New Blu-ray and DVD Releases: August 9th
Rank the week of August 9th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:
NEW RELEASES
PAUL
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #764
Win Percentage: 55%
Times Ranked: 7626
Top-20 Rankings: 22
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Starring: Simon Pegg • Nick Frost • Seth Rogen • Jane Lynch • Sigourney Weaver
Genres: Adventure • Comedy • Road Movie • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy • Adventure Comedy
SUPER
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2200
Win Percentage: 54%
Times Ranked: 2471
Top-20 Rankings: 11
Directed By: James Gunn
Starring: Rainn Wilson • Ellen Page • Liv Tyler • Kevin Bacon • Michael Rooker
Genres: Action • Action Comedy • Black Comedy • Comedy • Comedy Drama • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Drama • Satire • Based-on-Comics
JUMPING THE BROOM
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #16475
Win Percentage: 32%
Times Ranked: 46
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Salim Akil
Starring: Angela Bassett • Paula Patton • Meagan Good • Laz Alonso • Julie Bowen
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
YOUR HIGHNESS
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #4006
Win Percentage: 41%
Times Ranked: 3341
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: David Gordon Green
Starring: Danny McBride • James Franco • Natalie Portman • Zooey Deschanel • Justin Theroux
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Comedy • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Fantasy Comedy • Sword-and-Sorcery
MARS NEEDS MOMS
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9050
Win Percentage: 43%
Times Ranked: 442
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: Simon Wells
Starring: Seth Green • Dan Fogler • Joan Cusack • Elisabeth Harnois • Kevin Cahoon
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Adventure • Family-Oriented Comedy • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy • Family
CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK CARDIFF
(DVD & Blu-ray | G | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #12597
Win Percentage: 40%
Times Ranked: 83
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Craig McCall
Starring: Jack Cardiff • Martin Scorsese • Kirk Douglas • Thelma Schoonmaker • Lauren Bacall
Genres: Biography • Documentary
THE LAST GODFATHER
(DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #12156
Win Percentage: 18%
Times Ranked: 24
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Hyung-rae Shim
Starring: Harvey Keitel • Jason Mewes • Jon Polito • Blake Clark • Jocelin Donahue
Genres: Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy • Farce • Parody/Spoof • Period Film
DREAM HOME
(DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #14200
Win Percentage: 37%
Times Ranked: 82
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Ho-Cheung Pang
Starring: Josie Ho • Anthony Wong Chau-Sang • Eason Chen • Lawrence Chou • Michelle Ye
Genres: Horror • Mystery
THE CLINIC
(DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #16850
Win Percentage: 24%
Times Ranked: 66
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: James Rabbitts
Starring: Tabrett Bethell • Andy Whitfield • Clare Bowen • Freya Stafford • Sophie Lowe
Genres: Escape Film • Thriller
CLASSICS & RE-RELEASES
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
(Criterion Blu-ray | NR | 1966)
Flickchart Ranking: #1062
Win Percentage: 67%
Times Ranked: 4171
Top-20 Rankings: 9
Directed By: Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring: Brahim Hadjadj • Jean Martin • Yacef Saadi • Samia Kerbash • Ugo Paletti
Genres: Docudrama • Drama • Foreign Language Film • Political Drama
DEAD MAN
(Blu-ray | R | 1995)
Flickchart Ranking: #640
Win Percentage: 52%
Times Ranked: 31479
Top-20 Rankings: 55
Directed By: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Johnny Depp • Gary Farmer • Lance Henricksen • Michael Wincott • Eugene Byrd
Genres: Cannibal Film • Road Movie • Western
DAZED AND CONFUSED
(Blu-ray | R | 1993)
Flickchart Ranking: #331
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 95260
Top-20 Rankings: 463
Directed By: Richard Linklater
Starring: Jason London • Wiley Wiggins • Milla Jovovich • Joey Lauren Adams • Michelle Burke
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama • Ensemble Film • Period Film • Stoner Comedy • Teen Movie
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
(Blu-ray | R | 1982)
Flickchart Ranking: #487
Win Percentage: 44%
Times Ranked: 62319
Top-20 Rankings: 121
Directed By: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh • Robert Romanus • Brian Backer • Phoebe Cates • Ray Walston
Genres: Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Ensemble Film • Sex Comedy • Teen Movie
I should really get Dead Man at some point. Haven’t seen it in awhile and that would make a good addition to my collection.