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Actress: Samantha Sloyan.

The Hosts

Travis Betz and Devin Barry are two movie lovers, who are also obsessed fans of the film ranking website, Flickchart. Join them as they pit movies against each other, waging verbal cinematic war while building a “best of” list on the blood of the defeated.

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Travis has a new feature film called THE DEAD INSIDE! It’s a horror musical! You should see if it’s playing in your city!

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days vs. He’s Just Not That into You

Re-live the #1 movies from February 9^th 2003 and 2009, respectively. How do you think they hold up and is anybody else surprised that a movie as forgettable as He’s Just Not That into You has such a respectable standing on Flickchart?

My Pick: The one with a shirtless Scarlett Johansson…

Recent Additions to Netflix Instant Watch

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (R | 2011) Flickchart Ranking: #12109 Times Ranked: 187 Win Percentage: 39% How Many Top-20′s: 2 Users

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STARRING Heather Graham 

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A Spider-man TV show starring Neil Patrick Harris and Lisa Loeb was also just added.

New Movie Trailers

Exciting Movie News

• Stallone and Schwarzenegger teaming up for a prison break movie, instantly moving to the top of my must-see list. [source]
• Brian De Palma, Jason Statham and William Goldman remaking Burt Reynold’s Heat. That’s a ton of talent to waste trying to get Statham to be anywhere near as bad-ass as Reynolds.  [source]
• Billy Connolly added to the cast of The Hobbit [source]

Time After Time vs. Back to the Future III

Today is the amazing Mary Steenburgen’s birthday, so let’s celebrate with two of her best movies. Both flicks are wonderful time travel movies that feature Steenburgen as the girl who just doesn’t fit into her times. In Time After Time, she’s too old-fashioned for the late 1970’s and in BTTF3; she’s too modern for the 1880’s.

Here’s what Flickcharters think:

My Verdict: I’m a sucker for sci-fi movies with a love story, so each falls right in my wheelhouse, but Time After Time’s unique blend of H.G. Wells and Jack the Ripper gives it the ever so slight edge.

Recent Additions to Netflix Instant Watch

Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Extended Cuts (NR) Flickchart Ranking: #5666 Times Ranked: 424 Win Percentage: 61% How Many Top-20′s: 28 Users

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All three of the original Swedish films are available on Netflix in 6 extended parts.

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Netflix also released its first original series this week called Lilyhammer (eight episodes) about a gangster who moves to Norway as part of the Witness protection program.

New Movie Trailers

The Amazing Spider-Man:

Exciting Movie News

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be directing himself and Scarlett Johansson in a yet-to-be-named romantic comedy [source]
• Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman as the kick-ass mutant and directed by James Mangold has a release date: July 26, 2013 [source]
• Machete sequel moving forward. Shooting in April. [source]

New Movies Available to Stream on Netflix From the Past Couple Weeks:

Prom (PG | 2011) Flickchart Ranking: #7432 Times Ranked: 597 Win Percentage: 40% How Many Top-20′s: 13 Users

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DIRECTED BY Joe Nussbaum

STARRING Aimee Teegarden • Thomas McDonell • DeVaughn Nixon • Danielle Campbell • Yin Chang

GENRES Comedy Drama • Drama • Teen Movie

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The Double (PG13 | 2011) Flickchart Ranking: #25787 Times Ranked: 50 Win Percentage: 40% How Many Top-20′s: 1 User

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DIRECTED BY Michael Brandt

STARRING Richard Gere • Topher Grace • Stephen Moyer • Odette Yustman • Stana Katic

GENRES Mystery • Political Thriller • Spy Film • Thriller

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The Mill and the Cross (NR | 2011) Flickchart Ranking: #13238 Times Ranked: 88 Win Percentage: 64% How Many Top-20′s: 1 User

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DIRECTED BY Lech Majewski

STARRING Rutger Hauer • Michael York • Charlotte Rampling

GENRES Drama • Historical Film

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Home of the Brave (R | 2007) Flickchart Ranking: #9300 Times Ranked: 734 Win Percentage: 23% How Many Top-20′s: 0 User

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DIRECTED BY Irwin Winkler

STARRING Curtis Jackson • Victoria Rowell • Sam Jones III • Jeffrey Nordling • Vyto Ruginis • Samuel L. Jackson • Jessica Biel • Brian Presley • Chad Michael Murray • Christina Ricci

GENRES Drama • War Drama • Psychological Drama • War

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Beyond the Sea (PG13 | 2004) Flickchart Ranking: #4460 Times Ranked: 2732 Win Percentage: 31% How Many Top-20′s: 1 User

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DIRECTED BY Kevin Spacey

STARRING Kate Bosworth • Bob Hoskins • Caroline Aaron • Peter Cincotti • William Ullrich

GENRES Biopic • Drama • Musical • Musical Drama • Period Film • Based-on-a-True-Story

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The Punisher (R | 2004) Flickchart Ranking: #3256 Times Ranked: 64129 Win Percentage: 25% How Many Top-20′s: 96 User

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DIRECTED BY Jonathan Hensleigh

STARRING Thomas Jane • John Travolta • Roy Scheider • Laura Elena Harring • Edward Jemison

GENRES Action • Action Thriller • Based-on-Comics • Superhero Film • Revenge Film

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Coffee and Cigarettes (R | 2004) Flickchart Ranking: #1631 Times Ranked: 12755 Win Percentage: 34% How Many Top-20′s: 15 Users

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DIRECTED BY Jim Jarmusch

STARRING Roberto Benigni • Steven Wright • Steve Buscemi • Tom Waits

GENRES Anthology Film • Comedy • Urban Comedy

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Hollow Man (R | 2000) Flickchart Ranking: #5710 Times Ranked: 60159 Win Percentage: 17% How Many Top-20′s: 29 Users

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DIRECTED BY Paul Verhoeven

STARRING Kevin Bacon • Elisabeth Shue • Josh Brolin • Kim Dickens • Greg Grunberg

GENRES Action • Horror • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action • Sci-Fi Horror • Thriller • Action Thriller

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The Big Kahuna (R | 2000) Flickchart Ranking: #3457 Times Ranked: 2996 Win Percentage: 37% How Many Top-20′s: 2 Users

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DIRECTED BY John Swanbeck

STARRING Danny DeVito • Peter Facinelli • Kevin Spacey

GENRES Drama • Psychological Drama

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Psycho (R | 1998) Flickchart Ranking: #2472 Times Ranked: 18926 Win Percentage: 31% How Many Top-20′s: 15 Users

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DIRECTED BY Gus Van Sant

STARRING Vince Vaughn • Anne Heche • Julianne Moore • Viggo Mortensen • William H. Macy

GENRES Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller • Slasher Film • Thriller

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Flesh and Blood (R | 1985) Flickchart Ranking: #4923 Times Ranked: 1726 Win Percentage: 48% How Many Top-20′s: 0 Users

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DIRECTED BY Paul Verhoeven

STARRING Rutger Hauer • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Tom Burlinson • Jack Thompson • Fernando Hilbeck

GENRES Action • Adventure • Adventure Drama • Costume Adventure • Drama • Period Film

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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (PG | 1976) Flickchart Ranking: #4670 Times Ranked: 1368 Win Percentage: 48% How Many Top-20′s: 0 Users

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DIRECTED BY Nicolas Gessner

STARRING Martin Sheen • Jodie Foster

GENRES Psychological Thriller • Thriller

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New TV Shows Available to Stream on Netflix From the Past Couple Weeks:

Expiring From Netflix on February 1st:

• The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) – Jeremy Piven
• Rollerball (1975) – James Caan
• Apocalypse Now (1979) – Francis Ford Coppola (dir.)
• Romeo + Juliet (1996) – Leonardo DiCaprio
• Tetro (2009) – Francis Ford Coppola (dir.)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – Mel Gibson
• The Dirty Dozen (1967) – A cast full of 60s Bad-asses
• Moulin Rouge (2001) – Nicole Kidman
• The Cove (2009)
• Night Watch (2005)
• Speed (1994) – Keanu Reeves
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) – Michael Moore
• TV Shows: That 70′s Show, Newsradio, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Roseanne, The Cosby Show

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The most earth-shattering VS. we’ve ever done!

Dan, Jeff, and Alex team up with Flickchart to discover which films will become  the TRS “Best Movies of All-Time” by pitting them against each other: one-on-one, winner-take-all. But this week, there is a huge twist! You will be absolutely gob smacked by the revelation 5 years in the making. Don’t miss this one! Join the Totally Rad Show with hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata on VS.!

Be sure to follow along and check out their progress on their Flickchart at: http://www.flickchart.com/totallyradshow.

If you enjoy their “VS.” segment, make sure and check out the Totally Rad Show every weekday for tons of awesome news and reviews of the latest films, games, TV, comics and all things rad!

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Special Guest

Actor and Producer: Morgan Peter Brown. Check out his newest film, Absentia - and rank it on Flickchart!

The Hosts

Travis Betz and Devin Barry are two movie lovers, who are also obsessed fans of the film ranking website, Flickchart. Join them as they pit movies against each other, waging verbal cinematic war while building a “best of” list on the blood of the defeated.

Flick Fights On The Web

Follow Flick Fights on Twitter: @flickfights

Drop us an email: flickfights@gmail.com

Become friends with Flick Fights on Flickchart:
http://www.flickchart.com/flickfights

Travis has a new feature film called THE DEAD INSIDE! It’s a horror musical! You should see if it’s playing in your city!

Movies That Became Available to Stream on Netflix Over the Past Week or so:

District 13 Ultimatum (R | 2009) Flickchart Ranking: #5666 Times Ranked: 1163 Win Percentage: 50% How Many Top-20′s: 0 Users

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DIRECTED BY Patrick Alessandrin

STARRING Cyril Raffaelli • Daniel Duval • David Belle • Philippe Torreton • Elodie Yung

GENRES Action • Action Thriller • Dystopian Film • Foreign Language Film • Martial Arts • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action

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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G | 2011) Flickchart Ranking: #6073 Times Ranked: 881 Win Percentage: 46% How Many Top-20′s: 25 Users

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DIRECTED BY Jon M. Chu

STARRING Justin Bieber • Miley Cyrus • Ludacris • Jaden Smith • Usher Raymond

GENRES Biography • Concert Film • Documentary • Music

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Film Socialisme (NR | 2010) Flickchart Ranking: #8655 Times Ranked: 906 Win Percentage: 33% How Many Top-20′s: 2 Users

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DIRECTED BY Jean-Luc Godard

STARRING Catherine Tanvier • Christian Sinniger • Jean-Marc Stehle • Patti Smith • Robert Maloubier

GENRES Avant-garde / Experimental • Media Satire • Satire • Foreign Language Film

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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (PG13 | 2010) Flickchart Ranking: #12632 Times Ranked: 53 Win Percentage: 33% How Many Top-20′s: 4 Users

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DIRECTED BY Wuershan

STARRING Masanobu Ando • You Benchang • Liu Xiaoye • Ashton Xu • Kitty Zhang Yugi

GENRES Action • Action Comedy • Comedy • Foreign Language Film • Period Film

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TV Shows That Became Available to Stream on Netflix Over the Past Week or so:

Expiring From Netflix on January 18th:

• Father of the Bride (1991) – Steve martin

Expiring From Netflix on January 19th:

• The Right Stuff (1983) – Ed Harris
• Night Moves (1975) – Gene Hackman
• Them! (1954)

Expiring From Netflix on January 21st:

• Slacker (1991) – Richard Linklater (dir.)

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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.

Recently, I sat down to watch the Japanese Yakuza flick Sailor Suit and Machine Gun. Generally, if I watch a film about the Yakuza, I assume that there will be a certain amount of violence and sadism. If I watch one with a handle implying that a sailor suit and a machine gun will be involved in the story, I assume some things in that case as well. Maybe my expectations were set too high because of Kill Bill‘s schoolgirl uniform-wearing assassin, Gogo Yubari. Or perhaps I’ve seen too many films like Terrifying Girls‘ High School: Lynch Law Classroom (which actually has a fairly accurate title). All I know is that I was ready to witness a girl in the aforementioned attire spraying hot lead into an army of tattooed gangsters when I turned this on:

Now, I don’t think it was a bad movie, but it should not have been called Sailor Suit and Machine Gun. You see, the trailer showed about as much machine gun action from the schoolgirl heroine that you’re going to find in the entire motion picture. That’s right. The rest of the film is more of a coming-of-age drama about a girl that just happens to run a Yakuza gang. There is violence in it, but most assuredly not enough to impress the more bloodthirsty viewer. Hit Girl probably kills more gangsters just for practice.

(NOTE: From what I’ve read, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun is popular in Japan. There’s even a TV show. )

Speaking of schoolgirls on a rampage, 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (originally known as Fun and Games) is a sensationalistic-ally(?) titled film that I’ve been curious about for some time. It stars Alexandra Hay, who plays Angela, the 17 year-old daughter of a prison warden (Hay was around 24 when it was released). She describes herself using such words as “psychotic”, “nymphomaniac”, and “exhibitionist”. This would have made for spectacular entertainment if the film was more adventurous in exploring the possibilities of such a character. It would also have been nice if she was actually surrounded by a sweaty mass of lust-crazed inmates. The trailer attempts to piece together the few moments of sleaze in the film into something resembling what the title boasts:

(NOTE: For those of you who have seen the NOT WORK SAFE parody “Catholic High School Girls in Trouble” from The Kentucky Fried Movie, the above trailer will likely seem positively dull.)

The “prison” in the film is minimum security, at most. One of the guards even compares it to a country club. The inmates are so well-behaved that the warden allows his teenage daughter to spend her days mingling with (and taunting) them. At one point, an inmate loses control of himself after excessive teasing and attempts to assault Angela. He then escapes and returns later to assault her again. This leads to him falling and breaking his neck during a chase.

Aside from Angela (indirectly) causing a prisoner fatality, here are some other things she does in the film that might be considered the actions of a psychotic nymphomaniac exhibitionist:

• Smokes marijuana
• Seduces a guard
• Gets it on with two guys camping in the woods
• Causes an inmate doing landscaping work to crash into some bushes
• Takes part in a prison escape (at first as the hostage) and then ends up getting it on with one of the prisoners
• Seems to be doing something naughty while riding a bicycle (you’ll have to see it for yourself)
• Laughs evilly on a few occasions

I think that covers the highlights. Any of those might be shocking to the casual movie watcher, but I went into 1,000 Convicts and a Woman expecting that sort of thing and so much more. I’ve read descriptions of the film that place it in the Women-in-Prison genre. I disagree, not only because Angela isn’t really in prison, but because most movies of that ilk are a lot trashier. There isn’t a single shower scene in the whole picture. She’s not even a sadistic guard or anything. Just a lonely girl who doesn’t get enough love from her father…

Now that I think about it, the original title, Fun and Games, is more accurate if interpreted ironically. All of Angela’s behavior in the film is just one long cry for help. This could’ve been a Lifetime movie.

I’ll leave you with this trailer for Reform School Girls, which may not be a film with a colorful title, but it does deliver on what’s important:

This post is part of our User Showcase series. You can find Chad as kingofpain on Flickchart. If you’re interested to submit your own story or article describing your thoughts about movies and Flickchart, read our original post for how to become a guest writer here on the Flickchart Blog.

The pantheon of James Bond movie poster art is well worth exploring; I’ve always been partial to the imaginative illustrated posters of the 1960s and 70s featuring either Sean Connery or Roger Moore with a host of Bond Girls. But for my generation, I think the definitive Bond poster was, and remains, the teaser poster for 1995’s GoldenEye.

For most of us, I think James Bond existed as a sort of grown-up fantasy enjoyed by our parents or possibly our older siblings…but it wasn’t really for us. This was driven home in 1989, when Batman and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade absolutely crushed Licence to Kill at the box office. Yes, Batman was older than Bond by decades, but that movie reestablished the Caped Crusader for my generation. Six years later, GoldenEye did the same thing for 007.

This teaser poster was crafted by advertising campaign designer Bemis Balkind and it sent quite a powerful message in Cineplex lobbies in 1995. The imagery is striking; a close-up of Pierce Brosnan’s face—so close you could be forgiven at first glance if you didn’t know it was him—bathed in an unusual golden hue.

The tagline, “There is no substitute,” worked on two levels. Firstly, it reminds us that in the realm of spy movies, James Bond remains the, ahem, gold standard. Secondly, it was an indirect jab at Mission: Impossible, which was originally scheduled to compete with it but was eventually delayed until May, 1996. (The jab was even more scathing when one accounts for the fact that the original Mission: Impossible TV series itself had been but one of the myriad Bond imitators in the 1960s.) Technospy movies had been on the rise throughout the 1990s anyway, with the proliferation of home computers; the Internet was a vast and intimidating place for most people that evoked as much suspicion as it did wonder. In short, it was the perfect climate in which Ian Fleming’s secret agent could reemerge and reestablish himself in pop culture.

Lest there be any confusion, there is the iconic “007 Gun Symbol” logo in bold red numbers to tell us for whom there is no substitute. In fact, you have to look at the discrete credits at the bottom to even find the title of the movie. It doesn’t matter. You weren’t excited by GoldenEye. You were excited by the return of James Bond.

The release poster that eventually followed was not crafted by Bemis Balkind. Certainly, it’s a fine poster, but it’s a step down in artistic merit from their teaser poster. Though the release poster gives us the sense of a wide angle perspective, it is the teaser poster that breathes—despite being so close in on Pierce Brosnan’s face we can tell whether he trimmed his nose hairs. There is no action taking place in this poster…but we know that some is about to take place. It is a perfect teaser poster.

GoldenEye did more than bring Bond back to the big screen. It brought us a Bond for an entire generation. Old time purists may have balked at the emphasis on action and explosions, but the truth is that my generation needed a Bond who spoke our language. GoldenEye did that, and it was this teaser poster that first caught our attention. Bond was no longer entertainment for our parents. He was ours.

This is the first post in a year-long celebration of 50 Years of 007. JAMES BOND WILL RETURN TO FLICKCHART: THE BLOG.

When two films are pitted against one another and only one may survive, Dan, Jeff, and Alex might not get out alive. It is every man’s opinion for itself, in the contest of best movies ever… Join the Totally Rad Show with hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata as they venture into 2012 with Flickchart on VS.!

They’ll be using Flickchart to put their favorite movies against each other and discover which films will become  the TRS “Best Movies of All-Time”. Be sure to follow along and check out their progress on their Flickchart account at: http://www.flickchart.com/totallyradshow.

Tell us how you think they did this week with their choices, and check out the Totally Rad Show every weekday for tons of awesome news and reviews of the latest films, games, TV, comics and all things rad!