Month: December 2013

Back Seat Book Club – Book Fifteen: Sacré Bleu

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Post date December 7, 2013
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Author: Christopher Moore

Published: 2012

HarperCollins

Plot Summary – In his latest novel, the immortal Moore takes on the Great French Masters. A magnificent “Comedy d’Art” from the author of Lamb, Fool and Bite Me, Moore’s Sacré Bleu is part mystery, part history (sort of), part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young baker-painter who joins the dapper Henri Toulouse-Lautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the supposed suicide of Vincent van Gogh.

Quick Thoughts

[forthcoming]

“The Painting is not shit,’ said Lucien.

‘I know,’ said Henri. ‘That was just part of the subterfuge. I am of royal lineage; subterfuge is one of the many talents we carry in our blood, along with guile and hemophilia.”

Your Hosts:

Lena
Sam
Scott

Recorded 10/25/13

Next Time: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

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Back Seat Box Office Shows

Back Seat Box Office #168

Post author By Lena
Post date December 6, 2013
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Congrats to Nick for his high score of 21!

Thanks to Nick and Art for their voice mails.

Picks:

Art

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Frozen
Thor: The Dark World
The Best Man Holiday
Out of the Furnace

Jeff

Frozen
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Out of the Furnace
Thor: The Dark World
Delivery Man

Lena

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Frozen
Out of the Furnace
Thor: The Dark World
Homefront

Art’s House picks:

Art, Jeff & Lena – Inside Llewelyn Davis

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Back Seat Producers Season 08 Shows

BSP Episode 298 – Skanksgiving: House of Boys

Post author By Lena
Post date December 3, 2013
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Release date – 11/20/2009

Filmlichter

Directed by Jean

Claude Schlim

Produced by

Bob Bellion

Written by

Jean-Claude Schlim
Christian Thiry

Cast

Layke Anderson – Frank
Gintare Parulyte – Rita
Benn Northover – Jake

No one is happy with Tony for his choice of Skanksgiving movie.
David did not get the gayness he was hoping for.
David is a sucker for that banana-shaped carrot.
NOT GAY ENOUGH!
Act 1 – awesomeness, everything else after that – wait, what?
Stephen Fry and his amazing amount of disdain for Reagan.
Tony gets technical… AIDS, the gay plague, GRIDS.
Udo Kier singing… in drag… in German.
“Does it entice you when I lick this thing like that?”
Magic Mike comparisons.
The authority on guys… Jolie or the other guys?
Panty-dropper and jock strap-dropper.
There was a distinct lack of penis in this movie!
I did not expect the AIDS, either.
More penis, less AIDS.
Denver, the Last Dinosaur and its gay subtext.
The Gay Hangover.
Glimpses of awesomeness.
Revenge masturbation.
Sex is deadly… that’s all.
The ever-so-sexy tomato!
Football. Yes, football.
Ghostbusters.
Star Wars stuffs.
Walking Dead… the tank! Tony seems a smidge TOO excited.
Netflix is a lying jerkface!
Cat adventures.
Sausagefest…we’re enablers.
Idris Elba… every man’s dream.
Let’s not bring the room down with AIDS… abortions now!
Cards Against Humanity, of course!
10 Incredible facts about the anus.
The euphoric rush of strangling a drifter.
You know the rules, Darrell… penises are always funny, vaginas are always serious!
It’s too big for my mouth, Tony.

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
Darrell
Jolie
David

This episode was recorded: 11/27/13

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Announcement

Weekend Box Office: Nov 29-Dec 1

Post author By Lena
Post date December 3, 2013
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#1 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from Lionsgate held at #1 with a gross of $74.2 million (-53.1%) in 4,163 theaters. Total gross to date is $296.3. Budget was $130 million.

#2 Frozen from Buena Vista rose from #22 to #2 with a gross of $67.4 million (+27,588.6)%) in 3,742 theaters (+3,741). Total gross to date is $93.9 million. Budget was $150 million.

#3 Thor: The Dark World from Buena Vista fell from #2 to #3 with a gross of $11.1 million (-21.9%) in 3,286 theaters (-427). Total gross to date is $186.7 million. Budget was $170 million.

#4 The Best Man Holiday from Universal fell from #3 to #4 with a gross of $8.2 million (-34.6%) in 1,717 theaters (-324). Total gross to date is $63.1 million. Budget was $17 million.

#5 Homefront from Open Road Films opened at #5 with a gross of $6.9 million in 2,570 theaters. Total gross to date is $9.7 million. Budget was $22 million.

#6 Delivery Man from Buena Vista fell from #4 to #6 with a gross of $6.8 million (-14%) in 3,036 theaters. Total gross to date is $19.4 million. Budget was $26 million.

#7 The Book Thief from Fox rose from #16 to #7 with a gross of $4.9 million (+698%) in 1,234 theaters (1,164). Total gross to date is $7.9 million. Budget was unknown.

#8 Philomena from Weinstein Company rose from #27 to #8 with a gross of $3.68 million (+2,762.1%) in 835 theaters (+831). Total gross to date is $4.6 million. Budget was unknown.

#9 Black Nativity from Fox Searchlight opened at #9 with a gross of $3.67 million in 1,516 theaters. Total gross to date is $4.8 million. Budget was $17.5 million.

#10 Last Vegas from CBS Films fell from #6 to #10 with a gross of $2.7 million (-38.2%) in 1,854 theaters (-1,072). Total gross to date is $58.6 million. Budget was $28 million.

#11 Gravity from Warner Bros. fell from #8 to #11 with a gross of $2.6 million (-20.4%) in 1,016 theaters (-829). Total gross to date is $249.7 million. Budget was $100 million.

#12 Dallas Buyers Club from Focus Features fell from #10 to #12 with a gross of $2.5 million (-6.3%) in 696 theaters (+30). Total gross to date is $10.2 million. Budget was unknown.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $194.6 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo