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Category: Movie Recommendations

Oh Yeah, That Movie, I Remember

07/02/2019

Movie Recommendations

I’m calling this the “Oh Yeah, That Movie, I Remember” blog entry. Two of them I completely forgot I had watched, but the others I haven’t thought about for a while. The five are from the 1990s and early 2000s. There are brief synopses for each one. 1. One Night at McCool’s (2001) is a
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Five Recent Independent Movies I’ve Seen

06/21/2019

Movie Recommendations

IFC Films is a production and distribution company out of New York City. They have released independents films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Fahrenheit 9/11, Backcountry, Factotum, This is England, Antichrist, The Ledge, Duane Hopwood, The Other Woman, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, The Killer Inside Me, and the most recent one I
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Movie Recommendation: Kon-Tiki (2012)

06/01/2019

Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from Kon-Tiki by Erik Hesselberg: “Maybe I should introduce you first. This is Thor. A pompous, self-centered weirdo, but a very good leader. And because he is, we are about to do what Tiki did 1500 years ago. We are going to…” Executive Producers: Christopher Daniel, Lone Korslund, Marc Schmidheiny, Petter Skavlan, Johan Christopher
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Movie Recommendation: Small Town Crime (2017)

05/27/2019

Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from Small Town Crime by Steve Yendel “Do we have to listen to this?“ Executive Producers: Mehrdad Elie and Octavia Spencer Directors: Eshom and Ian Nelms Writers: Eshom and Ian Nelms Major Cast: John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster, Clifton Collins Jr., Jeremy Ratchford, James Lafferty, Michael Vartan, Daniel Sunjata, Don Harvey,
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10 Movies I Watched and Were Worth it Between 2000 to 2015

05/20/2019

Movie Recommendations

The last part of 10 movies I had intention of doing in April. They are in no particular order.. Let me know what you think. Agree? Disagree? Don’t give a crap. I have better things to do than watch movies all day and night long. Trust me, I know the feeling, but some days a
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Five Movies in Two Weeks

05/05/2019

Movie Recommendations

I’ve been watching movies here and there in the last few weeks. Because time is always a factor for me, I am ranking them in the order of least to most liked. They were watched on Netflix, Hulu, or from my own shelves. There’s a short synopsis for each one and why I rated them
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10 Movies I Shouldn’t Have Watched but Did Between 2000 to 2015

04/16/2019

Movie Recommendations, Movie Thoughts

Watch these movies at your own discretion. I am not responsible for time lost or gained. Hard Candy (2005) was one I struggled with and thought was overall bad from start to finish. It was casting, story, and pacing all rolled into one. There wasn’t enough suspense to keep me engaged. I understand Hayley’s how
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10 Movies I Liked That Many Did Not Between 2000 to 2015

04/15/2019

Movie Recommendations

Sanctum (2011) highlights the fear of many people: being trapped somewhere without a way out. As Frank McGuire and his team find out, nature and human survival can bring out the worst and best in people. The questions of will they survive and who does survive is why you watch this. It stars Richard Roxburgh,
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Movie Review: Black Panther (2018)

04/08/2019

Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from Black Panther by T’Challa: “You want to see us become just like the people you hate so much! Divide and conquer, just as they did!” Everything Red and White Marvel Mania has been around for a while now and has been dominating the screens. Marvel movies also have decent stories, and I can’t
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Netflix Movie Recommendations: Triple Frontier (2019) and The Dirt (2019)

04/07/2019

Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

While the subject matter for these two movies couldn’t have been on opposite sides of the spectrum, I consider these movies average. They are average in the sense that from my viewpoint, many movies released either from Hollywood or streaming companies like Netflix and Hulu although I’ve seen more movies made by Netflix, falter when
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Gregory Peck Weekend Removed a Few Times

03/25/2019

Movie Recommendations

Quote from Moby Dick by Captain Ahab: “Sleep? That bed is a coffin, and those are winding sheets. I do not sleep, I die.” Quote from On The Beach by Julian Osborne: “In the end, somehow granted the time for examination, we shall find that our so-called civilization was gloriously destroyed by a handful of
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10 Foreign Movie Recommendations

03/22/2019

Movie Information, Movie Recommendations

I’ve been thinking of the foreign films I’ve watched in the past. Here are the ones I remember from each year starting in 2000 to 2009. The countries chosen are from Mexico, France, China, Hong Kong, Italy, UK, Germany, Austria, Spain, Taiwan, and South Korea. Here they are in order of year. 2000 Amores Perros
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Movie Recommendation: Black Sea (2014)

03/11/2019

Movie Recommendations

Quote from Black Sea by Daniels: “What happens when one of them starts to figure out their share gets bigger, and there is less people to share it with?” Producers: Jim Cochrane, Alexander Dostal, Alasdair Flind, Merve Harzadin, Kevin Macdonald, Jane Robertson, Tessa Ross, and Charles Steel Director: Kevin Macdonald Screenwriter: Dennis Kelly Major Cast:
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