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When The Title Writes A Check The Movie Can’t Cash
12, Jan 2012
Back in 1963, the president of Crown International Pictures, Newton P. “Red” Jacobs, speaking about the importance of a film’s title, said “A title is the handle. You can’t lift a picture very high if the handle is weak.” For the head of a movie studio, enticing movie-goers with lurid or flashy titles probably seems like a perfectly reasonable business strategy. What they don’t have to deal with, however, are the feelings of betrayal that viewers experience when they realize that the handle wasn’t carrying anything. I don’t know how many times I’ve watched a movie because of a title that promised sleaze and destruction, but ended up being less offensive than a random episode of Alias (WARNING: The previous link exists for no other reason than to show Jennifer Garner in lingerie). As much as I’d like to, I simply can’t save everyone from being duped by deceptive titles. What I can do is warn others as I encounter them.
10 Cinematic Battles of The Films of 2011
6, Jan 2012
by Ryan Stuckey
2011 has drawn to a close, and instead of doing a typical year-end review of movies, I thought I would do one with a Flickchart twist. I will take pairs of movies that I have seen throughout the year, link them thematically together, and square them off against each other. So without any further ado, let the battles begin with a match-up between the two worst superhero movies of the year.
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- Tags: 2011, 50/50, Beginners, Drive Angry, Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hobo With a Shotgun, Jessica Chastain, Kung Fu Panda 2, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Paul Giamatti, Puss in Boots, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Scream 4, Seth Rogan, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Beaver, The Green Hornet, The Muppets, The Thing, Tree of Life, Win Win, X-Men: First Class
by Nathan Chase
Some of the regular writers here on the Flickchart blog have decided to list a few things that are on our collective radars on a semi-regular basis for your reading pleasure. We’re here to talk about what’s cool, and what’s not. We’ll start the conversation, but we’d love to hear your current interests, dislikes, and favorite recently watched movies too in the comments! Read the rest of this entry »
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I want to say right off that Britt Ekland‘s dance scene from The Wicker Man (the original!) is my favorite of all time. Even though, from what I’ve read, a Scottish woman acted as a body double for all the shots of her lower half (no point in letting facts ruin one’s fantasies, though). I think the Flickchart blog caps off at PG-13, so I can’t actually show you a clip from the film. You should watch the whole movie if you haven’t seen it, anyway, since it’s one of those classics that all upstanding movie aficionados should have under their belt. Read the rest of this entry »
Random Acts of Dancing: Women with Moves
19, Oct 2011
Random Acts of Dancing is an ongoing exploration of the weird, wild and obscure world of cinematic dance scenes.
Back when I wrote those “Getting Emotional with Movies” articles, I wasn’t consciously aware of any pattern to the films I chose. If an identifiable pattern did emerge, I figure the most obvious would be my predilection toward female characters who know how to move it like they mean it. (Check out the posts on Joy, Desire and Exhilaration for further information.) I have noticed, though, that often when I come across a dance number that tickles my fancy, it’s in a film that I didn’t necessarily expect one to pop up. Like Christina Ricci‘s tap dance in Buffalo ’66, or this scene from The GoodTimesKid:
In the interest of helping others discover the lesser-known instances of cinematic shaking and shimmying, I put together this random list of some films with female dancing that you may not be aware of. Read the rest of this entry »
by Emil Ekelund
“What’s your favorite movie”? This is a question some of us may have had to answer more than once upon telling people we’re into film. Some will reply by saying there are many films they love, but when pressed, we tend to have that one film we always revert to as a standard answer. For me, that film has been American Beauty ever since I first saw it over a decade ago. Once Flickchart implemented its changes to how re-ranking movies was done, I immediately made sure to put it at the top of my list. That was where it belonged. I didn’t even have to think when it appeared in a random match-up. It’s American Beauty! It’s #1! Of course it wins! Read the rest of this entry »
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