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Weekly Podioplex Notes

Introduction

Opening Clip: Lawless

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – The Expendables 2
#2 – The Bourne Legacy
#3 – ParaNorman
#4 – The Campaign
#5 – The Dark Knight Rises
#6 – The Odd Life of Timothy Green
#7 – 2016 Obama’s America
#8 – Premium Rush
#9 – Hope Springs
#10 – Hit and Run

(New Release)

Tops From the Past

2007 – Halloween
2002 – Signs [5^th week in release]
1992 – Honeymoon in Vegas
1982 – An Officer and a Gentleman
1972 – Deliverance [3^rd time in first, 5^th week in release]

Box Office Premieres for the week of August 31st

Wide

Lawless – [R]
The Possession – [PG-13]
For a Good Time, Call... – [R]

Limited

None

Home Entertainment for the week of August 28th

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Battleship – [PG-13]
The Lucky One – [PG-13]
Think Like a Man – [PG-13]
Starship Troopers: Invasion – [R]
The Pirates! Band of Misfits – [PG]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season (2011)
Sons of Anarchy: Season Four (2011)
Homeland: The Complete First Season (2011)
Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season (2011)
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Second Season (2011)
In Plain Sight: Season Five (2012)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Season One, Part 1 (2011)
Streets of San Francisco: The Complete Fourth Season (1975)
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Ninth Season (2011)

Blu-Rays From the Past

Quadrophenia [Criterion Collection] (1979) – [R]
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – [NR]
Airport (1970) – [G]
Lonesome [Criterion Collection] (1928) – [NR]
Harvey (1950) – [NR]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [Extended Edition 5-Disc Set] (2001) – [PG-13]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [Extended Edition 5-Disc Set] (2002) – [PG-13]
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [Extended Edition 5-Disc Set] (2003) – [PG-13]

Amazon Store: http://astore.amazon.com/thechrrif-20

Podcast Promo

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.

Netflix Streaming New Releases (August 26th to September 1st)

August 26
None

August 27
Traffic (2000) – [R]

August 28
Dragons: Fire and Ice (2004)
Dragons: Metal Ages: The Movie (2005) – [NR]
The Yellow Sea (2011) – [R]
The Moth Diaries (2011) – [R]
The Hidden Face (2011) – [R]
Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011) – [R]
Jerusalem Countdown (2011) – [PG-13]
Penumbra (2011) – [NR]
Area 407 (2012) – [NR]
I Heart Shakey (2012) – [PG]

August 29
A Heavenly Vintage (2009) – [R]

August 30
None

August 31
The Bridge at Remagen (1969) – [PG]
Tennessee (2008) – [R]
United (2011) – [PG-13]

September 1
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – [R]
The Eiger Sanction (1975) – [R]
Passenger 57 (1992) – [R]
The Mummy (1932) – [UR]
Black Dog (1998) – [PG-13]
The Night of the Hunter (1955) – [UR]
Analyze This (1999) – [R]
Titan A.E. (2000) – [PG]
The Omen (1976) – [R]
North Dallas Forty (1979) – [R]
Soul Survivors (2001) – [PG-13]
Sweet November (2001) – [PG-13]
Nine to Five (1980) – [PG]
The Cotton Club (1984) – [R]
Angel Eyes (2001) – [R]
The Musketeer (2001) – [PG-13]
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2001) – [R]
Amores Perros (2000) – [R]
Highlander (1986) – [R]
Soapdish (1991) – [PG-13]
Insomnia (2002) – [R]
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) – [PG]
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) – [PG]
I.Q. (1994) – [PG]
Cracker: Series 1-3 (1993-1995)
Ultimate G's: Zac's Flying Dream (2007) – [NR]
Mulberry Street (2006) – [R]
Unearthed (2007) – [R]
Lake Dead (2007) – [R]
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) – [PG]
The Broken (2008) – [R]
Catacombs (2007) – [R]
Knock, Knock (2007) – [UR]
Bullrider (2006) – [PG]
Coyote (2008) – [NR]
Swimming Upstream (2003) – [PG-13]
The Burrowers (2008) – [R]
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009) – [R]
From Within (2008) – [R]
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk: IMAX (2008) – [NR]
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985) – [G]
Lake Mungo (2008) – [R]
S.I.S. (2008)
The Descent: Part 2 (2009) – [R]
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) – [G]
Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) – [R]
Gasoline (2007) – [NR]
The Graves (2010) – [R]
Dread (2009) – [R]
Everything Is Illuminated (2005) – [PG-13]
Dinosaurs Alive!: IMAX (2007) – [NR]
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs: IMAX (2007) – [NR]
Perpetuum Mobile (2009) – [NR]
Wild Ocean: IMAX (2008) – [NR]
Kill Theory (2009) – [R]
The Final (2010) – [R]
The Hit List (2010) – [R]
Network (1976) – [R]
Letters from Iwo Jima (2007) – [R]
Drained (2006) – [NR]
The Gravedancers (2006) – [R]
Wicked Little Things (2006) – [R]
Abduction (2011) – [PG-13]
The Bad Intentions (2011) – [NR]
Life Without Principle (2011) – [NR]
The Forger (2012) – [PG-13]
Koch Brothers Exposed (2012) – [NR]
Happy (2011) – [NR]
Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
The Thing (1982) – [R]
That Old Feeling (1997) – [PG-13]
The Two Jakes (1990) – [R]
Eve's Bayou (1997) – [R]

Quick Flicks

Star Wars Prequels in 3D pick up the pace