New Blu-ray and DVD Releases: February 8, 2011
Rank the week of February 8th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the greatest movies ever made:
Paranormal Activity 2 (DVD and Blu-ray | NR | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best supernatural horror movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #2985
|
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (DVD and Blu-ray | NR | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best comedy movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #4125
|
A coming-of-age tale set in a mental health center starring Zach Galifianakis, Lauren Graham and Emma Roberts.
My Soul to Take (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best slasher movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #11380
|
Wes Craven’s latest slasher dud.
Life as We Know It (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best romantic comedies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #7314
|
Tamara Drewe (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best romantic dramas of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #7090
|
Gemma Arterton in various states of undress from director Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, The Queen).
For Colored Girls (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best dramas of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #11323
|
The latest from Tyler Perry. This one has much more dramatic material than we’ve grown accustomed to from him. It also has a knockout cast with Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson, Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad.
Wild Target (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best action comedy movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #6672
|
Starring Emily Blunt, Bill Nighy, Rupert Everett and Rupert Grint.
You Again (DVD and Blu-ray | PG | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best comedies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #8402
|
Starring Kristen Bell, Odette Yustman, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Betty White
I Spit on Your Grave (DVD and Blu-ray | NR | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best horror movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #8794
|
Middle Men (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2009)
 |
Rank it amongst the best crime movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #9907
|
The story of the beginnings of internet pornography starring Luke Wilson and James Caan.
The Romantics (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best romance movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #13260
|
Starring Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman and Elijah Wood.
Ong Bak 3 (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
 |
Rank it amongst the best martial arts movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #17158
|
Classics and Re-Releases on DVD and Blu-ray:
Riot (DVD | R | 1969)
 |
Rank it amongst the best prison escape movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: Just Added
|
Jim Brown and Gene Hackman star in this prison escape movie. It’s also available on Netflix Instant Watch. I highly recommend it. Jim Brown is amazing.
Thelma & Louise (Blu-ray | R | 1991)
 |
Rank it amongst the best buddy movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1568
|
Uncle Buck (Blu-ray | PG | 1989)
 |
Rank it amongst the best domestic comedies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1239
|
Starring the late, great John Candy.
Amarcord (Criterion Blu-ray | R | 1974)
 |
Rank it amongst the best coming-of-age movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #867
|
From director Federico Fellini. Criterion has absolutely loaded this disc up with cool stuff.
Legends of the Fall (Blu-ray | R | 1994)
 |
Rank it amongst the best family dramas of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1463
|
With Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
The River Wild (Blu-ray | PG-13 | 1994)
 |
Rank it amongst the best adventure movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #2251
|
With Kevin Bacon and Meryl Streep.
A River Runs Through It (Blu-ray | PG | 1992)
 |
Rank it amongst the best family dramas of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #1197
|
Robert Redford directs. Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star.
I Spit on Your Grave (Blu-ray | NR | 1978)
 |
Rank it amongst the “best” sadistic horror movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #5165
|
Here’s Roger Ebert’s review. Possibly the best one he’s ever written – but also see our own Chad Hoolihan’s take on it.
Barb Wire (Blu-ray | R | 1996)
 |
Rank it amongst the best sci-fi action movies of all time.
Flickchart Ranking: #5192
|
Big week for boob-lovers. You get Fellini’s ode to big natural ones in Amarcord and the surgically-enhanced variety from Pamela Anderson in this one.
Whoa, I wouldn’t say that Ebert’s review for the original I Spit On Your Grave is one of his best. Maybe one of his most famous, but the review itself is hardly anything close to objective or insightful. I know a lot of people don’t even think it’s worth their time to acknowledge movies like I Spit On Your Grave, but if you’re going to write a review about the film it might as well at least have some thought put into it. You know, rather than just typing out some self-righteous rant about the audience members. But yeah, my article does address that issue. Thanks for the mention.
Point taken. Maybe I exaggerated just a little with “best” – as it’s probably not something that wins a Pulitzer. I’d put it up there as one of my favorites to read though. It’s this weird little well-written time capsule that shows the side of his personality that has evolved into what helps make him an interesting and successful “blogger” nowadays (at least to me). He may be whining but he makes it so compulsively readable.