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John Wick:

So entertaining. Awesome popcorn flick. Wick might even have a shot at winning, if he ever fought Machete. ;)
 
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Jiro Dreams Of Sushi

Documentary about sushi chef Jiro Ono, who owns a 10-seat, $300/plate restaurant. I found it to be pretty interesting, even though the subject matter isn't really in my wheelhouse. I'd say this is one that is worth a watch.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Jiro Dreams Of Sushi

Documentary about sushi chef Jiro Ono, who owns a 10-seat, $300/plate restaurant. I found it to be pretty interesting, even though the subject matter isn't really in my wheelhouse. I'd say this is one that is worth a watch.
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Loved this. I worried about his son -- talk about a hardcore case of Earning Daddy's Respect. :eek:
 
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Kepler said:
Was GP the one with the Burj Khalifa? I thought that movie blew, but that sequence of scenes was fantastic.
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I don't know who Burj Khalifa is, but he's not listed as an actor in the movie.

Ghost Protocol starts in a Russian prison, moves to a few scenes in Moscow, then they work their way down to the Middle East, Qatar or the UAE. Jeremy Renner has a character that enters into the franchise for the first time, plays well off of Simon Pegg. The Bond Girl is Paula Patton for this movie.


ETA: Actually looked up Burj Khalifa, and yes, that's the movie. And it further proves that you're the negative movie indicator.
 
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St. Clown said:
ETA: Actually looked up Burj Khalifa, and yes, that's the movie. And it further proves that you're the negative movie indicator.
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Let's be charitable with each other and say our tastes have little overlap. :p

Part of it has to do with Tom Cruise's little legs. I tend to hate most things with them in it, except for Edge of Tomorrow which was fantastic.
 
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The Man From Nowhere:

Korean movie about a man with a mysterious/unknown past, who befriends a little neighbor girl. Girl gets abducted by gangsters, and he goes to find her.

Pretty solid action movie, even if it's formulaic. Very similar to Taken, etc.
 
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I have no desire to watch Edge of Tomorroq even though Emily Blunt is a Betty.

Maze Runner - just awful.
 
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The Guest:
A guy who was a supposed friend of a killed soldier shows up at the soldier's family's house to pay respects. But he isn't as what he seems.
Good start, great middle, and then it all goes to hell with cliches and mile-wide plot-holes.

Hombre:
Travelers in the old West end up having to rely on a "half-breed" to help them survive. Good mind games, good foreshadowing, really liked it. Hard to believe Paul Newman as a "half-breed," but those were the times in movie-making.
 
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Slap Shot said:
I have no desire to watch Edge of Tomorroq even though Emily Blunt is a Betty.
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From the cast I'd have assumed it was just another dumb 'splosion movie. It wasn't; it was an AWESOME 'splosion movie.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Hombre:
Travelers in the old West end up having to rely on a "half-breed" to help them survive. Good mind games, good foreshadowing, really liked it. Hard to believe Paul Newman as a "half-breed," but those were the times in movie-making.
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I remember the Mad magazine parody of that!

Newman actually was a half-breed: he was half-Jewish. :)
 
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I don't know what brought this movie to mind recently. While it came out in 1990, it is still a fun watch today:

Flashback, with Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland. Dennis Hopper is a former 1960s radical who misses the attention and decides to make a comeback, Kiefer Sutherland is the FBI agent escorting him to jail, and then there are a number of amusing plot twists along the way with a nice semi-surprise ending.
 
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It Follows:

This is about as close to a perfect horror/suspense movie as you can get. Wow. Slow, methodical, very Halloween-like...there were a couple jumps in the story where they could have added a minute or two of filler to round things out, but that's nitpicking. Awesome ending. Highly recommend.
 
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Brenthoven said:
It Follows:

This is about as close to a perfect horror/suspense movie as you can get. Wow. Slow, methodical, very Halloween-like...there were a couple jumps in the story where they could have added a minute or two of filler to round things out, but that's nitpicking. Awesome ending. Highly recommend.
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Completely agree. Best movie I've seen this year (including Ex Machina).
 
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Kepler said:
Completely agree. Best movie I've seen this year (including Ex Machina).
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I generally despise horror movies, as they are either too gory or too obvious/stupid for my tastes. This, of course, excludes tongue-in-cheek like "Tucker And Dale Vs Evil" and "Cabin In The Woods." I like my shadows, my smoke and mirrors, the wait for the villain, etc. "It Follows" does all that I want in the horror genre.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I generally despise horror movies, as they are either too gory or too obvious/stupid for my tastes. This, of course, excludes tongue-in-cheek like "Tucker And Dale Vs Evil" and "Cabin In The Woods." I like my shadows, my smoke and mirrors, the wait for the villain, etc. "It Follows" does all that I want in the horror genre.
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It's a much-abused genre, and it doesn't help that most modern horrors are marketed to adolescent tastes, but a great horror movie is a joy forever.
 
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