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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
Flickchart Film School: 1922
16, Feb 2011
by Ross Bonaime
The evolution of film hardly slowed down in 1922. In Russia, filmmaker Lev Kuleshov starting to experiment with a new editing technique called “montage”. The technique would be made popular by fellow Russian filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein in the upcoming years. Meanwhile in America, the first 3D feature film was shown to a paying audience. In Los Angeles, The Power of Love, which has since become a lost film, used red and green coloring and became the first film to use an early version of 3D glasses.
- In: Flickchart Film School
- Tags: 1922, 3D, Bram Stoker, Count Orlok, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Dracula, Erich von Strohein, F.W. Murnau, Foolish Wives, Fritz Lang, German Expressionist, Harold Lloyd, John Malkovich, Lev Kuleshov, Little Rascals, Little Red Riding Hood, Max Schreck, MPAA, Nanook of the North, Nosferatu, Nosferatu the Vampyre, One Terrible Day, Rin Tin Tin, Robert J. Flaherty, Safety Last!, Sergei Eisenstein, Shadow of the Vampire, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Man From Hell's River, The Power of Love, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Werner Herzog, Will Hays, Willem Dafoe
by Dan
Do you consider any of this week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases to be amongst the Best Films of All Time?
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (DVD & Blu-ray)
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How would you rank it amongst the best adventure movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #4981
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley and Gemma Arterton star in the first of two potential Disney franchises (the other being The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) that stumbled at the box office this Summer.
Letters to Juliet (DVD & Blu-ray)
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How would you rank it amongst the best romantic comedy films of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #11938 |
The latest from the newest “big thing” in romantic comedies: Amanda Seyfried.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (DVD)
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How would you rank it amongst the best psychological thriller films of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #9366 |
The latest from legendary director Werner Herzog, featuring the two actors with the creepiest faces and demeanors working today: Willem Dafoe and Michael Shannon.
Just Wright (DVD & Blu-ray)
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How would you rank it amongst the best romantic movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #13209 |
Starring the always great Common, although I don’t for a second buy him as a professional basketball player. He’s nearly 40.
- In: New Releases
- Tags: Algiers, Amanda Seyfried, Anaconda, Boogie Woogie, Breathless, Christopher Lee, Christopher Plummer, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Common, David Hasselhoff, David Mamet, Dolemite, Edmond, Field of Dreams, Friday, Heather Graham, Jacob's Ladder, James Mason, JeeJa Yanin, Just Wright, Letters to Juliet, Mandingo, Michael Shannon, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, Outrage Born in Terror, Prince of Persia, Raging Phoenix, Rudy Ray Moore, Seven, StarCrash, The Black Cauldron, The Letter, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Princess and the Frog, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Quest, The Sugarland Express, The Third Man, Tim Robbins, Topper Returns, Werner Herzog, Willem Dafoe, William H. Macy
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New Video Releases for the Week of April 20, 2010
20, Apr 2010by Dan
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
- In: New Releases
- Tags: 44 Inch Chest, Avatar, Battleship Potemkin, Bill Pullman, Charles Bronson, Christopher Lee, Cillian Murphy, Coen Brothers, Crazy Heart, Crimes of Fashion, David Lynch, Deadly Impact, Dolly Parton, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, Fargo, Fist of Legend, Frances McDormand, House of the Long Shadows, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Jet Li, Joe Pantoliano, Joey Lawrence, Kaley Cuoco, Laura Dern, Lily Tomlin, Megan Fox, Melissa Joan Hart, Minority Report, My Fake Fiance, My Life to Live, Nic Cage, Nine to Five, Peacock, Peter Cushing, Rex Harrison, Sean Patrick Flanery, Steve Buscemi, Steven Seagal, Steven Spielberg, Summer Hours, Susan Sarandon, The Glimmer Man, The Honey Pot, The Lovely Bones, The White Buffalo, The Young Victoria, Tom Cruise, vincent price, Wild at Heart, Willem Dafoe, William H. Macy