The Avengers keep on avenging, obliterating expectations and creating a perfect storm of box office success. Meanwhile, Dark Shadows, What To Expect, and Battleship have all come and gone, filling May with bombs and clearing the way for bigger fights in June and July. Whither Spider-Man? Whither the Dark Knight? Plus, Dan Harmon’s TV clustercuss, all on tonight’s brand new Mamo!
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THE AVENGERS! Iron Man! Thor! Captain America! The Incredible Hulk! Matt Brown! Matt Price! Not really. But we take the opportunity – having been talking about this film in some form or another in more podcast episodes than any other project in Mamo history – to have a big conversation about everything that Joss Whedon (and Marvel Studios) did right in finally assembling the Avengers… plus, we circle back on Cabin in the Woods, and tie off our previous non-spoiler conversation with some genuine observations about the strengths of the film. Spoiler warning throughout: we heartily recommend seeing BOTH The Avengers and Cabin in the Woods before listening to this show.
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We wrap up our Ebertfest 2012 coverage from the Valois Cafeteria in Chicago IL, with an in-depth chat about A Separation, Take Shelter, Higher Ground, and the meaning of faith in the universe. Special bonus: surreptitious Q&A audio clips!
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Live from the Aroma Cafe in Champaign, IL, we continue to recap Ebertfest as it happens. Today we discuss the beautiful film Terri, a terrific program of shorts accompanied by the Alloy orchestra, and our thoughts on a panel about VOD vs. the future of theatrical moviegoing.
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Mamo comes to you from Champaign, Illinois, the home of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival – Ebertfest! We sit down on a park bench to discuss the festival and three of its films: Joe vs. the Volcano, Big Fan, and Kinyarwanda. Plus a big shout-out to the Jane Addams Book Shop.
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Mamo road trip! We stop at Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a catch-up show. We talk Catching Fire, Avengers, the next Batman, James Cameron, the 3-D 48fps Hobbit, and the future of all mankind (and movies).
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WELCOME TO THE SUMMER, boys and girls! Mamo’s summer box office contest kicks off once again, and we give you our picks for what the top ten films of the 2012 season will be.
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THE SUMMER STARTS ON MAY 1 AND ENDS ON AUGUST 17, in terms of movies you can pick. Please work by domestic release dates only and with domestic grosses only. Scores will be tabulated after the Toronto International Film Festival is over.
Players will submit the following:
Top ten films, in order of total grosses. Also total gross $ amount and opening weekend gross $ amount. So as an example, submissions should look like this:
1. Dark Knight Rises, $402 million, $175 million
2. Avengers, $375 million, $150 million
Points awarded for:
A. 1-10 Points for film rankings. If you are bang on (your #1 pick comes in #1) you get 10. If you are 5 places away (your #8 film comes in #3) you get 5, etc.
B. 10 bonus points for every film who’s gross you have within 5 million of the actual gross.
C. 5 bonus points for every film who’s gross you have within 10 million of the actual gross.
D. 1 bonus point for every film who’s gross you have within 20 million of the actual gross.
E. 10 Bonus Points for every film who’s opening weekend gross is within $1 million of the actual opening weekend gross.
F. 5 Bonus Points for every film who’s opening weekend gross is within $5 million of the actual opening weekend gross.
G. 1 Bonus Point for every film who’s opening weekend gross is within $10 million of the actual opening weekend gross.
E. 10 point bonus for every film you have ranked correctly AND within 5 million of the actual gross AND within $1 million of the opening weekend gross.
F. For the purposes of calculating weekends – Films opening on a Wednesday are counted until the first Sunday they are released. Films opening on Memorial Day weekend are counted until the following Monday. Films opening the week of July 4 are counted from whenever they open in that week until the first Sunday of their release. Example – Spiderman opens on Tuesday, July 3. Your guess for weekend gross would actually be its 6 day total, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Mamo comes to you from ActionFest 2012 in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina! We chat up the film festival with a body count while contemplating the warm welcome our American cousins have given us all.
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WELCOME TO THE SUMMER, boys and girls! Mamo’s summer box office contest kicks off once again, and we give you our picks for what the top ten films of the 2012 season will be.
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CONTEST ENTRIES ARE NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED. THANKS FOR ENTERING. We will tally the results in mid-September and announce the winner on the show; in the meantime, feel free to continue to use this thread to chat up the summer results. You can also watch the leader board for the contest right here (thanks to GE Hale!).
Rules:
THE SUMMER STARTS ON MAY 1 AND ENDS ON AUGUST 17, in terms of movies you can pick. Please work by domestic release dates only and with domestic grosses only. Scores will be tabulated after the Toronto International Film Festival is over.
Players will submit the following:
Top ten films, in order of total grosses. Also total gross $ amount and opening weekend gross $ amount. So as an example, submissions should look like this:
1. Dark Knight Rises, $402 million, $175 million
2. Avengers, $375 million, $150 million
Points awarded for:
A. 1-10 Points for film rankings. If you are bang on (your #1 pick comes in #1) you get 10. If you are 5 places away (your #8 film comes in #3) you get 5, etc.
B. 10 bonus points for every film who’s gross you have within 5 million of the actual gross.
C. 5 bonus points for every film who’s gross you have within 10 million of the actual gross.
D. 1 bonus point for every film who’s gross you have within 20 million of the actual gross.
E. 10 Bonus Points for every film who’s opening weekend gross is within $1 million of the actual opening weekend gross.
F. 5 Bonus Points for every film who’s opening weekend gross is within $5 million of the actual opening weekend gross.
G. 1 Bonus Point for every film who’s opening weekend gross is within $10 million of the actual opening weekend gross.
E. 10 point bonus for every film you have ranked correctly AND within 5 million of the actual gross AND within $1 million of the opening weekend gross.
F. For the purposes of calculating weekends – Films opening on a Wednesday are counted until the first Sunday they are released. Films opening on Memorial Day weekend are counted until the following Monday. Films opening the week of July 4 are counted from whenever they open in that week until the first Sunday of their release. Example – Spiderman opens on Tuesday, July 3. Your guess for weekend gross would actually be its 6 day total, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Kaboom! The Hunger Games shows up, and shows us how it’s done. Haters gonna hate, but in this $150M+ teen girl prizefight, we’re with Katniss.
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Mamo has seen Cabin in the Woods, the three-years’-delayed Joss Whedon / Drew Goddard extravaganza that delivers on every conceivable level. We’re joined by fellow Whedonite Sasha James for a roundtable discussion of the Ascension of Joss.
Note: this conversation was, to whatever degree possible, spoiler-free.
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