New DVDs, Blu-rays and Netflix Streaming Movies: January 4, 2011
Rank the week of January 4th’s Blu-ray and DVD releases against the best movies ever made:
Machete (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
Rank it amongst the best action movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1035 |
What do your fellow Flickcharters have to say?
ToryK – “I loved these guys growing up. Still do. But I think Tarantino’s most recent movie beats Rodriguez’, no contest. Machete was nuts, true. But to me, it was nowhere near as fun as Desperado. Or even Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Basterds felt like Tarantino taking his own movies apart, finding out what makes them tick, and building a new film with that knowledge in mind. I didn’t dislike Machete, I was just disappointed. I wanted more from a guy I was used to having to having so much fun with.”
Dinner for Schmucks (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
Rank it amongst the best comedy movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #4219 |
I reviewed this movie when it first came out for the site. I originally placed it in my top 33% but it’s fallen to around top 37% since. I expect it to keep dropping a bit as nothing has really stuck with me about the movie five months later.
Catfish (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
Rank it amongst the best Documentaries of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #2181 |
Official Synopsis from Universal Studios: “In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel’s brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.”
The Last Exorcism (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
Rank it amongst the best Supernatural Horror movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #4173 |
Howl (DVD and Blu-ray | NR | 2010)
Rank it amongst the best Bopics of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #6853 |
Starring James Franco as poet Allen Ginsberg, as well as Jon Hamm and Jeff Daniels.
Case 39 (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2009)
Rank it amongst the best Horror movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #11859 |
With Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger
Gun (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
Rank it amongst the best Crime movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: Just Added |
DTV action movie written by and starring 50 Cent. Val Kilmer and John Larroquette are also in it.
Ticking Clock (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Rank it amongst the best Action Thriller movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: Just Added |
DTV action movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Classics and Re-Releases on DVD and Blu-ray:
Backdraft (Blu-ray | R | 1991)
Rank it amongst the best Disaster movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1660 |
One of the most intensely silly “serious” movies ever made and I love every second of it. Kurt Russell is great, as is Donald Sutherland as the Hannibal Lecter of arsonists.
El Mariachi (Blu-ray | R | 1993)
Rank it amongst the best Gangster movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #873 |
The movie that introduced us to Robert Rodriguez.
Desperado (Blu-ray | R | 1995)
Rank it amongst the best Action movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #691 |
The movie that introduced us to Salma Hayek. It also stars Antonio Banderas, Steve Buscemi and Cheech Marin.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Blu-ray | R | 2003)
Rank it amongst the best Action movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1648 |
With Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Mickey Rourke and Eva Mendes.
New Movies on Netflix Instant Streaming:
Tuesday January 4th:
- Frozen (2010) – That movie where a few people get stuck on a ski lift.
Friday January 7th:
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) – One of the best movies you’ll ever watch. Robert Ryan and Harry Belafonte star in a jazz-filled, late noir.
- Blade 2 (2002) – Wesley Snipes, Guillermo del Toro (dir.)
- Blue Crush (2002) – Kate Bosworth
- Foxy Brown (1974) – Pam Grier
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) – Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson
- Platoon (1986) – Charlie Sheen, Oliver Stone (dir.)
- Lenny (1974) – Lenny Bruce Biopic starring Dustin Hoffman
- The Woman in the Window (1944) – Edward G. Robinson, Fritz Lang (dir.)
- Smokey and The Bandit (and the sequel) – Burt Reynolds
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) – Nicolas Cage, Elizabeth Shue
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) – Steve Martin, Micahel Caine
- Solitary Man (2009) – Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon
- Breakin’ (1984) – Ice-T and Jean-Claude Van Damme both randomly show up in this one
Saturday January 8th:
- The Naked Spur (1953) – Robert Ryan, James Stewart