Posts Tagged ‘angelina jolie’

Hanna: A Flickcharter’s Movie Review

11, Apr 2011

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Hanna is the story of a girl raised in complete isolation with her father Erik (Eric Bana), who is training her to be the perfect killing machine. Elsewhere, ruthless CIA operative, Marissa (Cate Blanchette) is tracking Hanna and her father down, with what seems like an endless supply of agents to send after them. Erik and Hanna represent an inordinate threat to the United States, like Jason Bourne and Evelyn Salt before them no amount of money is too high to neutralize the father/daughter duo.

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New Movies in Theaters: December 10, 2010

10, Dec 2010

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How do you rank December 10th’s new movies against the best films of 2010?

The Tourist – PG-13 – watch the trailer ►

Rare Exports movie discussions and rankings

Frank (Johnny Depp) is an American tourist visiting Venice, Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise (Angelina Jolie) is a woman who crosses his path in order to mislead all those following her former lover, Alexander Pearce, a criminal wanted in fourteen countries who has stolen money from a gangster.

The Tempest – PG-13 – watch the trailer ►

Black Swan movie discussions and rankings

Based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, featuring Helen Mirren.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – PG – watch the trailer ►

I Love You Phillip Morris movie discussions and rankings

Set a year after the events of the second film, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the two younger Pevensies Edmund  and Lucy are transported back to Narnia along with their cousin Eustace Scrubb. They join the new King of Narnia, Caspian in his quest to rescue seven lost lords to save Narnia from a corrupting evil that resides on a dark island. Each character is tested as they journey to the home of the great lion Aslan at the far ends of the world.

The Fighter (Limited Release) – R – watch the trailer ►

The Warrior's Way movie discussions and rankings

A look at the early years of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s, starring Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, and Amy Adams.

The Garden of Eden (Limited Release) – R – watch the trailer ►

Night Catches Us movie discussions and rankings

The film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the same name. Starring Mena Suvari.

The Under-Ranked: Salt

2, Aug 2010

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Last week director Phillip Noyce’s newest film Salt, about a CIA officer who is accused of being a Russian spy, was released as one of the big action movies of the summer. Many of the stars of Salt have some pretty great smaller films on their resumes – many of which have been ranked far fewer times than deserved. To draw attention to some of these great lesser-seen films, here are The Under-Ranked:
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New Movies in Theaters: July 23, 2010

23, Jul 2010

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New to Theaters this Week:

Salt – Trailer

More or less The Bourne Identity but with a female in the lead. Thankfully, that female is Angelina Jolie, hopefully making the movie fun and watchable.

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 get started:

Ramona and Beezus – Trailer

Disney’s current flavor of the month, Selena Gomez, in an adaptation of the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary.

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 get started:

Limited Release Movies:

Valhalla Rising – Trailer

From the director of the very solid movie Bronson, comes a vicious looking Viking movie. Watch the trailer, the movie looks gorgeously brutal. It currently is winning 65% of Flickchart battles.

Life During Wartime – Trailer

A quasi-sequel to Todd Solondz’s Happiness. I’ve never seen that movie but am aware of its reputation as a comedic and disturbing look at life.

Farewell – Trailer

Ronald Reagan called the event this flick is based on, “one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century.” It’s been playing around festivals and has a 63% win rate on Flickchart right now.

What If Tiger Woods Had A Flickchart?

2, Mar 2010

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