Posts Tagged ‘Helen Mirren’

This weekend, the first of many upcoming superhero reboots will be released. Leading the pack before the rumored Fantastic Four restart and next summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man is X-Men: First Class, director Matthew Vaughn’s tale of the beginning of Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters in the 60s and the friendship between Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, who will become Magneto. Vaughn has cast this new film in the X-Men franchise with some of the most talented actors of today. So before seeing his newest film, check out some of the under-ranked films from the stars of X-Men: First Class.

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Rank the week of January 25th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films ever made:

Red (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)

Red reviews and rankings Rank it amongst the best action comedy movies of all time.

Flickchart Ranking: #1678
Times Ranked: 4540
Win Percentage: 51%
How Many Top-20′s: 9 Users

add Red to my list of the best movies ever buy dvd on amazon Netflix

Huge cast in this action movie: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Ernest Borgnine and John Malkovich.

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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.

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How do October 15th’s new films stack up against some of the best movies of all time?

Red – PG-13 – watch the trailer

Red movie reviews and rankings

Red movie discussions and rankings

Red has a great cast (Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, etc) and is getting pretty strong reviews. Be sure to watch Zach Galifianakis’sBetween Two Ferns” with Bruce. It’s perfect in every way and includes the best back-to-back Diff’rent Strokes/Look Who’s Talking joke known to man.

Jackass 3D – R – watch the trailer

Jackass 3D movie reviews and rankings

jackass 3d movie discussions and rankings

The first one made me throw up in my mouth but I was able to choke it all down.

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