Posts Tagged ‘Anthony Hopkins’

For the past five years, Marvel has unofficially kicked off the summer movie season with their fantastic lineup of superheroes. With big names like Wolverine, Spider-Man and Iron Man at their disposal, they have dominated the last half-decade of setting the bar high for the beginning of the summer. This weekend, they will attempt to do the same with a new film franchise based on Thor, about the strong and cocky god of thunder who gets kicked out of Asgard and forced to live on Earth. But before you start off the summer with this big-budget spectacle, check out some of these under-ranked films from the stars of Thor.

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As Marvel Studios begins their big push to the 2012 release of The Avengers, their films are increasingly taking on more of a soap-opera-like continuity between them. This serialization might be a little aggravating, but so far, it’s not keeping the films from being enjoyable in their own right (at least for the most part).

Still, comic book superhero films in general (and Marvel films in particular) are only becoming more prevalent nowadays. This year, we’ll see the X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class. And, only five years after the hit-and-miss (mostly miss) Spider-Man 3, the webslinger will be getting his very own shiny reboot in 2012.

But in The Avengers is Marvel’s juggernaut, and before it brings together Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, it has to introduce more members of its roster in their very own films. It can be a little exhausting trying to keep up with these Avengers, so if we really only want to check out one Marvel movie this summer, which should it be? With that question in mind, Flickchart‘s Reel Rumbles take on a slightly different form as we present: Pre-Rumbles: Thor vs. Captain America: The First Avenger.

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Rank the week of February 15th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best movies ever made:

Unstoppable (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)

Unstoppable reviews and rankings Rank it amongst the best action movies of all time.

Flickchart Ranking: #1915
Times Ranked: 3781
Win Percentage: 50%
How Many Top-20′s: 3 Users

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Director Tony Scott’s Runaway Train thriller starring Denzel Washington, Rosario Dawson and Chris Pine.

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Rank the week of February 8th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the greatest movies ever made:

Paranormal Activity 2 (DVD and Blu-ray | NR | 2010)

Paranormal Activity 2 reviews and rankings Rank it amongst the best supernatural horror movies of all time.

Flickchart Ranking: #2985
Times Ranked: 2997
Win Percentage: 50%
How Many Top-20′s: 2 Users

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It’s Kind of a Funny Story (DVD and Blu-ray | NR | 2010)

It's Kind of a Funny Story reviews and rankings Rank it amongst the best comedy movies of all time.

Flickchart Ranking: #4125
Times Ranked: 1401
Win Percentage: 55%
How Many Top-20′s: 5 Users

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A coming-of-age tale set in a mental health center starring Zach Galifianakis, Lauren Graham and Emma Roberts.

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The Mechanic – R – watch the trailer

The Mechanic movie reviews and rankings

The Mechanic movie discussions and rankings

Remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson movie of the same name. Call me crazy but I vastly prefer Bronson to Jason Statham.

The Rite – PG-13 – watch the trailer

The Rite movie reviews and rankings

The Rite movie discussions and rankings

Is exorcism the new zombies? There seems to be one every couple months now. This one stars Anthony Hopkins and Alice Braga. That PG-13 rating will probably keep me away.

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