Talking Books, the Movies of 2011, Lackluster Box-Office, Best Picture and More

Summary: It may be a light week due to the holidays, but Laremy and I are still ready to bring you a new episode of the RopeofSilicon podcast even if it is only a 45-minute episode and even if we stray from talking just movies as we kick off our conversation this week talking about books, but work our way back into the movie biz. We talk about the recent stumbles at the box-office, the state of the Best Picture race, new DVD and Blu-rays this week, the coastal divide on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and a few more random bits here and there.