What Won TV? – December 22-December 28, 2013

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – There were multiple exciting NFL games.
Monday – Hollywood Game Night
Tuesday – I caught some of A Christmas Story.
Wednesday – Doctor Who
Thursday – nothing
Friday – nothing
Saturday – nothing

2013: A Year at the Movies

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“Moviegoers will win 2013 by a score of 402 to Zip, but Jeff Malone will be held to under 100.” “The record’s 75.” “WAS.”

(Included with the list of titles are grades, dates, showtimes, theatre locations, and folks I saw the movies with.)

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – B (1/2, 2:30 PM, Regal United Artists Oxford Valley, Langhorne, PA; Kaity Malone)
2. Django Unchained – A- (1/4, 10:30 PM, Oxford Valley; Walter Wojcik)
3. Texas Chainsaw 3D – C+ (1/7, 2:30 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
4. Rise of the Guardians – B- (1/10, 11:40 AM, Oxford Valley; myself)
5. The Impossible – B (1/11, 1:35 PM, AMC Neshaminy, Bensalem, PA; myself)
6. This is 40B- (1/14, 12:50 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
7. Silver Linings Playbook – A (1/19, 7:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Bob and Sue Malone)
8. MamaB+ (1/20, 10:45 PM, Oxford Valley; Kylie Howe)
9. The Last Stand – B (1/24, 2:20 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
10. Zero Dark Thirty – A- (1/27, 12:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Bob and Sue Malone)
11. The Best of Rifftrax: Plan 9 From Outer Space (1/31, 7:30 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
12. Bullet to the Head – B (2/2, 7:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff Smith)
13. Warm Bodies – A- (2/2, 9:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff Smith)
14. Side Effects – B (2/13, 2:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Rob Malone)
15. Dark Skies – B- (2/22, 1:40 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
16. The Last Exorcism Part II – C- (3/5, 12:20 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
17. Oz the Great and Powerful – C (3/9, 12:30 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff Smith, Greg Smith, and Walt Wojcik)
18. The Call – C (3/20, 12:10 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
19. Stoker – B+ (3/25, 1:35 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
20. Spring Breakers – B+ (3/26, 12:20 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
21. Jack the Giant Slayer – B (3/28, 1:30 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
22. The Host – C+ (4/4, 12:40 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
23. Evil Dead – B (4/6, 3:10 PM, Oxford Valley; Walt Wojcik)
24. GI Joe: Retaliation in 3D – C (4/8, 1:50 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
25. Olympus Has FallenC- (4/10, 1:20 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
26. 42 – B (4/13, 7:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Bob and Sue Malone)
27. Trance – B (4/15, 1:25 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
28. The Lords of Salem – B- (4/23, 1:30 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
29. OblivionB+ (4/24, 1:00 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
30. The Place Beyond the Pines – B- (4/30, 3:55 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone)
31. Pain & Gain – B+ (5/1, 1:20 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
32. Iron Man 3 – B+ (5/5, 3:20 PM, Oxford Valley; Bob Malone and Walt Wojcik)
33. The CroodsC (5/8, 12:50 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
34. Star Trek Into DarknessB+ (5/18, 8:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Bob, Sue, and Kaity Malone)
35. The Great Gatsby in 3D – C+ (5/19, 4:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone)
36. Fast & Furious 6 – B (5/24, 4:20 PM, Oxford Valley; Walt Wojcik)
37. The Hangover Part III – B- (5/24, 8:10 PM, Oxford Valley; Walt Wojcik)
38. Now You See Me – B (6/4, 4:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone)
39. Mud – B (6/5, 1:30 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
40. The Internship – C (6/9, 7:40 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone)
41. The Purge – B- (6/10, 11:40 AM, Oxford Valley; myself)
42. Man of Steel – B- (6/14, 3:40 PM, Oxford Valley; Walt Wojcik)
43. This is the End – B+ (6/14, 8:10 PM, Oxford Valley; Walt Wojcik)
44. The East – B+ (6/20, 1:45 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
45. Monsters University in 3D – B+ (6/22, 9:20 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff and Greg Smith)
46. The Bling Ring – B+ (6/25, 2:40 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
47. World War Z – B (6/28, 7:10 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff Smith and Walt Wojcik)
48. The HeatC+ (7/8, 10:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone)
49. Despicable Me 2 in 3D – B (7/13, 10:20 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
50. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain – B- (7/15, 2:50 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
51. White House Down – B (7/16, 12:30 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
52. The Conjuring – A (7/20, 10:30 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
53. Girl Most Likely – B- (7/21, 1:50 PM, Neshaminy; Kaity Malone)
54. R.I.P.D.C- (7/22, 7:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff Smith)
55. The To-Do ListB- (7/27, 8:10 PM, AMC Hamilton, Hamilton, NJ; Jeff Smith)
56. Fruitvale StationA- (7/29, 12:50 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
57. Pacific RimB (7/29, 10:25 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
58. The Way, Way Back – B+ (8/1, 1:10 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
59. We’re the Millers – B- (8/12, 8:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone)
60. Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers (8/15, 8:00 PM, Neshaminy; myself)
61. Lee Daniels’ The ButlerB (8/16, 4:20 PM, Oxford Valley; Claire Dansbury)
62. The Spectacular NowB+ (8/18, 10:15 PM, AMC Loews 19th Street East, New York, NY; myself)
63. In a World…B (8/22, 9:45 PM, Landmark Sunshine, New York, NY; myself)
64. The World’s EndA- (8/23, 2:50 PM, Regal Union Square, New York, NY; Rob Malone and Andrew Parrish)
65. You’re NextA (8/24, 3:20 PM, Union Square; myself)
66. Short Term 12B+ (8/28, 2:15 PM, Landmark Sunshine; myself)
67. The Frozen GroundC+ (8/29, 1:00 PM, City Cinemas Village East, New York, NY; myself)
68. Blue JasmineB+ (8/31, 6:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Claire Dansbury and Pat Dansbury)
69. ElysiumC+ (9/1, 7:10 PM, Oxford Valley; myself)
70. The Room (9/7, 12:00 AM, Landmark Sunshine; myself)
71. RiddickC+ (9/7, 6:00 PM, Union Square; Rob Malone)
72. The WolverineB (9/11, 12:20 PM, Union Square; myself)
73. Insidious: Chapter 2B- (9/14, 9:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Dave Coyle and Walt Wojcik)
74. The FamilyC (9/18, 1:20 PM, Regal E-Walk, New York, NY; myself)
75. RushB+ (9/21, 11:00 AM, Union Square; Rob Malone)
76. PrisonersA- (9/25, 7:20 PM, E-Walk; Michael Alden, CJ Hanekamp, Johanne Jespersen, and Laura Jespersen)
77. Don JonB (9/27, 8:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Rob Malone and Dan Dickerson)
78. Gravity in RPX 3D – B+ (10/5, 7:50 PM, E-Walk; Aaron Doughty, CJ Hanekamp, Laura Jespersen, Chad Phillips, and Sheila Hoang)
79. Captain Phillips – A- (10/11, 10:10 PM, Union Square; Rob Malone, Chad Phillips, and Sheila Hoang)
80. All the Boys Love Mandy LaneC- (10/14, 9:15 PM, Angelika Film Center, New York, NY; myself)
81. 12 Years a SlaveA (10/21, 12:50 PM, Union Square; Rob Malone)
82. Escape Plan – C+ (10/23, 7:00 PM, E-Walk; Rob Malone)
83. The CounselorC (10/25, 9:10 PM, Union Square; Rob Malone)
84. Machete KillsB- (11/5, 10:30 PM, AMC Empire, New York, NY; Laura Jespersen)
85. Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaB (11/10, 8:40 PM, E-Walk; Kasper Hansen and Laura Jespersen)
86. Blue is the Warmest ColorA- (11/12, 8:15 PM, BAM Rose Cinemas, Brooklyn, NY; Charles Mallison and Anya Prokhorkina)
87. NebraskaA- (11/20, 7:50 PM, Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, New York, NY; myself)
88. Thor: The Dark World – B- (11/23, 9:45 PM, Union Square; myself)
89. The Hunger Games: Catching FireA- (11/29, 5:30 PM, Oxford Valley; Bob Malone, Sue Malone, Rob Malone, and Kaity Malone)
90. Philomena – A- (12/1, 1:50 PM, Oxford Valley; Claire Dansbury and Pat Dansbury)
91. OldboyB (12/2, 2:20 PM, Union Square; Rob Malone)
92. Inside Llewyn Davis – B (12/9, 2:00 PM, Union Square; Rob Malone)
93. American Hustle – A (12/16, 4:00 PM, E-Walk; CJ Hanekamp and Anya Prokhorkina; also 12/26, 7:40 PM, Oxford Valley; Rob Malone, Kaity Malone, and Becca Mutek)
94. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug – B- (12/18, 7:30 PM, Oxford Valley; Walt Wojcik)
95. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – B+ (12/21, 2:00 PM, Oxford Valley; Kaity Malone and Hannah Plumridge)
96. Saving Mr. Banks – B (12/27, 12:40 PM, Oxford Valley; Claire Dansbury and Pat Dansbury)
97. 47 RoninC+ (12/29, 1:40 PM, Oxford Valley; Jeff Smith and Walt Wojcik)

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