New Blu-ray and DVD Releases: June 28th
Rank the week of June 28th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:
NEW RELEASES
THE WARRIOR’S WAY
(Blu-ray and DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #8698
Times Ranked: 631
Win Percentage: 39%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Kate Bosworth • Geoffrey Rush • Danny Huston • Tony Cox • Dong-gun Jang
Genres: Action • Fantasy • Martial Arts • Western
SUCKER PUNCH
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2081
Times Ranked: 4896
Win Percentage: 44%
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Starring: Emily Browning • Abbie Cornish • Jena Malone • Vanessa Hudgens • Carla Gugino
Genres: Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Girls-with-Guns • Psychological Drama • Thriller
SEASON OF THE WITCH
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9846
Times Ranked: 1288
Win Percentage: 36%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage • Ron Perlman • Stephen Campbell Moore • Stephen Graham • Ulrich Thomsen
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller • Witchcraft
BEASTLY
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #8958
Times Ranked: 345
Win Percentage: 34%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Daniel Barnz
Starring: Alex Pettyfer • Mary-Kate Olsen • Dakota Johnson • Erik Knudsen • Vanessa Hudgens
Genres: Drama • Fantasy • Romance • Romantic Drama • Romantic Fantasy • Teen Movie
BARNEY’S VERSION
(Blu-ray | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #4869
Times Ranked: 783
Win Percentage: 45%
Top-20 Rankings: 7
Directed By: Richard J. Lewis
Starring: Paul Giamatti • Dustin Hoffman • Scott Speedman • Minnie Driver • Rosamund Pike
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance • Romantic Comedy • Slice of Life
CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND
(DVD | NR | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #21865
Times Ranked: 8
Win Percentage: 83%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Geoffrey Sax
Starring: Matt Smith • Imogen Poots • Toby Jones • Lindsay Duncan • Alexander Doetsch
Genres: Drama • Gay & Lesbian Films • War • War Drama
CLASSICS & RE-RELEASES
ZAZIE DANS LE METRO
(Criterion Blu-ray and DVD | NR | 1960)
Flickchart Ranking: #9598
Times Ranked: 190
Win Percentage: 41%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Louis Malle
Starring: Catherine Demongeot • Philippe Noiret • Hubert Deschamps • Carla Marlier • Annie Fratellini
Genres: Absurd Comedy • Avant-garde / Experimental • Comedy • Farce • French New Wave • Urban Comedy
BLACK MOON
(Criterion Blu-ray and DVD | NR | 1975)
Flickchart Ranking: #6262
Times Ranked: 439
Win Percentage: 34%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Louis Malle
Starring: Therese Giehse • Alexandra Stewart • Joe Dallesandro • Cathryn Harrison
Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental • Fantasy • French New Wave • Paranoid Thriller • Psychological Sci-Fi • Science Fiction
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
(Criterion Blu-ray and DVD | NR | 1930)
Flickchart Ranking: #11287
Times Ranked: 164
Win Percentage: 39%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Robert Siodmank, Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann, Edgar G. Ulmer
Starring: Erwin Splettstößer • Brigitte Borchert • Wolfgang von Waltershausen • Christl Ehlers • Annie Schreyer
Genres: Comedy • Documentary • Drama • Romance
THE NESTING
(Blu-ray and DVD | R | 1981)
Flickchart Ranking: #23196
Times Ranked: 2
Win Percentage: 100%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Armand Weston
Starring: Robin Groves • Christopher Loomis • Michael David Lally • John Carradine • Gloria Grahame
Genres: Horror
COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE
(Blu-ray | NR | 2001)
Flickchart Ranking: #859
Times Ranked: 7252
Win Percentage: 59%
Top-20 Rankings: 22
Directed By: Shinichirô Watanabe
Genres: Anime • Animation • Sci-Fi Action • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir
JUMANJI
(Blu-ray | PG | 1995)
Flickchart Ranking: #1765
Times Ranked: 173440
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 1276
Directed By: Joe Johnston
Starring: Robin Williams • Bonnie Hunt • Bradley Pierce • Kirsten Dunst • Bebe Neuwirth
Genres: Family • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure
ZATHURA
(Blu-ray | PG | 2005)
Flickchart Ranking: #2768
Times Ranked: 7423
Win Percentage: 28%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Jon Favreau
Starring: Josh Hutcherson • Kristen Stewart • Tim Robbins • Frank Oz • Jonah Bobo • Dax Shepard
Genres: Family • Fantasy • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Space Adventure
APOLLO 13
(Blu-ray | PG | 1995)
Flickchart Ranking: #261
Times Ranked: 292438
Win Percentage: 50%
Top-20 Rankings: 3730
Directed By: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks • Kevin Bacon • Gary Sinise • Geoffrey Blake • Ben Bode
Genres: Adventure • Docudrama • Drama • Historical Film • Space Adventure
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
(Blu-ray | PG | 1984)
Flickchart Ranking: #1157
Times Ranked: 12917
Win Percentage: 41%
Top-20 Rankings: 23
Directed By: Nick Castle
Starring: Lance Guest • Robert Preston • Dan O’Herlihy • Barbara Bosson • Norman Snow • Dan Mason • Bruce Abbott • Ed Berke • Al Berry • Geoffrey Blake
Genres: Science Fiction • Space Adventure • Sci-Fi Action • Sci-Fi Comedy
IN BRUGES
(Blu-ray | R | 2008)
Flickchart Ranking: #107
Times Ranked: 89207
Win Percentage: 61%
Top-20 Rankings: 689
Directed By: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Ralph Fiennes • Clémence Poésy • Jérémie Renier • Brendan Gleeson • Colin Farrell
Genres: Black Comedy • Buddy Film • Comedy • Comedy Drama • Crime • Crime Drama • Drama • Hitman / Assassin Film
U-571
(Blu-ray | PG13 | 2000)
Flickchart Ranking: #2153
Times Ranked: 28507
Win Percentage: 27%
Top-20 Rankings: 14
Directed By: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Jack Noseworthy • Tom Guiry • Thomas Kretschmann • Matthew Settle • Erik Palladino • Derk Cheetwood • Matthew McConaughey • Bill Paxton • Harvey Keitel • Jon Bon Jovi
Genres: War • Adventure • War Adventure • Combat Films • Sea Adventure
VAN HELSING
(Blu-ray | PG13 | 2004)
Flickchart Ranking: #4810
Times Ranked: 181020
Win Percentage: 21%
Top-20 Rankings: 1117
Directed By: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Hugh Jackman • Kate Beckinsale
Genres: Action • Horror • Monster Film • Costume Horror • Werewolf Film
I still get a chuckle every time I see that poster for Beastly. How do we make our lead actor unattractive without making him unattractive? Let’s give him tats!