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July, 2010 Archive
by Dan
What’s new to the DVD and Blu-ray Release Schedule This Week?
Cop Out – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #5313
Times Ranked: 2692
% Times Won: 40.30%
Times Top 20′d: 4
Kevin Smith’s latest. Critics savaged the flick but it seems like there has been some decent word-of-mouth on it.
The Losers – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #5242
Times Ranked: 2270
% Times Won: 52.86%
Times Top 20′d: 3
There have been quite a few action movies about a team on a mission this year, and will be more, so this seemed to get lost in the shuffle. Seems like people liked it somewhat though…
The Runaways – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #6575
Times Ranked: 898
% Times Won: 62.53%
Times Top 20′d: 1
Biopic starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.
A Town Called Panic – (DVD and Blu-ray and Netlfix Instant)
Flickchart Ranking: #8303
Times Ranked: 110
% Times Won: 63.32%
Times Top 20′d: 0
Animated film starring Cowboy, Indian, and Horse.
Mother – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #6633
Times Ranked: 234
% Times Won: 75.13%
Times Top 20′d: 0
The latest from the director of The Host. If you’ve seen that, you’re no doubt excited to pick this up.
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Inception: A Flickcharter’s Movie Review
19, Jul 2010
by Nigel Druitt
Your mind is the scene of the crime.
So reads the tagline for Inception, the new film from writer/director Christopher Nolan that just dares you to try and summarize it in a few sentences. I’m not sure it’s possible. Here’s a shot at something that barely scratches the surface: Star Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb, a man who specializes in entering people’s dreams and stealing their ideas. When he is hired to do the opposite–place a new idea in a man’s mind–he and his team get far more than they bargained for.
Such a simplistic description of such a complex movie. I am in awe of Nolan’s film, and it’s going to rank extremely high on my Flickchart; so high, that I’m almost shocked.
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“The Japanese Version Was Waaaaaaay Better”; or American Remakes of Foreign Language Films
15, Jul 2010
Remaking a foreign language film for an English speaking American audience can be quiet a feat. In fact, it probably should never be done as the success rate of good remakes is fairly low. Also, there are a number of issues which are created by remaking a foreign language film. Which movie do I watch first? Should I hold the remake up to the standard for the original? Of course we can not overlook the fact of a remake flopping at the box office. Then we must ask, why did you even waste money remaking it when you could have released the foreign version?
Predators: A Flickcharter’s Movie Review
14, Jul 2010by Nigel Druitt
Some of the world’s deadliest people – soldiers, mercenaries, killers, rapists – find themselves dropped into the middle of a hostile jungle. Soon, they realize they are being hunted… and that they are no longer on our world. So begins Predators; a sequel to the original, singular-titled, Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring sci-fi action hit from 1987. And as it turns out, it’s become the only sequel to that movie that’s truly worth the effort.
Starring: Adrien Brody (The Pianist; King Kong), Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3; TV’s “That 70′s Show”), Alice Braga (City of God; I Am Legend), Walton Goggins (TV’s “The Shield”), Oleg Taktarov (Righteous Kill; Bad Boys II), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix; TV’s “CSI”) and Danny Trejo (Planet Terror; Heat)
Directed by: Nimród Antal (Armored; Vacancy)
So, how does Predators measure up? I’ll use the Flickchart ranking method to see how…