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{3.5/5} “I’d love to indulge your feelings, but I am dealing with a slightly larger picture right now. Now, you can exercise your responsibility to help your fellow man or I will exercise that responsibility for you.” Next, released in 2007 Cris can see two minutes into his own future. He tries to have as […]
Vantage Point
{4.5/5} Vantage Point, released in 2008 The President of the United States comes together with other world leaders in Spain to forge an agreement on terrorism. Despite the highest security precautions, the President is shot and chaos ensues. The events leading up to the shooting are shown from several different points of view. Even with […]
Romantics Anonymous
{5/5} “I’m sorry but it won’t work. I love you and I know you love me. But it’s a recipe for disaster. We’ll get to know each other, warts and all. We’ll annoy each other, stop communicating, and end up hating each other.” Romantics Anonymous, released in 2010 Angélique is a chocolate maker. But she’s […]
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
{4.5/5} “You don’t get it, son. This isn’t a mud hole. It’s an operating table. And I’m the surgeon.” Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, released in 2 parts in 2012 & 2013 This is an animated movie, based on the amazing graphic novel by Frank Miller. Bruce Wayne is old, and Batman is retired. But […]
Anna
{4.5/5} “I’m not a sociopath, but I’m smart enough to think like one.” Anna, released in 2013 John is a memory detective — he has the ability to enter someone’s memories. After the death of his wife and a stroke, he’s taken some time off but now wants to get back in business. His employer […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
{4/5} “I know that dwarves can be obstinate and pigheaded and difficult. They’re suspicious and secretive, with the worst manners you can possibly imagine. But they are also brave and kind, and loyal to a fault. I’ve grown very fond of them, and I would save them if I can.” The Hobbit: The Battle of […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
{4/5} “I did not come to steal from you, O Smaug the Unassessably Wealthy. I merely wanted to gaze upon your magnificence, to see if you really were as great as the old tales say. I did not believe them.” The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, released in 2013 Gandalf heads off on his own […]
The Muppet Christmas Carol
{4/5} “Mother always taught me: ‘Never eat singing food.’” The Muppet Christmas Carol, released in 1992 Ebeneezer Scrooge gets visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future and he vows to change his miserly ways. I’ve seen several versions of this story and if this were another straight adaptation I wouldn’t be that interested. […]
A Long Way Down
{4.5/5} “However much I do change, I’m left with me.” A Long Way Down, released in 2014 Four people separately decide to kill themselves by jumping off the top of a certain building on New Year’s Eve. But when they meet each other, they decide not to do it. Later they make a pact to […]
No Reservations
{4.5/5} No Reservations, released in 2007 Kate works as a chef at a fancy restaurant, and it’s her life. But then her sister dies in an accident, leaving her to care for her young niece Zoe. While this is going on the restaurant hires a new sous-chef Nick, whose style of working is quite different […]