The French gave us the word “demimonde” – literally, half the world. But what it has come to mean in English, or so says Webster, is “a distinct circle or world that is often an isolated part of a larger world.”
Storytellers have always held a fascination with the dark side of human nature; that part of the psyche which is normally restrained and leashed, taught to be obedient, held in check – as Conrad wrote in Heart of Darkness – by the reproving looks of our neighbors. After all, what was Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but a probing of that other, id-driven half and the entrancing appeal of doing what one wants instead of what one should.
Film is no different than literature, and from its beginning the movies have produced a rich vein of stories about society’s fringe dwellers, those who operate by necessity,...
Storytellers have always held a fascination with the dark side of human nature; that part of the psyche which is normally restrained and leashed, taught to be obedient, held in check – as Conrad wrote in Heart of Darkness – by the reproving looks of our neighbors. After all, what was Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but a probing of that other, id-driven half and the entrancing appeal of doing what one wants instead of what one should.
Film is no different than literature, and from its beginning the movies have produced a rich vein of stories about society’s fringe dwellers, those who operate by necessity,...
- 5/27/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Rank the week of June 14th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:new Releasesbattle:los Angeles
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3294
Times Ranked: 3631
Win Percentage: 42%
Top-20 Rankings: 9
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Aaron Eckhart • Ramon Rodriguez
Cory Hardrict • Gino Anthony Pesi • Ne-Yo
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action • Thriller
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #19020
Times Ranked: 83
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: John Whitesell
Starring: Martin Lawrence • Brandon T. Jackson
Jessica Lucas • Michelle Ang • Portia Doubleday
Genres: Comedy • Police Comedy
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Hall Pass
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5878
Times Ranked: 1164
Win Percentage: 40%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Starring: Owen Wilson • Jason Sudeikis • Jenna Fischer • Christina Applegate • Nicky Whelan
Genres: Comedy • Romantic Comedy
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Kill The Irishman
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
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(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3294
Times Ranked: 3631
Win Percentage: 42%
Top-20 Rankings: 9
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Aaron Eckhart • Ramon Rodriguez
Cory Hardrict • Gino Anthony Pesi • Ne-Yo
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #19020
Times Ranked: 83
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: John Whitesell
Starring: Martin Lawrence • Brandon T. Jackson
Jessica Lucas • Michelle Ang • Portia Doubleday
Genres: Comedy • Police Comedy
Rank This Movie
Hall Pass
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5878
Times Ranked: 1164
Win Percentage: 40%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Starring: Owen Wilson • Jason Sudeikis • Jenna Fischer • Christina Applegate • Nicky Whelan
Genres: Comedy • Romantic Comedy
Rank This Movie
Kill The Irishman
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
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- 6/14/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
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