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The Last Stand: A Flickcharter’s Movie Review
21, Jan 2013
Arnold Schwarzenegger has returned in The Last Stand, a sort-of amped up, extra-violent version of Unstoppable. It’s not perfect, and starts off kind of slow, but once the film gets going it becomes the mindless fun you’d expect.
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To finish out the month of April, I thought it would be fitting to focus on the two most well-known yet controversial films about Jesus Christ. On one side, we have Martin Scorsese‘s The Last Temptation of Christ. Released by Universal Pictures in 1988, it quickly became one of the most debated films of all time. A film that has only just begun to be judged fairly in recent years, and made as only Scorsese could make it. On the other side, we have Mel Gibson‘s The Passion of the Christ. Like The Last Temptation of Christ, it was met with controversy when Newmarket Films acquired it for release in 2004, but the result was different. The Passion of the Christ became a box office blockbuster. Both films are beautifully made and were made for next to nothing, but a greater question remains: Which one is better? Reel Rumbles presents: The Last Temptation of Christ vs. The Passion of the Christ. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Tags: 1988, 2004, Barbara Hershey, Caleb Deschanel, David Bowie, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Hristo Naumov Shopov, Icon Productions, Jim Caviezal, Juliette Caton, Maia Morgenstern, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Monica Belluci, Newmarket Films, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Passion of the Christ, Universal Pictures, Verna Bloom, Willem Dafoe
by Nigel Druitt
In This Corner…
Sometimes good people do evil things.
Sometimes, it arises from a false sense of security, the mistaken idea of a victimless crime. Sometimes, it’s just part of the job. In this episode of Reel Rumbles, two films face off that feature decent characters performing heinous acts. The circumstances are different, but the results are the same: The lives of Hank Mitchell and Paul Edgecombe are forever altered by the very bad things they are forced – or choose – to do.
Join us for a walk on the darker side of humanity with A Simple Plan vs. The Green Mile. Read the rest of this entry »
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Reel Rumbles #1: “Alien” vs. “Aliens”
19, Sep 2009
In This Corner…
The year is 1979, and film audiences are about to discover that in space, no one can hear you scream. Seven years later, the terror returns, and this time – it’s war.
The two films – Alien and Aliens – were unlike anything audiences had seen before, or were likely to again. Each was groundbreaking to its specific genres – the first to horror, and second to action. While most have been able to agree the two are terrific, the real conflict comes when asked to pick the superior film.
Now in this, the inaugural edition of Flickchart’s newest blog feature, Reel Rumbles, it’s time these titans stepped into the ring and finally decided, once and for all, which is the better film.
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- Tags: 1979, action, Albert Finney, Alien, Aliens, Bill Paxton, Carrie Henn, Dan O'Bannon, H.R. Giger, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, horror, Ian Holm, James Cameron, Jenette Goldstein, John Hurt, Keith Carradine, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Reel Rumbles, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, The Duellists, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto