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  1. Last movie you watched?

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    "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017)

    Marvel's Thunder God is cast out of Asgard during a takeover by his long lost sister, Hella - the Goddess of Death. With a little bit of help from his evil half-brother Loki and the Hulk, Thor battles his way off of a backwater planet run by a maniac (Jeff Goldblum) in order to save his people. 
    A fun, action packed fantasy flick with impressive visuals and a great sense of humor. "Thor" was never my favorite Marvel Comics character but I've been impressed with all of the films in this series thus far. 
    Also, coolest use of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in a movie ever. :D

  2. Last movie you watched?

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    "It" (2017)

    Stephen King's epic saga of small-town kids vs. a sewer-dwelling, child-eating demon clown gets a 21st century face lift, and the result is disappointing at best... I was expecting so much more from this flick in light of the rave reviews ("OMG IT'S THE SCARIEST MOVIE EVER MADE YOU'RE TOTALLY GONNA POOP YOUR PANTS!"), but I found it slow moving and overall, pretty "meh." 

    Call me crazy but I seriously preferred the old made-for-TV version with Tim Curry as the killer clown. Oh well, can't win'em all... (shrugs)

  3. Last movie you watched?

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    "Wonder Woman" (2017)
    DC Comics finally hits one out of the park...and it's about damn time!
    Princess Diana (Gal Gadot), daughter of the Amazon queen, leaves her sheltered life on Paradise Island when World War I literally arrives at her doorstep in the form of crashed pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine).  As she learns how to adapt to the outside world, she also helps Trevor and his commando unit kick a whooooole lotta German bad-guy ass. This very entertaining, non-stop action popcorn epic deservedly became one of last year's biggest hits. 

  5. Last movie you watched?

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    "The Foreigner" (2017)

     

    A grief-stricken father (Jackie Chan) who lost his daughter in a London terrorist bombing pressures Scotland Yard and an Irish politician with old I.R.A. ties (Pierce Brosnan) to bring her killers to justice. When that doesn't work, he heads to the Emerald Isle and starts taking apart the bombers' organization by himself. In other words, they f**ked with the wrong Chinaman. 

    Cool cloak-and-dagger stuff, with a surprisingly excellent performance by Chan, who sheds his usually goofy, happy go lucky persona here and goes darker and grittier than I've ever seen him. A pleasant surprise all around.

  8. Last movie you watched?

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    "The Villainess" (2017)


    A female assassin, having finished her 10-year period of servitude to a top secret government organization, thinks she's free and clear to live a "normal" life... however, figures from her past jobs keep popping up and dragging her back into "the business." Bullets fly, people die, cars crash, stuff blows up, et cetera.
    This South Korean action flick is kinda hard to follow at times due to its frequent flashbacks, flash forwards, and changes in POV, but holy crap, does it deliver on the mayhem front. The action sequences in this flick are total balls-to-the-wall ultra-violence and the body count is astronomical. I'm not sure I completely understood what was going on (beer and sub-titles are not a good combination) but I was entertained anyway...

  11. Last movie you watched?

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    57 minutes ago, Dead Planet said:

    Firestorm (1998) - I wasn't expecting much from this one considering the star is Howie Long but it was a surprisingly watchable action flick...

    Oh yeah, that one is a lot of fun. Howie Long can't act worth a damn but the mayhem in that flick is impressive. 

  14. Last movie you watched?

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    Rainy Sunday double feature:

    "Happy Death Day" (2017)

    A self-obsessed sorority girl is murdered on her birthday... and then wakes up at the start of the same day, so she has to re-live it all over again, unless she can figure out who the masked slasher is and stop the cycle. An entertaining hybrid of "Scream" and "Groundhog Day," with some good one liners and a plot that keeps you guessing. I wasn't expecting much from this one but was pleasantly surprised.

    And then for something completely different...
    "A Dog's Purpose" (2017)

    Warm, fuzzy (in both senses of the word) family film about a dog whose spirit is "reborn" into new bodies and lives numerous lives over the decades until he's re-united with the now-grown-up boy who was his best friend. If you don't tear up at least once during this one, you have no soul. Two paws up.

  15. Last movie you watched?

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    "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017)

     

    The third time is the charm for the Web-head, who's been rebooted (again) back to his roots as a dorky teenage science genius. This "new" Spidey is still trying to navigate his awkward high school years while tangling with a gang of crooks led by The Vulture (Michael Keaton) who use stolen alien tech to create super weapons. Cameos by Iron Man, Captain America, and of course Stan "The Man" Lee add to the fun. This 21st century update is a little different from the Spidey I grew up with, but it's more entertaining than the last several Spider-Man movies combined. Color me pleasantly surprised.

  16. Last movie you watched?

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    "Inside Metal: The L.A. Metal Scene Explodes" (2016)

    Part 1 of a 2-part documentary about the early '80s metal boom in Los Angeles. Past and present members of Dokken, Stryper, Quiet Riot, Metallica, Armored Saint, W.A.S.P. and many more tell some good stories and reminisce about the good ol' days, interspersed with lotsa vintage concert posters, photos and video clips. I didn't really learn anything new from this doc, but it was a fun trip down memory lane.

  17. Last movie you watched?

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    "Deep Red" (1975)

     

    A British musician living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic, then teams up with a lady reporter to uncover the killer's identity and stop the string of deaths that follow. 
    Dario Argento's mix of European arthouse visuals and American grindhouse gore is nice to look at but the story becomes a confused muddle pretty quickly. That may be due to the fact that the version I watched was the American "theatrical" cut (1 hr, 40 minutes), I'm told that Argento's original Italian release (which runs 20 minutes longer) is  easier to follow. Either way, it was an entertainingly weird, gory murder mystery.

  21. Last movie you watched?

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    It was my 10-year-old's turn to pick a movie. This is what we got:
    "The Emoji Movie" (2017)

    Inside a teenager's cell phone, a trio of non-conforming "emojis" escape from their program and go on an adventure through the digital landscape, visiting various apps and avoiding anti-virus enforcers.
    This was one of 2017's most critically-hated films, and I'd say they had good reason. This isn't a movie, it's a feature-length commercial for Spotify, YouTube, Facebook, etc. 
    It's a nicely animated little dumpster fire but that's about all the praise "The Emoji Movie" will get from me.

  24. What CDs did you buy this week?

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    14 hours ago, cdjunky41 said:

    Black Death - Black Death

    "ALL RIIIIGHT ALL YOU HEADBANGERS OUT THERE! I WANNA SEE YOU GET UP OFF YOUR SEATS!
    LOCK YER DOORS N' KICK YER PARENTS OUT
    N' TURN YER MUSIC UP LOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUD!"

    ...,my brother got me that CD for Christmas. I actually cracked up laughing when I unwrapped it, cuz I hadn't heard or even thought about that band/album in dog years. My brother was like "I *knew* you'd appreciate that." Haha. :rofl2:

     

  25. Last movie you watched?

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    "The Founder" (2016)

    Michael Keaton stars in this entertaining period piece as Ray Kroc, the struggling restaurant-supply salesman whose chance meeting with two California brothers with a unique twist on the standard '50s burgers-and-fries drive-in eventually becomes McDonald's, the biggest fast-food chain in the world. Dryly funny and well written with great performances all around, esp. by Keaton and Nick "Parks and Recreation" Offerman as the tightly-wound Richard McDonald. Good stuff

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