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Flickchart Road Trip: Arkansas
11, Feb 2013
Welcome to the latest installment of Flickchart Road Trip, in which I’m starting in Los Angeles and “driving” across country, watching one movie from each state and posting about it once a week. The new movie I watch will go up against five movies from that state I’ve already seen, chosen from five distinct spots on my own Flickchart. Although I won’t tell you where the new movie actually lands in my chart (I don’t like to add new movies until I’ve had a month to think about them), I’ll let you know how it fared among the five I’ve chosen. Thanks for riding shotgun!
Two things happened when I arrived in Arkansas: 1) I finally changed my direction from east to south, leaving Interstate 40 (which I’d been riding since New Mexico) to wend my way down to Louisiana on the comparatively tiny Highway 167, and 2) my clutch went out. Yep, I drive a stick. Yep, the moment I’m on a back road, I have car troubles. Murphy’s Law.
by Dan
Here’s the Movies That Became Available to Stream on Netflix Over the Past Week:
True Grit (PG13 | 2010)Flickchart Ranking: #57
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Directed By: Ethan & Joel Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges • Hailee Steinfeld • Matt Damon • Josh Brolin • Barry Pepper
Genres: Revenge Film • Traditional Western • Western
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (R | 2010)Flickchart Ranking: #943
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I can’t recommend this movie enough. Very clever and solid film.
Directed By: Eli Craig
Starring: Tyler Labine • Alan Tudyk • Katrina Bowden
Genres: Canuxploitation • Comedy • Comedy of Errors • Horror • Horror Comedy • Splatter Film
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In Search of Best Picture
17, Feb 2011
by Nigel Druitt
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 are there in the Academy’s history? How many times is a movie other than Best Picture long remembered as the best of the year?
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Weekend Box Office – February 11-13, 2011
14, Feb 2011by Dan
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Weekend $ |
Total $ |
Average $/Theater |
Add to Flickchart |
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$31.0 Mil |
$31 Mil |
$8737 |
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$30.3 Mil |
$30 Mil |
$9746 |
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$25.5 Mil |
$26 Mil |
$8517 |
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$8.6 Mil |
$9 Mil |
$3741 |
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$8.4 Mil |
$26 Mil |
$3315 |
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$7.4 Mil |
$94 Mil |
$3275 |
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$5.6 Mil |
$60 Mil |
$2048 |
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$5.1 Mil |
$18 Mil |
$1840 |
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$3.8 Mil |
$160 Mil |
$1819 |
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$3.6 Mil |
$92 Mil |
$1722 |
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Despite almost finishing #1, the Justin Bieber movie was the least ranked of the four new movies this weekend. The Eagle, which grossed $22 million less was actually ranked 2x as many times.
Source: Box Office Mojo
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Weekend Box Office – February 4-6, 2011
7, Feb 2011by Dan
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Movie |
Weekend $ |
Total $ |
Average $/Theater |
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$15.6 Mil |
$16 Mil |
$6,156 |
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$9.2 Mil |
$9 Mil |
$3,310 |
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$8.4 Mil |
$52 Mil |
$2,754 |
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$8.3 Mil |
$84 Mil |
$3,216 |
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$5.6 Mil |
$24 Mil |
$1,864 |
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$6.1 Mil |
$87 Mil |
$2,011 |
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$5.4 Mil |
$20 Mil |
$1,986 |
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$4.8 Mil |
$155 Mil |
$1,637 |
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$3.5 Mil |
$46 Mil |
$1,355 |
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$3.4 Mil |
$96 Mil |
$1,720 |
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Source: Box Office Mojo
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