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by Nigel Druitt
As Marvel Studios begins their big push to the 2012 release of The Avengers, their films are increasingly taking on more of a soap-opera-like continuity between them. This serialization might be a little aggravating, but so far, it’s not keeping the films from being enjoyable in their own right (at least for the most part).
Still, comic book superhero films in general (and Marvel films in particular) are only becoming more prevalent nowadays. This year, we’ll see the X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class. And, only five years after the hit-and-miss (mostly miss) Spider-Man 3, the webslinger will be getting his very own shiny reboot in 2012.
But in The Avengers is Marvel’s juggernaut, and before it brings together Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, it has to introduce more members of its roster in their very own films. It can be a little exhausting trying to keep up with these Avengers, so if we really only want to check out one Marvel movie this summer, which should it be? With that question in mind, Flickchart‘s Reel Rumbles take on a slightly different form as we present: Pre-Rumbles: Thor vs. Captain America: The First Avenger.
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 2009, 2012, A Perfect Getaway, Ang Lee, Anthony Hopkins, Beowulf, Captain America, Captain America: The First Avenger, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Fantastic Four, Hamlet, Hayley Atwell, Henry V, Honey, Hugo Weaving, Hulk, I Shrunk the Kids, Ian McKellen, Iron Man, Joe Johnston, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel, Much Ado About Nothing, Natalie Portman, Patrick Stewart, Reel Rumbles, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, Stanley Tucci, Star Trek, Superman, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, The Lord of the Rings, The Rocketeer, The WOlfman, Thor, Tommy Lee Jones, Wild Wild West, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand
The Guilty Pleasures: “Batman Forever”
8, Feb 2011
Warner Brothers just announced that Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway have joined the cast of The Dark Knight Rises. Hardy will be playing the main villain Bane, while Hathaway will be playing the fan-favorite Catwoman. Christopher Nolan, who saved the Batman franchise with his vision and direction, says this will be his last Batman film.
I have always been a huge Batman fan. The first movie I remember seeing in theaters was Batman. I remember my jaw dropping as I watched the unlikely Michael Keaton morph into my favorite comic book hero. I’ll never forget how frightening Jack Nicholson could be every time the Joker came on-screen.
One of my favorite debates is, “Which Batman movie is the best?” You can make cases for all of them, save Batman and Robin. What’s that you say? You can’t make a case for Batman Forever being awesome? Well, challenge me all you want and tell me I’m nuts, but Batman Forever is totally a guilty pleasure for me.
New Movies in Theaters: January 21, 2011
21, Jan 2011
by Daniel Rohr
No Strings Attached – R – watch the trailer ►
(Oh Nurse Portman, where were you when I had cancer?)
OK, so this romantic comedy looks pretty awful, but if Natalie Portman is in it, there has to be more to it than there appears, right?
The Way Back – PG-13 – watch the trailer ►
A war-prison escape movie with a really solid cast: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan. With a RottenTomatoes score of around 80%, reviews have been extremely complimentary.
by Nigel Druitt
In This Corner…
In 1997, space was a quirky place. Paul Verhoeven went bug-squishing in Starship Troopers. A pre-Resident Evil Paul W.S. Anderson and a pre-Hellboy Guillermo Del Toro gave us very different sci-fi/horror flicks in Event Horizon and Mimic. And Alien Resurrection made the venerable franchise a little weirder under the pen of Joss Whedon and the direction of French indie favorite Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Arguably, the two most successful offerings, however, gave us very unique takes on science fiction (at least from a visual standpoint). One was the surreal and visually unique pet project of a French writer/director who nowadays is better known for writing and producing more generic action fare such as Taken and the Transporter franchise. The other was based on a comic book (back when such things were a little less common), was a bona fide box office smash (coming only behind the then-highest-grossing-movie-of-all-time in the year’s earnings) and cemented Will Smith‘s reputation as a box-office king (fresh as he was off the previous year’s Independence Day). Both films packed plenty of chuckles–intentional and, perhaps, otherwise.
To twist a tagline from that Alien franchise: In space, no one can hear you laugh. But back in ’97, the laughter was heard in multiplexes everywhere. Come enter the Reel Rumbles ring as we take a stroll thirteen years down memory lane and bust heads with some freaky aliens in The Fifth Element vs. Men in Black.
- In: Reel Rumbles|User Showcase
- Tags: 1997, Alien, Alien Resurrection, Barry Sonnenfeld, Bruce Willis, Chris O'Donnell, chris tucker, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, David Mamet, David Schwimmer, Dennis Rodman, E.T., Event Horizon, film, films, Flickchart, From Paris with Love, Gary Oldman, Get Shorty, Guillermo Del Toro, Hellboy, Ian Holm, Independence Day, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joss Whedon, Luc Besson, matchup, Men in Black, Milla Jovovich, Mimic, movie battles, movies, Paul Verhoeven, Paul W.S. Anderson, Reel Rumbles, Resident Evil, Rick Baker, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Taken, Taxi, The Addams Family, The Fifth Element, The Professional, The Transporter, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith, William Shakespeare
by Nigel Druitt
In This Corner…
Sooner or later, everybody runs. Even if they’re one of the biggest movie stars on the face of the planet. For this edition of Reel Rumbles, grab your popcorn and prepare for the run of your life as we go on the lam with Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise in an attempt to prove their innocence (and cinematic superiority) with The Fugitive vs. Minority Report.
These two thrillers both feature a cinema superstar accused of murder and on the run from the law. One is a tense cat-and-mouse game between a surgeon out to find his wife’s real killer and the dogged U.S. Marshal on his tail; the other is set in the not-so-distant future, and features a law enforcement officer trying to clear himself of a murder that hasn’t even been committed yet. One is an almost unexpected masterwork from a director whose other best-known credits are the Steven Seagal vehicle Under Siege and a Coast Guard movie starring Ashton Kutcher. The other is a superb thriller-with-a-sci-fi-twist from one of cinema’s greatest living legends that, despite how great it is, somehow still doesn’t seem to quite match some of the director’s previous cinematic efforts.
So which is better? Run–don’t walk–into the Reel Rumbles ring and find out…
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 1993, 2002, 2008, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ashton Kutcher, Blade Runner, Born on the Fourth of July, Chuck Norris, Code of Silence, Colin Farrell, Collateral Damage, Fargo, film, films, Flickchart, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jerry Maguire, Joe Pantoliano, jurassic park, Kathryn Morris, Magnolia, Max Von Sydow, movies, Munich, Peter Stormare, Philip K. Dick, Reel Rumbles, Samantha Morton, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Sela Ward, Steven Seagal, Steven Spielberg, the fugitive, The Mosquito Coast, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Cruise, Tommy Lee Jones, Total Recall, Tropic Thunder, Under Siege, Witness
by Nathan Chase
Since our public launch in September, we’ve grown to well over 40,000 users, and garnered a total of more than 60 million rankings. As we approach the close of the year, and the start of a new decade, we thought we might take a moment to showcase the Top 20 films that our users have deemed to be considered the best-of-the-best from 2000-2009. So without further adieu, here are the best ranked films on Flickchart of the decade:
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