Russell Crowe to Play Jor-El in ‘Superman’ Reboot
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe has been tapped to play Jor-El, the father of Superman, in director Zack Snyder‘s upcoming reboot Man of Steel. The casting of such a prominent actor in the role...
View ArticleFlickchart Daily: Matchup of The Day and the Week’s DVD/Blu-ray Releases
Join us for Flickchart Daily. Your daily rundown of the latest movie news, Netflix Instant Watch releases, DVD/Blu-ray Releases and more! Your Flickchart Matchup of the Day Heaven’s Burning vs. The...
View ArticleFlickchart Preview: ‘Man of Steel’
Sometimes, in the current cinematic landscape, it’s easy to forget the granddaddy of all movie superheroes. After all, back in 1978, Superman was ahead of the curve. The modern era of comic book-based...
View Article“American Sniper” Translates Oscar Success into Record-Breaking Box Office
On Thursday, Clint Eastwood‘s war drama American Sniper snagged six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, surprising a lot of of Oscar predictors who didn’t think it would make such a...
View ArticleFrom Stage to Screen: “The Last Five Years”
Let me start this article off with a bit of a disclaimer: I am the least objective, most biased person I know to write about The Last Five Years. The original stage show is my all-time favorite...
View Article“The Water Diviner” Review: A Sentimental Journey of Folk Magic and Fisticuffs
The most storied campaign of the ANZACs – the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps – was their siege of Gallipoli on a steep shoreland of the Ottoman Empire during the first World War. The soldiers...
View ArticleAll the News That’s Fit to Rank: Week of October 3, 2015
These are the top movie stories that got the Flickchart staff talking this week. We rank ’em, you read ’em. #1. DeNiro still planning mob film The Irishman with Pesci, Pacino, and Scorsese Robert...
View ArticleMatchup of the Day: Noah vs. Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 gave us two Biblical epics with high production values and questionable Biblical adherence. One found more commercial and critical success than the other, but both work as entertainment. Darren...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Movies of 1997
As we did in both 2015 and 2016, we are counting down the best movies that celebrate a decade anniversary in 2017. First up is the batch that is just a couple years out of high school, not yet old...
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