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The Revenant (2016)

TheMovieman

I Knew Her Well (1965) — ****/*****
MI-5 (aka Spooks: The Greater Good) (2015) — ***¾/*****

inri222

I am a member of a website called Swap A DVD. I skim through some of the titles on the site, usually the ones by smaller non-mainstream arthouse studios such as Film Movement, Strand, Cinema Guild, Kino, etc. and add them to my queue. By doing this I have discovered some gems that I never heard of, but like everything else in life not all of them are good. I have been lucky that most are good even though I sometimes have to deal with a turd or two.

DJariya

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

I'd give it a B. Worthy addition to the trilogy. Funny and cute. Jack Black was enjoyable once again playing Po.

JimRochester

Tough to watch from both the tragic ending to the towers perspective as well as the heights. If they were still around they could have used some real shots instead of entirely CGI. Too bad with these you never know how much was embellished for the sake of the movie.

inri222

On the Road - 1.5/5

After the death of his father in 1949, young writer from New York befriends a free spirited drifter. Looking to expand his horizons and literary skills, he decides to be more like his friend and explore other places in America. Based on the 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac, this is a good looking film that that is too impressed with itself. It becomes a long tedious slog that ultimately goes nowhere.

inri222

The Last House on the Left (1972) - 2/5

Two teenage girls travel from the suburbs into New York City to watch a concert. While there they are kidnapped by a group of violent escaped convicts who subject them to torture and humiliation. Could have been a good film but it can't decide if it wants to be horror or a trashy black comedy ala John Waters. If the creators of Friday the 13th & A Nightmare on Elm Street weren't behind this film I doubt it would be as highly regarded as it is.

asianxcore

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

EddieMoney

Black Mass - 4/5 Defied my expectations and Depp absolutely killed the role.

dom56

Rented this from Netflix. I enjoyed it. Wasn't sure if Tobey was right for the part of Bobby Fischer but he did all right. Leiv Schreiber was good on playing Boris Spassy. Give a 3.5/5.

JeffTheAlpaca

Did Liev's wig take you out of the movie?

Machine Gun Preacher

It was miscast and Michael Shannon who played the friend should have played the lead.

Finally saw the rest of this movie after renting it in 2012 but never finished and only now a movie that came out in 2011 finally premiered on Showtime in 2016.

JeffTheAlpaca

Dealing with Idiots on IFC

Broken Horses on Starz

asianxcore

Deep Red (1975)

JeffTheAlpaca

Let Go

It was a ok movie for a Thursday night

JimRochester

Glad it was a rental. That was an unneeded reboot or sequel if there ever was one

asianxcore

Lucy (2014)

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Der Samurai (2014)

OldBoy

Mad Max: Fury Road 3D...thrilling again!

Inhumans99

Deadpool- it was fantastic seeing Colossus in action, and Morena Baccarin was also wonderful in this film.

Gah...the amount of kids in my 10:25 am showing had me wanting to call child services on anyone foolish enough to bring kids to this film. I know I sound a bit get off my lawn! saying this...but seriously, bringing a kid to this flick???

asianxcore

Deadpool (2016)

OldBoy

Steve Jobs...fantastic. love Sorkin's writing and Fassbender and Winslet were great. simply riveted!

JimRochester

an R rated take on some Eagle Scouts along with a stripper fighting a zombie outbreak. Pretty fun and funny. A nice addition to the genre with a few unique additions

inri222

Heli - 4/5

A young man works long hours at an auto plant in order to support his family in rural Mexico. When his sister's boyfriend steals a stash of drugs and has her hide them in her house, the whole family becomes the target of a vicious drug cartel. An unflinching realistic disturbing look at the war on drugs and its effects on the common people. Feels like it could be a companion piece to Sicario but this is done in a less stylistic and more minimalist Michael Haneke/Bruno Dumont style. Amat Escalante shows us again why he is one of the best Mexican directors and he even won best director at Canne.

inri222

Love - 3.5/5

A man studying to be a filmmaker in Paris begins a relationship with an artist. At first everything is great but slowly it starts to descend into self-destruction. Once you remove the hype of the explicit sex and 3D, this is actually a good film that could have been better if it were trimmed by about a good 20-30 minutes. I found the film to be much deeper than the posters and trailers made it out to be. Gaspar Noe is such a good director but he gets carried away by trying to be so controversial instead of letting the material speak for itself. Who else could have used the theme of Assault on Precinct 13 for a segment in a swingers club and make it work.

OldBoy

Did u see it in 3D?