week]
#2 – Rings – [New Release]
#3 – A Dog’s Purpose – [-1]
#4 – Hidden Figures – [-1]
#5 – La La Land – [Even]
#6 – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – [-2]

#7 – Sing – [Even]
#8 – xXx: The Return of Xander Cage – [-2]
#9 – The Space Between Us – [New Release]
#10 – Lion – [+4]

 

Tops From the Past

2012 – The Vow
2007 – Norbit
1997 – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Special Edition
1987 – Platoon
1977 – Rocky
 

Box Office Premieres for the week of February 10th, 2017

Wide

The LEGO Batman Movie – [PG]

John Wick: Chapter 2 – [R]

Fifty Shades Darker – [R]

 

Limited

Jolly LLB 2 – [NR]
A United Kingdom – [PG-13]
Kedi – [UR]

 

Home Entertainment for the week of February 7th, 2017

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

Loving – [PG-13]

Trolls – [PG]

American Pastoral – [R]

Justice League Dark – [R]

 

New Releases on Digital Video

 

Manchester By the Sea – [R]

Hacksaw Ridge – [R]

 

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

 

From Dusk Till Dawn: Season Three (2016)

Blu-Rays From the Past

 

Postcards from the Edge (1990) – [R]

 

 

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

 

A Dog’s Purpose
Star Wars: The Force Awakens collectors vinyls
J.J. Abrams and supernatural WWII film Overlord
Game of Thrones adult beverages
Charmed and Lost Boys reboots pushed back

 

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