Posts Tagged ‘Alan Rickman’

Flickchart Daily: Matchup of The Day and the Week’s DVD/Blu-ray Releases

21, Feb 2012
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Flickchart Matchup of the Day

According to History.com, NASCAR was founded on this day back in 1948.  I don’t know much about auto racing, but I have watched a couple of movies (from 1978) with some burning rubber:

The Driver vs. Zero to Sixty

I like Ryan O’Neal.  Or, at least I like him in Barry Lyndon, that being my second favorite Kubrick film.  I also like Isabelle Adjani, particularly for her wild-eyed performance in Possession.  Not only are they both in The Driver, but there is some top-notch car chasing to behold as well.  While the plot is your basic tenacious cop vs. cool as ice criminal situation, it’s the no-nonsense action and hard-edged tone that make it worth watching.

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Movies We Love (Despite Their Flaws)

2, Mar 2011
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This is a bit of a companion piece to another article I wrote about movies I don’t love, despite containing some great scenes. In this case, I have movies that I do love, despite the fact that I can acknowledge them to have flaws. These are not necessarily the “Guilty Pleasures” – movies that you know are bad, but love anyway. These are films that are generally considered to be at least pretty good; they all rank in the global Top 2000 on Flickchart, and three rank in the global Top 200. They all rank in my personal Top 200, and two of them are in my Top 20. One is a Best Picture Oscar winner. Three of the other four were nominated for at least one Oscar, and the fifth made many critics’ Top 10 lists the year it came out. I love them all, but I can admit each of them has certain “issues”. Here they are, in ascending order on my Flickchart:
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Reel Rumbles #27: “Die Hard” vs. “Lethal Weapon”

23, Dec 2010
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In This Corner…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means many people will be turning their movie-watching attention to a lot of those feel-good holiday favorites. But for some, this is the most wonderful time of the year… for busting some heads. Nothing says peace on Earth like a good, old-fashioned, blood-pumping action flick, and this year we’re entering the Reel Rumbles ring with a couple of the best. So get ready to deck the halls (and some thugs). It’s time for Die Hard vs. Lethal Weapon.

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New Movies in Theaters: August 6, 2010

6, Aug 2010
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New Movies in Theaters this Week:

The Other Guys – Trailer

Any movie from the team behind Anchorman will eventually get my money.

Now that you’ve seen it, do you need help ranking it? Click the links below to directly rank it against these similar movies of varying quality to see where it ranks amongst the best comedies of all time:

Step Up 3D – Trailer

Both wide releases this week are 107 minutes long and rated PG-13, which is about the most interesting thing I could possibly ever say about his flick.

Now that you’ve seen it, do you need help ranking it? Click the links below to directly rank it against these similar movies of varying quality to see where it ranks amongst the best dance movies of all time:

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