Directors Who Dominate: Steven Spielberg
Since last fall’s revamping of Flickchart‘s global ranking system (see the official announcement about that here), many films have found themselves moved around on the global charts. But one thing...
View ArticleThe Totally Rad Show Takes On Tom Cruise on “VS.”
In honor of Rock of Ages releasing this week, Dan, Jeff, and Alex use Flickchart to throw all of Tom Cruise’s films into the ring to discover which is the best. Check out The Totally Rad Show’s...
View ArticleTony Scott: A Flickchart Retrospective
Movie fans were saddened by the passing of director Tony Scott in an apparent suicide on Sunday, August 19th. Though never achieving the acclaim of his Oscar-nominated brother Ridley – in either a...
View ArticleMemorable Matchups of 2012 – Part 3
Before beginning part 3 of my year-in-review opus I’d like to acknowledge how truly great a year we’ve had this year in regards to movies. For as many films and performances that will be nominated for...
View ArticleChristopher McQuarrie to Direct ‘Mission: Impossible 5′?
Director Brad Bird‘s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol became a critical and box office hit a little over a year ago, and a big shot in the arm to the M:I franchise. Now, producer/star Tom Cruise...
View ArticleWho Told You That Movie Sucked?
Taste is subjective, and the Flickchart community is reminded of this every time we’re confronted by our choices. There are, however, some films almost universally damned and have been since they were...
View ArticleCasting Roundup: Sci-fi Projects for Tom Cruise & George Clooney, & More
Tom Cruise is attached to star in Yukikaze, an adaptation of a series of Japanese sci-fi novels by author Chohei Kamayashi. The plot centers around a planetary defense force fighting back against an...
View ArticleFlickchart Preview: ‘Oblivion’ vs. ‘After Earth’
2013 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for science fiction, probably the biggest since 2009 brought us heavy-hitters like Avatar, District 9, Moon and Star Trek. Major sci-fi releases this year...
View ArticleCasting Roundup: Tom Hiddleston for a Remake of ‘The Crow’; Emma Stone,...
Tom Hiddleston is in early talks to headline a remake of The Crow for Relativity Media. The Avengers villain would play Eric Draven, a man who returns from the grave to avenge his own death, who was...
View ArticleTom Cruise Officially Signs Up for ‘Mission: Impossible 5′
With Tom Cruise back on top of the box office with last month’s Oblivion, it is now officially confirmed that he will be making a sequel to his highest-grossing film of all time, Mission: Impossible –...
View Article“Strangers on a Train”– Nathan’s Movie Challenge, Week 1
Welcome to the most ambitious movie watching regimen I’ve subjected myself to so far in this lifetime. I’ve been inspired by one of the users of Flickchart, Hannah, who in 2014 took on a personal...
View Article“Collateral” – Nathan’s Movie Challenge, Week 4
“Take comfort in knowing you never had a choice.” Now this was a pleasant surprise. I’ve got nothing but love for most of the films I’ve seen starring Tom Cruise. This is the first time I’ve seen him...
View Article“The Rocketeer” – Nathan’s Movie Challenge, Week 4
“How do I look? Like a hood ornament.” Joe Johnston is a legend for many reasons. He directed amazing adventures on film like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Jumanji. He worked as a concept artist and...
View Article10 Great Tom Cruise Roles You Have To Watch
Despite controversy concerning his personal life and religious beliefs, Tom Cruise is arguably one of the most iconic movie stars of the past twenty years. Practically unaging in appearance, and being...
View Article10 of the Most Kick-Ass Women in Film
We’ve still got a long way to go before we reach true gender equality in the movies. The famed Bechdel test aside, nowhere is the schism more prevalent than it is in big-budget action movies. Studios...
View ArticleAll the News That’s Fit to Rank: Week of September 11, 2015
These are the top movie stories that got the Flickchart staff talking this week. We rank ’em, you read ’em. 1. Christopher Nolan‘s next movie coming in 2017 If you’ve been waiting with bated breath for...
View ArticleReel Rumbles: Jack Reacher vs. Oblivion
The movies: Released in 2012, Jack Reacher follows Tom Cruise as the eponymous character, a former Military Police investigator-turned drifter, who gets enrolled in a case involving one his former...
View ArticleReel Rumbles: “Heat” vs. “Collateral”
Director Michael Mann‘s seminal crime saga, Heat, celebrates its 20th anniversary today. In the years since its release, it has come to be known as the director’s masterpiece, and its influence on...
View ArticleFlickcharters Rank Movies 20 Million Times to Determine The Top 20 Films of 2015
19,902,401 times. All throughout the year, people around the world have clicked and tapped between two movies nearly 20 million times to determine the greatest films of the year, and of all-time....
View Article7 Film Franchises We Love
Sequels are nothing new in Hollywood. There used to be a law of diminishing returns with going back to the well numerous times. But in this age where “cinematic universes” are becoming the norm and...
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