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Soundtracks of Significance: Rushmore
12, Jun 2012
A number of directors in the last two decades have been excellent at picking music to be a part of their movies, but for my money, the one who manages to always impress me is Wes Anderson. Starting with Bottle Rocket, Anderson has been smart to pepper all of his movies with great music. Who can think of “Judy is a Punk” by The Ramones without thinking of the visual file of Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums? Or “Let Her Dance” by The Bobby Fuller Four without thinking of Mr. Fox and family dancing at the end of Fantastic Mr. Fox? Or even “This Time Tomorrow” by The Kinks at the start of The Darjeeling Limited? These are three perfect examples of great music in Anderson’s films, but for my money, his best compilation of music comes from his second movie, which was released in 1998. The movie was Rushmore.
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- Tags: 1998, Bill Murray, Bottle Rocket, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Jason Schwartzman, John Lennon, London Records, Mark Mothersbaugh, Moonrise Kingdom, Olivia Williams, Rushmore, soundtrack album, The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Rolling Stones, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Who, Wes Anderson
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The Under-Ranked: Thor
6, May 2011
by Ross Bonaime
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.
- In: Under-Ranked
- Tags: A Perfect Getaway, annie hall, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Ashton Kutcher, Black Swan, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Danny McBride, Frieda Pinto, Gemma Jones, Hotel Chevalier, Iron Man, J.J. Abrams, James Franco, Jason Schwartzman, Josh Brolin, Kiele Sanchez, Manhattan, Marvel, Milla Jovovich, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, No Strings Attached, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Steve Zahn, The Avengers, The Darjeeling Limited, Thor, Timothy Olymphant, Wes Anderson, Wolverine, Woody Allen, You Will a Tall Dark Stranger, Your Highness
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How do this week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases rank against the best movies of all-time?
How to Train Your Dragon (Friday October 15th) (DVD and Blu-ray | PG | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best animated movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #2829
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I never got a chance to see this in theaters. Does it end with a pop song and big dance scene like every other DreamWorks Animation movie? I firmly believe that’s the main reason DreamWorks (Sony and Fox’s animation studios are guilty of this too) will never make a truly great film.
Jonah Hex (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best movies based on comic books of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #8515
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The biggest turkey of the year. Sad, considering there’s probably a good movie to be made with the source material.
I Am Love (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2009)
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How would you rank it amongst the best dramatic films of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #9237
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Read Ebert’s review. There’s a reason he won a Pulitzer.
Leaves of Grass (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2009)
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How would you rank it amongst the best movie comedies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #8470
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Edward Norton in a dual-role as a set of wildly different twins. Or as I call it, cinematic bliss.
Lost Boys: The Thirst (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best thrillers of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: Just Added
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The original Lost Boys definitely deserves to remain in the public’s consciousness. I’m pretty sure these DTV sequels do not.
- In: New Releases
- Tags: Angie Dickinson, Ann-Margret, Anthony Hopkins, Burgess Meredith, Busby Berkeley, Christopher Reeve, Cyclops, Edward Norton, Fred Astaire, Gamer, Ginger Rogers, How to Train Your Dragon, I am Love, Ingmar Bergman, James Cagney, Jonah Hex, Leaves of Grass, Macabre, Magic, Pretty Maids all in a Row, Raging Phoenix, Red Dragon, Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Superman, Telly Savalas, The Darjeeling Limited, The Disembodied, The Hangover, The Hypnotic Eye, The Lost Boys, The Todd Killings, Three Kings, William Castle