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New on DVD, Blu-ray, and Netflix Instant: June 29, 2010

29, Jun 2010
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This a humongous week of releases. The quantity of new DVDs and Streaming Netflix movies to watch is absolutely staggering. Netflix specifically, which keeps on pumping out solid movies for unlimited streaming. Some highlights this week from Netflix include: Zombieland, Sleepless in Seattle, Black Dynamite (my 3rd favorite film from 2009), and my personal #3 favorite movie of all-time, No Way Out.

New Releases:

Hot Tub Time Machine – (DVD and Blu-ray)

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Flickchart Ranking: #4396

Times Ranked: 2728

% Times Won: 65.17%

Times Top 20′d: 2

I saw this in theaters and absolutely loved it. Once our heroes commented on how “tight” the first girls they see are when they make it back to the 80′s (exactly as I was in my head just a split second earlier), I knew I was going to enjoy the ride.


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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief – (DVD and Blu-ray)

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Flickchart Ranking: #5776

Times Ranked: 1851

% Times Won: 44.24%

Times Top 20′d: 3

Greek Mythology for the Harry Potter crowd.

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The Crazies – (DVD and Blu-ray)

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Flickchart Ranking: #4523

Times Ranked: 2575

% Times Won: 59.22%

Times Top 20′d: 3

Very surprised to see this ranking so well, might have to give it a shot now…


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Creation – (DVD)

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Flickchart Ranking: #9265

Times Ranked: 88

% Times Won: 59.61%

Times Top 20′d: 0

Charles Darwin Biopic. Critical reviews have made it out to be pretty dull but Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly certainly are a watchable duo.

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The White Ribbon – (DVD and Blu-ray)

Flickchart Ranking: #4350

Times Ranked: 1513

% Times Won: 76.96%

Times Top 20′d: 5

Director Michael Haneke of Caché and Funny Games fame directs this fantastic Foreign Language Oscar Nominee.

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New Video Releases for the Week of April 20, 2010

20, Apr 2010
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Here are this week’s new DVD, Blu-ray, and Netflix Instant Watch titles. Obviously, Thursday’s Avatar release is the highlight of the week but the overall slate of releases is strong as well. Select films will include their Flickchart global statistics (where available), as well as three direct links to rank the title against similar movies (one good, one average and one bad) to help nail down where the movie belongs on your chart.

New This Week

Avatar – (Thursday, April 22 – Blu-Ray and DVD)

I broke a 32-month theater-free streak to see this one. Yeah, the tickets were free, but the effort of getting off the warm couch on a cold Midwestern Winter morning shows you the influence this one had on casual theater goers (I watch at least 2 movies a day, but usually from the comfort of my house). It’s a decent movie, but it’s going to be interesting to see how it plays on the small screen when you’ll focus more on the story than the visuals. You might want to exercise some caution buying this bare-bones disc, as a four-disc set is coming in November – although apparently there will be special codes in the box that will let you watch all the upcoming special features online over the coming months.

Flickchart’s Global Ranking: #1115
Total Times Ranked: 62860
Percentage of Times Won: 64.67%
Users Who Have It In Their Top 20: 730
Directly rank it against (scroll over for match-up):
Good • Average • Terrible

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