AFI FEST 2011: Rampart
RAMPART My Flickchart Ranking: #934 Directed By: Oren Moverman Starring: Woody Harrelson • Steve Buscemi • Sigourney Weaver • Robin Wright • Ben Foster Genres: Drama • Police Drama Rank This Movie [disclaimer: I...
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Parental Guidance Not Needed
A local theater screens cult favorite movies every other Saturday night and recently played The Goonies. I got to talking with a friend of mine about it, and how it represents the movies of...
The Guilty Pleasures: Dragon Edition
Dragons. Are there any cooler creatures in all of mythology? Unfortunately, in the world of celluloid, these great creatures of imagination have not really gotten their due. (At least, not in live-action cinema; why...
Movies We Love (Despite Their Flaws)
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...
In Search of Best Picture
As the Oscar telecast creeps up on us again, it begs the question: How many times has the Academy really gotten this “Best Picture” thing right, anyway? Think about it. How many controversial decisions...
Reel Rumbles #31: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” vs. “Star Trek”
In This Corner… The 2009 hit film Star Trek garnered many fans, as it became a big hit at the box office. But many new fans may not have realized that it was not...
The “Unrankables”
There’s been a little controversy over some particular flicks popping up on Flickchart for ranking. Some users seem to figure that Flickchart is a bit too liberal in the material it approves for ranking....
Directors Who Dominate: Steven Spielberg
Since last fall’s revamping of Flickchart‘s global ranking system (see the official announcement about that here), many films have found themselves moved around on the global charts. But one thing remains consistent: the Directors...
70,000 Flickcharters Pick Their Top 20 of 2010
During 2010, we received over 49 million rankings where movie fans have been placing new films from the year onto their lists and putting them up against the best movies of all time. This...
Reel Rumbles #27: “Die Hard” vs. “Lethal Weapon”
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...
That the film focuses more on Kong surprises me not at all. He more closely approximates an actual character, while…
Absolutely loved "Insidious: The Red Door"! The emotional depth and intense storytelling took this franchise to a whole new level.
I liked Guardians 3. It was a good ending to the trilogy. Gunn is one of the few filmmakers who…
Top Gun and Banshees deserve all the good awards.
North Dallas Forty might be appearing an article to come ;)