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Memorable Matchups of 2012 – Part 2
2, Jan 2013
by Ryan Stuckey
“Why is he splitting them up?”
“Why are they so long?”
“Why must he take something we love and ruin it?”
No these are not reviews for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They were the assumed reaction of the tens of people who read Part 1 of my 2012 wrap up; where I dissected the year of Channing Tatum, had two Lincolns square off, and looked at one of the two live action Snow White adaptations. Part 2 will start with…
2 Films, 20 Dwarfs
Snow White and the Huntsman featured Chris Hemsworth as a hunter whose prey is apparently trees since his weapon of choice is an axe, and Kristen Stewart as a Snow White who went to the distinguished school of parted lip acting. There’s a love triangle that nobody cares about – and I’m not talking about director Rupert Sanders, K. Stew, and R. Patt – and Charlize Theron acting with as much subtly as a nuclear explosion. The dwarfs were entertaining but tragically underused.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was what I expected. It’s similar to The Lord of the Rings trilogy in a lot of ways but is not as good as any of them. Where we came to know and love every character in that series we only really get to know Bilbo, Gandalf, and Thorin in this. Meanwhile there are a mess of other dwarfs that are only distinguishable by variations of hair above the neck, and sometimes that doesn’t even do enough to make them stand out. Did it need to be a trilogy? No. Is the book being dragged through the mud? More like dropped in a puddle before quickly being grabbed and dried off quickly. As long as fans of The Lord of the Rings series don’t go into it expecting it to be world shattering they should enjoy themselves. I should mention I didn’t see it in 48fps but I heard mostly negative things about it.
And the Winner Is: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - even though Peter Jackson obviously thinks “dues ex machina” is Latin for giant eagles.
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New Movies in Theaters: January 21, 2011
21, Jan 2011
by Dan
No Strings Attached – R – watch the trailer ►
(Oh Nurse Portman, where were you when I had cancer?)
OK, so this romantic comedy looks pretty awful, but if Natalie Portman is in it, there has to be more to it than there appears, right?
The Way Back – PG-13 – watch the trailer ►
A war-prison escape movie with a really solid cast: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan. With a RottenTomatoes score of around 80%, reviews have been extremely complimentary.
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by Dan
As of today’s post (my 100th on Flickchart!), I’ve now been using Flickchart for 555 days, watched 756 movies (I keep a movie diary), ranked 1900 movies 50000 times and generally had a swell time. If there was a Flickchart for websites, I’d click on Flickchart’s “poster” every time.
Rank the week of January 11th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best movies ever made:
The Social Network (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
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Rank it amongst the best biopics of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #27
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The Story of Facebook’s origins is brilliant director David Fincher’s latest. It’s ranked number two on Flickchart’s list of the best movies of 2010.
Piranha 3D (DVD and 2D/3D Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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Rank it amongst the best horror comedy movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #2563
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Killer fish, gore and copious nudity. If you’re into that type of thing (and really, who isn’t?), Piranha should go over very well with you.
Louis C.K.: Hilarious (DVD | NR | 2010)
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Rank it amongst the best concert movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #5172
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Louis C.K. is without a doubt the best comedian working right now. His stand-up is brilliant, his new TV show is brilliant and his first directorial effort, Pootie Tang, is brilliant.
Alpha and Omega (Blu-ray and DVD | PG | 2010)
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Rank it amongst the best animated movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #13911
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Featuring the vocal talents of: Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper and Danny Glover.
DTV and Misc DVD releases:
- My One and Only (2009) – Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon
- Love Hurts (2009) – Carrie-Anne Moss, Jenna Elfman
- Magic Man (2010) – Billy Zane, Robert Davi
- The Freebie (2010) – Dax Shepard, Katie Aselton
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- Tags: A Long Ride from Hell, Adam West, Alicia Silverstone, Alpha and Omega, Amber Heard, Benicio Del Toro, Best Movies of 2010, Billy Zane, Burt Young, Carrie-Anne Moss, Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell, Corey Feldman, Criterion, Dances With Wolves, Danny Glover, david fincher, Dax Shepard, Dennis Hopper, Excess Baggage, ExTerminators, Hayden Panettiere, Heather Graham, Hercules, Jenna Elfman, Joe Pesci, Justin Long, Katie Aselton, Kevin Bacon, kevin costner, Lost Boys: The Thirst, Louis C.K., Love Hurts, Magic Man, Matin Scorsese, My One and Only, Once Upon a Time in America, Paz Vega, piranha 3d, Raging Bull, Renee Zellweger, Robert Davi, Robert De Niro, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Sergio Leone, Steve Reeves, The Freebie, The Social Network, Triage
by Nigel Druitt
In This Corner…
Sooner or later, everybody runs. Even if they’re one of the biggest movie stars on the face of the planet. For this edition of Reel Rumbles, grab your popcorn and prepare for the run of your life as we go on the lam with Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise in an attempt to prove their innocence (and cinematic superiority) with The Fugitive vs. Minority Report.
These two thrillers both feature a cinema superstar accused of murder and on the run from the law. One is a tense cat-and-mouse game between a surgeon out to find his wife’s real killer and the dogged U.S. Marshal on his tail; the other is set in the not-so-distant future, and features a law enforcement officer trying to clear himself of a murder that hasn’t even been committed yet. One is an almost unexpected masterwork from a director whose other best-known credits are the Steven Seagal vehicle Under Siege and a Coast Guard movie starring Ashton Kutcher. The other is a superb thriller-with-a-sci-fi-twist from one of cinema’s greatest living legends that, despite how great it is, somehow still doesn’t seem to quite match some of the director’s previous cinematic efforts.
So which is better? Run–don’t walk–into the Reel Rumbles ring and find out…
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New in Theaters: June 4th, 2010
4, Jun 2010by Dan
Wide Releases
I’m very much intrigued by this one but my wife said “no” because she refuses to watch any movie that may slightly raise her pulse, so I’ll have to wait for DVD.
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A Good • An Average • A Bad
Get Him to the Greek – Trailer
Russell Brand and Jonah Hill had nice chemistry in their small bits in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, hopefully that translates to a full-length flick.
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A Good • An Average • A Bad
Save your money, invest it, or pay your bills. For the same price as an adult movie ticket, you could pay for a month of Netflix, rent M and actually watch a good movie…
Ditto.
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