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Laura - needed a bit of noir.

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The Loft

It was a free Redbox rental is my excuse.

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American Sniper

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Dated to the point of almost being a fantasy set in another dimension. But at the same time, there are definitely some bits of business that are not only timeless, but relevant to more than just angst-ridden teenagers. And beyond all that, Dean remains magnetic to watch.
The massive $125 Laserdisc boxed set was one of my favorite releases on that format. Everything associated with this set soundly trumped that at less than half the price (retail). That's why you'll rarely see me complaining about prices with this stuff.

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Blackhat

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Steered clear of this fill up till now because it looked like it was going to be stupid dumb in a tedious way.
It turns out it is dumb of course, but in a great and very entertaining way . The only time the film slipped for me and stopped being fun was in the extended dirt bike/ cop cars chase which goes on for what seems like 15 minutes. Other than that I was honestly a little impressed.

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Another bad movie that I found sufficiently entertaining in a very lowered expectations way. Connery is always fun to watch and the rest of the performers give it a good effort, especially Brian Keith. Hampered by a relatively lower budget which translates into a lot of dodgey optical composites, I would still watch this again any day over Armageddon or even Deep Impact.

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"cow flesh, girl flesh, it's all the same to me. What they're buying, I'm selling"
My favorite 70's gangster film (yes, even over Godfathers and Mean Streets) and one of my favorite 70's films in general. Supremely unique take on the genre, transplanting an enforcer showdown from the usual urban backdrop to a middle America of county fairs, fields of wheat, and slaughter houses.
Sounds like the upcoming US disc will look very similar to this German one, which for the most part looks excellent. I do like key art used on the Kino cover much better though.

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2.5/5

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I am really, really getting spoiled by current Blu-rays and now take lossless audio as a given. 128 KBPS? Really? What is this DVD ;). That aside, the it does at least look great-the VistaVision cinematography is pretty stunning after all of these years, and the increased resolution really shows in high def, though apparently there's some controversy about the coloring.

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Crazy over the top cartoon violence. Saw it in the theater and my son got it for me for my birthday and father's day

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The Pyramid

It's not a movie made for repeat viewing but I liked it enough given the state of R-rated Hollywood horror these days. Surprisingly tame with the gore for an R-rated feature. Without giving anything away, they would have been much better off going with practical effects for one character instead of CGI.

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I have that set but I have not opened it yet.

The Cobbler. It started out ok but then lost interest when Method Man and his crew became one of the primary characters in the story.


The Loft. Lame. Karl Urban would fit right in perfectly on a CW series or Lifetime movie. The guy can't act.

Ghostbusters II

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

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Welcome to Me



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Avatar 3D...fantastic, but still the magic from the theater is lost, slightly, with home theater.

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Still don't understand how Avatar become one of the highest grossing movies of all time.

It had some OK special effects but not the movie you would see over and over again.

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I didn't see it in the theater and though the exact same thing. Probably 3D in the theater was great but as a regular presentation, the movie was unoriginal and even boring at times.

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You make more money selling the sizzle, not the steak. For years I remember reading about the development of it. It was getting hyped to hilt with on set quotes from people like Lucas showing up during production coverage. IIRC he said something like it was going to change cinema or that the technology Cameron was employing was mind blowing...or something like that.
I enjoyed it at the theater. One of my friends who is a big movie buff hated it and had a big list of reasons why. Never understood that. But the last time I watched it (in 3D at home) I was more disappointed in the story/characters. It's slick, but standard.

Didn't it usher in the entire new wave of 3D ( and 3D upsell ticket pricing)?

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Not a good sign when an hour into a movie, you're checking to see how much longer until the end. And just like my wife when we have sex, you keep asking isn't it over yet? I answer "but honey, I'm in the bathroom, we haven't started yet." Then she'll reply, "I know, I'm just practicing." But I digress.

Some people like the "slow burn". For me I found it boring, miscast, and lacking chemistry. For as glad as I am that I didn't waste $9 at the movies, I'm just as pissed I wasted $3 on a rental.

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Nightcrawler

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Let me know when this is it on blu, I'll pick this up. Probably more entertaining than Blackhat.

Actually, I liked Blackhat, I'm a fan of the slow burn. Not a great movie, and even a good Mann movie, but it was okay.

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Really like this movie. This second viewing I got more of a sense of his PTSD. In the theater the closing scene of the funeral really got me emotional. Was surprised this viewing did it again.

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Life of Brian - "Always look on the bright side of life (whistle, whistle, whistle)"

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Agree and funny how it got oscar noms too.

Blackhat was terrible. I dusted my TV and the coffee table and kept the movie on as background noise since it was so boring lol.

Hemsworth will be making direct to video movies once his run as Thor ends.

Was Collateral the last good Mann movie? Miami Vice was another boring Mann movie and Public Enemies was ok but had the potential to be pretty good with Bale and Depp.

That movie was kind of boring too.

Seventh Son.

I don't know what Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore were thinking when they agreed to do this movie.


Planet of the Apes (1968)

I still like this version the best and it is better than the 2 recent Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movies.

Maybe the should have figured out they landed on Earth since it looked like they landed near Monument Valley.


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Can't remember how many years I've come home from fireworks and watched this movie but its been a whole lot.

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Focus

Entertaining but the ending seemed kind of ridiculous.


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