The Chronic Rift Network: Finding the Culture in Pop Culture!

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Weekly Podioplex Notes

Introduction

Opening Clip: Here Comes the Boom

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Taken 2
#2 – Hotel Transylvania
#3 – Pitch Perfect
#4 – Looper
#5 – Frankenweenie
#6 – End of Watch
#7 – Trouble With the Curve
#8 – House at the End of the Street
#9 – The Master
#10 – Finding Nemo 3D

(New Release)

Tops From the Past

2007 – Why Did I Get Married?
2002 – Red Dragon [2^nd week]
1992 – Under Siege
1982 – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial [14^th week, 19^th week in release]
1972 – Sounder [2^nd week, 3^rd week in release]

Box Office Premieres for the week of October 12th

Wide

Argo – [R]
Sinister – [R]
Here Comes the Boom – [PG]
Seven Psychopaths – [R]

Limited

War of the Buttons – [NR]
Middle of Nowhere – [R]

Home Entertainment for the week of October 9th

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Prometheus – [R]
Rock of Ages – [PG-13]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

Bones: The Complete Seventh Season (2011)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 7 (2011)
The Lucy Show: The Official Sixth & Final Season (1967)
Doctor Who: Ambassadors of Death (1970)

Blu-Rays From the Past

Dial M for Murder (1954) – [PG]
Little Shop of Horrors: Director's Cut (1986) – [PG-13]
The Great Mouse Detective (1986) – [G]
Strangers on a Train (1951) – [PG]
Red Dawn (1984) – [PG-13]
Ice Station Zebra (1968) – [G]

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Podcast Promo

It Has Come to My Attention
Author Kevin Lauderdale takes a moment of your time each month to go into a little more detail on a particular aspect of pop culture that has come to his attention.  Topics vary from old time radio to literary works to classic, but overlooked, films.

Netflix Streaming New Releases (October 7th to October 13th)

October 7
Pray for Japan (2012) – [NR]

October 8
Main, Meri Patni… Aur Who! (2005) – [NR]
The Girl from the Naked Eye (2012) – [R]

October 9
The Forgiveness of Blood (2011) – [NR]
Hopelessly in June (2011) – [R]
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012) – [R]
The League: Season 3 (2011)

October 10
None

October 11
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) – [R]
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012) – [UR]
Private Practice: Season 5 (2011)

October 12
Mesrine: Part 1: Killer Instinct (2008) – [R]
The Sicilian Girl (2009) – [NR]
ATM (2012) – [R]

October 13
Glee: Season 3 (2011)
Let It Shine (2012) – [NR]

Quick Flicks

Angry Birds use the Force
James Bond poll results