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- 29 Jul 2018, 12:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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23: Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - A superhero film directed by Taika Watiti On Odin's death, his daughter Hela, the Goddess of death, is freed from her Prison, and is determined to take back the throne of Asgard. Thor escapes her attack but crash-lands on the alien world of Sakaar, where he is imprisoned ...
- 29 Jul 2018, 11:44
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- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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23: Bullitt (1968) - A thriller directed by Peter Yates Ambitious politician Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) requests for police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) to be assigned to protect his star witness. But when the witness is attacked under police protection, Bullitt's determination to r...
- 17 Jul 2018, 04:01
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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22: Love & Friendship (2016) - A period comedy directed by Whit Stillman, based on the novel Lady Susan by Jane Austen. In 1790s England, the film follows Lady Susan Vernon's calculating exploits in securing a husband for herself and her daughter Frederica. I enjoyed this as a witty comedy, and ...
- 17 Jul 2018, 03:31
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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21: The Game (1997) - A mystery thriller directed by David Fincher Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is an investment banker, who is given a gift of a voucher for a "game" run by the company Consumer Recreation Services. He reluctantly agrees to partake in it, but soon finds that he can...
- 17 Jul 2018, 02:53
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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20: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - A space opera directed by Rian Johnson The First Order have destroyed much of the Resistance, and control a large section of the galaxy. The Resistance are forced to retreat, with the First Order in hot pursuit. Due to their desperate situation, Poe Dameron enli...
- 09 Jul 2018, 14:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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19: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) - A superhero film directed by Jon Watts After Peter Parker's brief stint as part of the faction of the Avengers lead by Tony Stark, he goes back to high school, but still feels he belongs as one of the Avengers. Eager to prove himself, he tries to help those in his...
- 08 Jul 2018, 14:20
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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18: The Simpsons Movie (2007) - An animated comedy directed by David Silverman After Greenday die in Springfield's polluted lake, the town makes an effort to clean up the local environment, which is scuppered when Homer carelessly dumps waste in the lake, leading to sanctions being imposed by the co...
- 03 Jun 2018, 14:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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17: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - A science fiction adventure directed by James Gunn The Guardians of the Galaxy successfully protect valuable batteries on behalf of the Sovereign race, but when Rocket Raccoon steals the batteries, he angers the vengeful Sovereign, who set off in pursuit. ...
- 03 Jun 2018, 14:08
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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16: Moana (2016) - A computer-animated musical adventure film Moana is the daughter of the chief of the Island of Motunui. She feels a bond with the ocean, and find a stone (the heart of Te Fiti) that was stolen by demi-god Maui, taking away the goddess's life-giving power. Moana is eager to voyage ...
- 25 May 2018, 14:04
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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15: The Lego Batman Movie (2017) - A computer-animated superhero comedy directed by Chris McKay When Batman's nemesis discovers his obsession with Batman is not required, he devises an audacious evil plot to impress his nemesis. Meanwhile, the new commissioner (Barbara Gordon) is determined to remov...
- 25 May 2018, 13:23
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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14: Doctor Strange (2016) - A superhero fantasy film directed by Scott Derrickson Stephen Strange is an arrogant surgeon. When he is severely injured in a car accident, his hands are crippled, and when conventional procedures do not work, in desperation he seeks healing at a temple in Nepal and disc...
- 20 May 2018, 14:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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13: Baby Driver (2017) - An action crime film directed by Edgar Wright Baby (Ansel Elgort) is a getaway driver who has been coerced into working for Doc (Kevin Spacey) Baby has had Tinnitus since childhood and uses music to cancel out the ringing in his ears, and so he has a constant soundtrack to h...
- 02 May 2018, 14:43
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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12: La La Land (2016) - A musical comedy written and directed by Damien Chazelle. La La Land is a love story about Mia (Emma Stone), a struggling actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a jobbing musician, as they fall in love, and attempt to follow their dreams in Hollywood. I really liked La La Lan...
- 26 Apr 2018, 12:28
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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11: Captain America: Civil War (2016) - An American superhero film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo Collateral damage due to The Avengers' previous missions leads to a movement to impose oversight on them. While some of them are keen to sign the Sokavia Accords, and agree to act under the authority...
- 20 Apr 2018, 15:47
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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10. Cloverfield (2008) - A found-footage horror movie directed by Matt Reeves Rob Hawkins is planning to leave New York for a well-paid job in Japan. His friends throw a surprise party to celebrate his move, but it is interrupted when a gigantic monster attacks the city, forcing the guests to flee f...
- 01 Apr 2018, 16:43
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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9. Event Horizon (1997) - A science-fiction horror movie directed by Paul W. S. Anderson In 2047 a crew are assembled to investigate the distress signal of the starship Event Horizon, which disappeared on its maiden voyage. As they investigate the starship the discover the crew of the Event Horizon ...
- 31 Mar 2018, 14:24
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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8. Copycat (1995) - A psychological thriller directed by Jon Amiel Dr. Helen Hudson Sigourney Weaver) is an expert on serial killers. She is attacked by serial killer Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick Jr.) at one of her lectures, and survives, but the trauma leaves her agoraphobic and prone to panic ...
- 07 Mar 2018, 15:42
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- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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7: Your Name (2016) - A Japanese animated comedy-drama Mitsuha is a high school girl in rural Japan, who finds her small town boring, and longs for the hustle and bustle of the big city. One night she dreams of being Taki, a high school boy from Tokyo, but soon she realises that the dream is real an...
- 06 Mar 2018, 15:46
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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6: Fracture (2007) - A thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit Theodore "Ted" Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), an aeronautical engineer, shoots his wife in cold blood, and confesses to the police officer who comes to the scene. The case appears to be open-and-shut. The prosecutor is William "W...
- 23 Feb 2018, 15:22
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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5: Ant-Man (2015) - A superhero movie directed by Peyton Reed After his release from prison, thief Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has difficulty finding legitimate work, and ends up taking on a safe-cracking job, only to end up being recruited by scientist Hank Pym to use his Ant-Man suit to shrink to micro...
- 23 Feb 2018, 13:39
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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4: 88 Minutes (2007) - A thriller directed by Jon Avnet Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) is a Forensic Psychiatrist, who provided crucial expert testimony at the trial of the "Seattle Slayer", a prolific serial killer. Nine years after his conviction, when the Slayer is due to be executed, a sim...
- 21 Jan 2018, 15:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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3: Arrival (2016) - A science-fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is a linguistics professor, who is recruited by the US military to help translate the language spoken by the alien beings housed within one of twelve gigantic alien spacecraft that have suddenly appeared...
- 21 Jan 2018, 13:48
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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2: The Girl on the Train (2016) - A psychological thriller directed by Tate Taylor. Rachel Watton (Emily Blunt) is an alcoholic, who "commutes" every day to and from the job she no longer has, watching her ex-husband and his new wife from the window of the train, and also watching another ...
- 14 Jan 2018, 14:34
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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1: American Hustle (2013) - A crime comedy-drama directed by David O. Russell In 1978 Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) are two con artists who are entrapped into helping Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) to catch 4 other con artists. Gradually, what seems like a simple c...
- 31 Dec 2017, 17:00
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- Topic: Year 4: 1 year 52 Movies challenge
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15: Free Fire (2016) - An action comedy directed by Ben Wheatley A tense arms deal in a Boston Warehouse breaks down into a firefight between the buyers and sellers. I think this is an interesting and funny take on the action movie, as it is entirely based on a single firefight on a single night, an...