Soundtracks of Significance
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When Ethan Coen and Joel Coen hired T. Bone Burnett to produce the music for their film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? perhaps no one could have foreseen that it would usher in a whole movement in Americana and bluegrass music.
That’s just what happened, though. It turned out that the art house viewers who went to see O Brother really enjoyed the “old timey” music that created so much of the film’s ambiance. Sales were through the roof; the album hit #1 on Billboard’s Top Soundtracks chart, Top Country Albums chart and even the Top 200 chart which covers all genres! The Recording Industry Association of America has certified it 8x platinum for shipment of 8 million units.
New Movies in Theaters: December 22, 2010
22, Dec 2010
by Dan
How will you rank December 22nd’s new films against some of the best movies ever made?
True Grit – PG-13 – watch the trailer ►
Thank you, Coen Brothers, because this was shaping up to be one of the most soulless slates of Christmas wide releases ever assembled. True Grit has a 96% on RottenTomatoes after 73 reviews and stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.
Gulliver’s Travels – PG – watch the trailer ►
I really like Jack Black, but this reimagining of the classic story looks pretty terrible. Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet and Jason Segel round out the very solid cast.
(Released on December 25th)
Little Fockers – PG-13 – watch the trailer ►
This franchise looks tired. After 44 reviews, it has a 9% on RottenTomatoes.
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New Video Releases for the Week of April 20, 2010
20, Apr 2010by Dan
Here are this week’s new DVD, Blu-ray, and Netflix Instant Watch titles. Obviously, Thursday’s Avatar release is the highlight of the week but the overall slate of releases is strong as well. Select films will include their Flickchart global statistics (where available), as well as three direct links to rank the title against similar movies (one good, one average and one bad) to help nail down where the movie belongs on your chart.
New This Week
Avatar – (Thursday, April 22 – Blu-Ray and DVD)
I broke a 32-month theater-free streak to see this one. Yeah, the tickets were free, but the effort of getting off the warm couch on a cold Midwestern Winter morning shows you the influence this one had on casual theater goers (I watch at least 2 movies a day, but usually from the comfort of my house). It’s a decent movie, but it’s going to be interesting to see how it plays on the small screen when you’ll focus more on the story than the visuals. You might want to exercise some caution buying this bare-bones disc, as a four-disc set is coming in November – although apparently there will be special codes in the box that will let you watch all the upcoming special features online over the coming months.
Flickchart’s Global Ranking: #1115
Total Times Ranked: 62860
Percentage of Times Won: 64.67%
Users Who Have It In Their Top 20: 730
Directly rank it against (scroll over for match-up):
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- Tags: 44 Inch Chest, Avatar, Battleship Potemkin, Bill Pullman, Charles Bronson, Christopher Lee, Cillian Murphy, Coen Brothers, Crazy Heart, Crimes of Fashion, David Lynch, Deadly Impact, Dolly Parton, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, Fargo, Fist of Legend, Frances McDormand, House of the Long Shadows, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Jet Li, Joe Pantoliano, Joey Lawrence, Kaley Cuoco, Laura Dern, Lily Tomlin, Megan Fox, Melissa Joan Hart, Minority Report, My Fake Fiance, My Life to Live, Nic Cage, Nine to Five, Peacock, Peter Cushing, Rex Harrison, Sean Patrick Flanery, Steve Buscemi, Steven Seagal, Steven Spielberg, Summer Hours, Susan Sarandon, The Glimmer Man, The Honey Pot, The Lovely Bones, The White Buffalo, The Young Victoria, Tom Cruise, vincent price, Wild at Heart, Willem Dafoe, William H. Macy
New Video Releases for the Week of April 13, 2010
13, Apr 2010by Dan
We picked a pretty lousy two week stretch to open this column with. Last week’s biggest release did $1.7 million at the US box office and this week’s hit $8 million. By all accounts Bad Lieutenant and Pirate Radio (aka The Boat That Rocked) are good movies, they just aren’t that sexy to kick a column off with (well, aside from stars Eva Mendes and January Jones).
So, here are this week’s new DVD, Blu-ray, and Netflix Instant Watch titles. Each film will include their Flickchart global statistics (when available), as well as three direct links to rank the title against similar movies (one good, one average and one bad) to help nail down where the movie belongs on your chart.
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- Tags: apollo 13, chris tucker, cliff robertson, Coen Brothers, Daniel Day-Lewis, defendor, dick van dyke, earth girls are easy, eric bana, eva mendes, fitzwilly, frantic, gemma arterton, Harrison Ford, henry fonda, hot fuzz, jackie chan, january jones, jay leno, Jim Carrey, kevin spacey, Lance Henriksen, love the beast, michael clarke duncan, Moon, nick frost, pirate radio, ronald reagan, rush hour 2, Sam Rockwell, sean connery, slammin salmon, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, the best man, the great mouse detective, the man who wasnt there, the offence, the unbearable lightness of being, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks, vincent price, Woody Harrelson
by Nathan Chase
Since our public launch in September, we’ve grown to well over 40,000 users, and garnered a total of more than 60 million rankings. As we approach the close of the year, and the start of a new decade, we thought we might take a moment to showcase the Top 20 films that our users have deemed to be considered the best-of-the-best from 2000-2009. So without further adieu, here are the best ranked films on Flickchart of the decade:
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