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Weekly Movie Post–January 15, 2012

Jamie Gore — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:15:25 +0000

Weekly Movie Podcast – January 15th, 2012 <37 mins – 25.3MB>
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The 2012 Golden Globes page is now up.

Golden Globes talk and predictions…listen now and see how awesome my predictions are.

Continue reading for the top five charts from last week’s box office (all data coming from www.the-numbers.com). There’s also a list of all the movies coming out this weekend in theatres and the movies that were released for the home video market this week (with trailers where available).

Top 5 (and New) Films for the Weekend Ending
January 1st, 2012

Rank	Title	$ Wknd.	$ per Theatre	$ Overall	Weeks
1	The Devil Inside	$33.7m	$14.8	$33.7m	new
2	Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol	$19.9m	$5.6k	$169.6m	4
3	Sherlock Holems: A Game of Shadows	$13.7m	$3.8k	$157.0m	4
4	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	$11.4m	$3.9k	$76.9m	3
5	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Shipwrecked	$9.5m	$2.8k	$111.6m	4

Theatrical Releases This Week

Wide Release

Beauty and the Beast 3D
Contraband
Joyful Noise

Limited Releases

The Divide
The Iron Lady
Loosies
Lula, Son of Brazil
Newlyweds
Northeast
Sing Your Song
Vettai
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Premiering in Montreal

A Dangerous Method
Pariah

New DVD Releases This Week

Wide Releases

Killer Elite
Moneyball
What’s Your Number?

Limited Theatrical Releases/Straight to Video

Brighton Rock
The Chameleon
Omar m’a tuer
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
Tempest

Filed under: Movie Review, Movies, Podcast Tagged: 50/50, Box Office, Bridesmaids, Crazy Stupid Love, film, film criticism, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Hugo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kenneth Branagh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, MB Podcast, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Movie Review, movies, My Week with Marilyn, Owen Wilson, Podcast, Ryan Gosling, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, The Ides of March, War Horse, Weekly Movie Post, Woody Allen

Weekly Video Game Post–January 8, 2011

Jamie Gore — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:32:55 +0000

Weekly Video Game Podcast – January 8, 2012 <14 mins (9.5 MB)>
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Due to technical difficulties, this is a shorter than normal podcast; just sales and game release information
Continue reading for sales figures from the week of December 24th and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)

Video Game Sales for the Week of December 31, 2011

Rank	Console	Title	Publisher	Sales of the Week	Weeks of Release
1	Xbox 360	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	272k	8
2	Xbox 360	Kinect Adventures!	Microsoft	265k	61
3	Wii	Just Dance	Ubisoft	257k	13
4	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land	Nintendo	174k	7
5	PC	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Electronic Arts	167k	2
6	PS3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	156k	7
7	3DS	Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	140k	4
8	Xbox 360	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Bethesda	113k	8
9	Xbox 360	Assassin’s Creed: Revelations	Ubisoft	111k	7
10	Xbox 360	NBA 2K12	Take-Two Interactive	107k	13

Last Week’s Downloadable Game Release
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Microsoft Xbox 360	- NFL Blitz
Nintendo 3DS	- Samurai Sword Destiny
Nintendo DS	- 3 Heroes-Crystal Soul - Quick Fill Q
Nintendo Wii	- Zombii Attack
Sony Playstation 3	- NFL Blitz - TNT Racers

Filed under: Politics, Video Game Review, Video Games Tagged: 3DS, MB Podcast, Microsoft, Nintendo, Playstation, Playstation 3, Podcast, PS3, Sony, Video Game Podcast, Video Game Review, Video Game Sales, Video Games, Weekly Video Game Post, Wii, Xbox 360

Weekly Movie Post–January 3, 2012

Jamie Gore — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:49:13 +0000

Weekly Movie Podcast – January 3rd, 2012 <16 mins – 11.1MB>
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The box office saw a nice bump from the previous week despite there being no new movies (in wide release) released in theatres this past weekend. Plenty of discussion on this week’s podcast about the state of the movie industry, some movie recommendations and reviews, and a recap of what’s your options are in theatres and on DVD this coming week.

Top 5 (and New) Films for the Weekend Ending
January 1st, 2012

Rank	Title	$ Wknd.	$ per Theatre	$ Overall	Weeks
1	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	$31.3m	$9.0k	$134.1m	3
2	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	$22.1m	$6.0k	$132.1m	3
3	War Horse	$16.9m	$6.7k	$43.0m	2
4	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	$16.4m	$4.4	$92.7m	3
5	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	$16.3m	$5.6k	$57.1m	2

Theatrical Releases This Week

Wide Release

The Devil Inside

Limited Releases

Beneath the Darkness
It’s About You
Norwegian Wood
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Roadie

New DVD Releases This Week

Wide Releases

Contagion
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
I Don’t Know How She Does It
Shark Night

Limited Theatrical Releases/Straight to Video

Neiges et cendres
Pour l’amour de Dieu
Transfer

Filed under: Movie Review, Movies, Podcast Tagged: Box Office, MB Podcast, Movie Review, movies, Podcast, Salt, The Adventures of Tintin, The Descendants, The Social Network, Weekly Movie Post

Weekly Video Game Post–January 3, 2012

Jamie Gore — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:10:23 +0000

Weekly Video Game Podcast – January 2, 2012 <69 mins (47.5 MB)>
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Jamie Gore and John Teodoro
The Top 10 Games of 2011 Podcast
Sorry, Just Dance 3 did not make the list
Continue reading for sales figures from the week of December 24th and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)

Video Game Sales for the Week of December 24, 2011

Rank	Console	Title	Publisher	Sales of the Week	Weeks of Release
1	PC	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Electronic Arts	968k	new
2	Wii	Just Dance 3	Ubisoft	683k	12
3	Xbox 360	Kinect Adventures!	Microsoft	664k	60
4	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land	Nintendo	541k	6
5	Xbox 360	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	520k	7
6	3DS	Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	391k	3
7	PS3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	356k	7
8	Wii	Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	Sega	309k	6
9	Xbox 360	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Bethesda	283k	7
10	Wii	Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo	271k	191

Last Week’s Downloadable Game Release
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Microsoft Xbox 360	- All Zombies Must Die!
Nintendo 3DS	- Bionic Commando (Game Boy-VC) - VVVVVV
Nintendo DS	- Cake Ninja - Slingo Supreme
Nintendo Wii	- Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Big Ben Burglary
Sony Playstation 3	- All Zombies Must Die! - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PSX) - Oddworld: Strangers Wrath HD - Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell HD - Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory HD - Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow HD
Sony Playstation Portable	- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PSX)

Filed under: Podcast, Video Game Review, Video Games Tagged: 3DS, Bastion, Batman: Arkham City, Bethesda, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, DS, Eidos, Gears of War 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, Mario, MB Podcast, Media Molecule, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Nintendo, Playstation, Podcast, Portal 2, PS3, PSP, PSVita, Rayman Origins, SCEA, Skyrim, Skyward Sword, Sony, Square Enix, Super Mario 3D Land, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Top 10, Ubisoft, Valve, Video Game News, Video Game Podcast, Video Game Review, Video Game Sales, Video Games, WB Interactive, Wii, Xbox 360, Zelda

Special Edition Video Game Podcast–December 29, 2011

Jamie Gore — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:52:15 +0000

Weekly Video Game Podcast – December 29, 2011 <56 mins (38.4 MB)>
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Jamie Gore and John Teodoro
We finish off our end of year discussion about the console manufacturers with a fireside chat about Microsoft (chat may not actually include fire)
We both laugh at the fact that my 20-year-old Super Nintendo still works great but John is on his FIFTH Xbox 360
If Kinect could order pizza, I would buy three

Filed under: Podcast, Video Games Tagged: Kinect, MB Podcast, Microsoft, Podcast, Video Game Podcast, Video Game Review, Video Game Sales, Video Games, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

Weekly Movie Post–December 27, 2011

Jamie Gore — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:30:04 +0000

Weekly Movie Podcast – December 27th, 2011 <16 mins – 11.2MB>
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No, this is not a dream. This is a podcast on this site that has actually gone up on time. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. There has been several podcasts (and a newsletter) to be published on the site over the last week and it should get busier on the site once we get into the new year. This podcast was slightly longer than I expected because I went into quite a bit of detail over the numbers from last weekend and try to explain why they were so poor considering that the holiday weekend traditionally is very busy for the theatres.

Top 5 (and New) Films for the Weekend Ending
December 25, 2011

Rank	Title	$ Wknd.	$ per Theatre	$ Overall	Weeks
1	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	$29.5m	$8.6k	$61.9m	2
2	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	$20.3m	$5.9k	$79.0m	2
3	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	$12.8m	$4.4k	$21.1m	new
4	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	$12.7m	$3.4k	$49.6m	2
5	The Adventures of Tintin	$9.7m	$3.1k	$17.7m	new
6	We Bought a Zoo	$9.5m	$3.0k	$9.5m	new
7	War Horse	$7.5m	$3.2k	$7.5m	new
9	The Darkest Hour	$2.8m	$1.2k	$2.8m	new

Theatrical Releases This Week

Limited Releases

Angels Crest
El Sciario Room 164
The Iron Lady
Newlyweds
Pariah
A Separation

New DVD Releases This Week

Wide Releases

Final Destination 5

Limited Theatrical Releases/Straight to Video

Apollo 18
Doomsday Prophecy
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
The Smell of Success

Filed under: Movie Review, Podcast Tagged: Box Office, DVD, film, MB Podcast, movies, Podcast, Weekly Movie Post

Weekly Video Game Post–December 25, 2011

Jamie Gore — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:55:00 +0000

Weekly Video Game Podcast – December 25, 2011 <77 mins (52.6 MB)>
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Jamie Gore and John Teodoro
Podcast delivered despite being pretty awfully sick all week
I don’t hate Nintendo but for this podcast, I really hate Nintendo
Seriously Nintendo, make with the games on the Virtual Console…and bring back IPs like Pikmin, WarioWare, Advance Wars, and Kid Icarus (no, that Sin and Punishment knockoff doesn’t count)
Speaking of downloadable games and hate, I really tear Sony a new one; do they not want me to use my PSP anymore?
Microsoft got off easy…lucky them
Continue reading for sales figures from the week of December 17th and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)

Video Game Sales for the Week of December 17, 2011

Rank	Console	Title	Publisher	Sales of the Week	Weeks of Release
1	Wii	Just Dance 3	Ubisoft	524k	11
2	Xbox 360	Kinect Adventures	Microsoft	507k	59
3	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land	Nintendo	444k	5
4	Xbox 360	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	428k	6
5	3DS	Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	337k	2
6	PS3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	292k	6
7	Wii	Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	Sega	283k	5
8	Xbox 360	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Bethesda	251k	6
9	3DS	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D	Nintendo	249k	26
10	Wii	Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo	246k	190

This Week’s Downloadable Game Release
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Microsoft Xbox 360	- Trine 2
Nintendo 3DS	- Mighty Switch Force - Tetris (Game Boy-VC)
Nintendo DS	- Christmas Wonderland - Chronicles of Vampires: Origins - Doodle Fit - Rytmik Retrobits
Nintendo Wii	- Soccer Up!
Sony Playstation 3	- Apples to Apples - Trine 2 - Sonic CD
Sony Playstation Portable	- Orbit (Minis) - P.O.W. – Prisoners of War (Minis) - Prehistoric Isle (Minis)

Filed under: Podcast, Video Game Review, Video Games Tagged: 3DS, A Space Shooter for Two Bucks!, DS, Just Dance 3, MB Podcast, Microsoft, Nintendo, Pix 'n Love Rush, Playstation, Podcast, PS Vita, PS3, PSP, PSP Mini, PSVita, Sony, Video Game Podcast, Video Game Sales, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360

Weekly Movie Post–December 24, 2011

Jamie Gore — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:30:28 +0000

Weekly Movie Podcast – December 24th, 2011 <9 mins – 6.0MB>
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The podcast is much shorter than normal (and late). I was really sick this past week (I’m still feeling slightly better than miserable). I had originally recorded almost 40 minutes but much of it was nonsensical rambling, coughing, and blowing my nose. I was able to piece together the normal segments of the show (box-office figures and movie releases). I wanted to make sure that I published this podcast in some form so even though it’s small, it’s still pretty good all things considering.

Top 5 Films for the Weekend Ending December 18, 2011

Rank	Title	$ Wknd.	$ per Theatre	$ Overall	Weeks
1	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	$39.6m	$10.7k	$39.6m	new
2	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	$23.2m	$6.2k	$23.2	new
3	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	$12.8m	$30.1k	$12.8	new
4	New Year’s Eve	$7.3m	$2.1k	$24.7m	2
5	The Sitter	$4.6m	$1.7k	$17.9m	2

Theatrical Releases This Week

Major Releases

The Adventures of Tintin
The Darkest Hour
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse
We Bought a Zoo

Limited Releases

Albert Nobbs
Don 2
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Flowers of War
Hansel and Gretel
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Magic Flute
Miss Minoes
Pina

Premiering in Montreal

The Artist
Black Gold
L’élève Ducobu
Le gamin au vélo

New DVD Releases This Week

Limited Theatrical Releases/Straight to Video

Colombiana
Dolphin Tale
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Straw Dogs
Warrior

Limited Theatrical Releases/Straight to Video

La Conquête
Saint
De vrais mensonges

Filed under: Movie Review, Podcast Tagged: MB Podcast, movies, Podcast, Weekly Movie Post

Weekly Video Game Post–December 18, 2011

Jamie Gore — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:42:14 +0000

Weekly Video Game Podcast – December 18, 2011 <67 mins (46.0 MB)>
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Jamie Gore and John Teodoro
First podcast in a long time. Let’s hope this starts to be a regular thing again instead of a special edition.
Sales are up big time due to the holiday season
How is the PlayStation 3 sitting atop worldwide sales for 2011? John and I talk about Sony’s 2011 in this week’s podcast
It’s about time people bought the 3DS. It only took a Zelda game and two Mario titles to make people want to buy the machine.
Continue reading for sales figures from the week of June 25th and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)

Video Game Sales for the Week of December 10, 2011

Rank	Console	Title	Publisher	Sales of the Week	Weeks of Release
1	3DS	Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	760k	new
2	Wii	Just Dance 3	Ubisoft	435k	10
3	Xbox 360	Kinect Adventures	Microsoft	406k	58
4	Xbox 360	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	354k	5
5	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land	Nintendo	304k	4
6	PS3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Activision	232k	5
7	Wii	Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo	207k	189
8	Wii	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Nintendo	195k	3
9	Wii	Wii Sports Resort	Nintendo	186k	124
10	Xbox 360	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Xbox 360	180k	5

This Week’s Retail Game Releases

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PC	- Star Wars: The Old Republic
Nintendo 3DS	- Heavy Fire: The Chosen Few 3D

Last Week’s Downloadable Game Release

(click title for trailers)

Microsoft Xbox 360	- Joe Danger: Special Edition - Sonic CD
Nintendo 3DS	- Master Blaster: Enemy Below (GBC-VC)
Nintendo DS	- Elite Forces: Unit 77 - Just Sing! Christmas Vol. 3 - WordJong Arcade
Nintendo Wii	- Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Lady Liberty Larceny
Sony Playstation 3	- Family Feud Decades
Sony Playstation Portable	- The Marbians (Minis)

Filed under: Podcast, Video Games Tagged: Mario Kart 7, MB Podcast, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation, Podcast, PS Vita, PS3, PSP, Sony, Video Game Podcast, Video Game Review, Video Game Sales, Video Games, Weekly Video Game Post, Wii, Xbox 360

Weekly Movie Post–August 24, 2011

Jamie Gore — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:59:00 +0000

Weekly Movie Podcast – August 24th, 2011 <16 mins – 7.6MB>
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NOTE: I’m aware of the audio issues of the podcast. My audio software is giving me problems with the MP3 files (the WAV format sounds just fine). I’ve uploaded a version that runs at 96 kbps which makes it sound like there’s less static. The other issues like the volume leveling should be fixed before the next podcast.

Top 5 Films for the Weekend Ending July 3, 2011

Rank	Title	$ Wknd.	$ per Theatre	$ Overall	Weeks
1	The Help	$20.0m	$7.4k	$71.3m	2
2	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	$16.1m	$4.6k	$133.6m	3
3	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	$11.6m	$3.5k	$11.6m	new
4	Conan the Barbarian 3D	$10.0m	$3.3k	$10.0m	new
5	Fright Night	$8.1m	$2.6k	$8.1m	new
9	One Day	$5.1m	$3.0k	$5.1m	new

Theatrical Releases This Week

Major Releases

Colombiana
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Our Idiot Brother

Limited Releases

Brighton Rock
Chasing Madoff
Circumstance
Higher Ground
Redemption Road
Swinging with the Finkels

Premiering in Montreal

House of Boys
Limelight
Poupoupidou
Rien à déclarer
La Rou
Sans queue ni tête
Les Tortues ne meurent pas de vieillesse

New DVD Releases This Week

Limited Theatrical Releases/Straight to Video

The Beaver
Blitz
Henry’s Crime
Tactical Force
Troll Hunter
Venus Noire
Win Win

Filed under: Podcast Tagged: 3D movies, Conan the Barbarian, film, Fright Night, MB Podcast, movies, One Week, The Help, Weekly Movie Post