January, 2012 Archive

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The most earth-shattering VS. we’ve ever done!

Dan, Jeff, and Alex team up with Flickchart to discover which films will become  the TRS “Best Movies of All-Time” by pitting them against each other: one-on-one, winner-take-all. But this week, there is a huge twist! You will be absolutely gob smacked by the revelation 5 years in the making. Don’t miss this one! Join the Totally Rad Show with hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata on VS.!

Be sure to follow along and check out their progress on their Flickchart at: http://www.flickchart.com/totallyradshow.

If you enjoy their “VS.” segment, make sure and check out the Totally Rad Show every weekday for tons of awesome news and reviews of the latest films, games, TV, comics and all things rad!

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Special Guest

Actor and Producer: Morgan Peter Brown. Check out his newest film, Absentia - and rank it on Flickchart!

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netflix instant streaming movie release schedule

Movies That Became Available to Stream on Netflix Over the Past Week or so:

District 13 Ultimatum (R | 2009)

Flickchart Ranking: #5666
Times Ranked: 1163
Win Percentage: 50%
How Many Top-20′s: 0 Users

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District 13 Ultimatum reviews and rankings

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DIRECTED BY Patrick Alessandrin

STARRING Cyril Raffaelli  •  Daniel Duval  •  David Belle  •  Philippe Torreton •  Elodie Yung

GENRES Action  •  Action Thriller  •  Dystopian Film  •  Foreign Language Film  •  Martial Arts  •  Science Fiction  •  Sci-Fi Action

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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #6073
Times Ranked: 881
Win Percentage: 46%
How Many Top-20′s: 25 Users

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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never reviews and rankings

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DIRECTED BY Jon M. Chu

STARRING Justin Bieber  •  Miley Cyrus  •  Ludacris  •  Jaden Smith  • Usher Raymond

GENRES Biography  •  Concert Film  •  Documentary  •  Music

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Back in 1963, the president of Crown International Pictures, Newton P. “Red” Jacobs, speaking about the importance of a film’s title, said  “A title is the handle.  You can’t lift a picture very high if the handle is weak.”  For the head of a movie studio, enticing movie-goers with lurid or flashy titles probably seems like a perfectly reasonable business strategy.  What they don’t have to deal with, however, are the feelings of betrayal that viewers experience when they realize that the handle wasn’t carrying anything.  I don’t know how many times I’ve watched a movie because of a title that promised sleaze and destruction, but ended up being less offensive than a random episode of Alias (WARNING: The previous link exists for no other reason than to show Jennifer Garner in lingerie).  As much as I’d like to, I simply can’t save everyone from being duped by deceptive titles.  What I can do is warn others as I encounter them.

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