March, 2011 Archive

This week, director Zack Snyder releases his fifth film, Sucker Punch. This film marks Snyder’s first wholly original work, after 2004’s Dawn of the Dead and his adaptations of the famous graphic novels 300 and Watchmen and the children’s book, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. In Sucker Punch, Baby Doll, played by Emily Browning is left in a mental institution where she will receive a lobotomy in five days. Along with four other inmates, Baby Doll uses her imagination to create worlds that will help her and her other captives escape. But before going to see Sucker Punch this weekend, check out some of these under-ranked films from the film’s stars.

Along with Browning’s Baby Doll, Vanessa Hudgens as Blondie, and Jamie Chung’s Amber are Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish as Rocket and Sweet Pea, respectively. Both actresses have done some great independent features that are worthwhile to check out.

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Which New Movie Will End Up Being Ranked Most This Weekend?

Sucker Punch

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Directed By: Zack Snyder

Starring: Emily Browning •  Abbie Cornish •  Jena Malone •  Vanessa Hudgens •  Carla Gugino

Genres: Action •  Adventure •  Drama •  Fantasy •  Fantasy Adventure •  Psychological Drama •  Thriller

Sucker Punch movie discussions and rankings

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Resisting the Blu-ray

24, Mar 2011

I am a movie lover, but I keep telling myself I don’t need Blu-ray to prove it.

What’s the big selling point? As my wife reminds me, I don’t have a high-def TV, so picture and sound quality aren’t my biggest concerns. There’s the argument of durability; so far, I haven’t had much problem with my DVDs, and I own so many that I haven’t come close to wearing any out.

Special features? Well, I used to be a junkie for those. I own the four-disc Extended Editions of all three of Peter Jackson‘s Lord of the Rings films. Each of those extended movies is three-and-a-half to four hours long, and I watched them multiple times. Each of the three sets has documentaries clocking in at longer than the films. I watched all of those. I watched two of the four available commentaries on all three films. Are you totaling those hours up? I’m trying not to.

Obviously, this was all before I had kids…

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Rank the week of March 22nd’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best movies of all-time:

You know it’s an off-week when Yogi Bear is the new release with the most Top-20 rankings on Flickchart.

The Tourist reviews and rankings

The Tourist

(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #6806
Times Ranked: 1613
Win Percentage: 43%
Top-20 Rankings: 1

buy dvd on amazon Netflix add The Tourist to my list of the best movies ever

Directed By: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Starring: Johnny Depp •  Angelina Jolie •  Paul Bettany •  Timothy Dalton •  Steven Berkoff

Genres: Drama •  Paranoid Thriller •  Thriller

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