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Arbitrage (2012) - Whether playing a good guy or a bad guy I've always found Richard Gere pretty unremarkable as an actor, in this world of corrupt finance thriller he's playing a despicable, amoral bad guy. The movie itself is pretty good initially, but then it gets really twisty and turny and comes to an unsatisfying conclusion. I thought for sure there must be a sequel, but there isn't. All in all unless a Richard Gere fan I would skip this one.

The Babysitter's Seduction (1996) - Hilariously bad TV family drama, it was so unintentionally funny I just had to keep watching. Some parts and over-the-top acting reminded me of Showgirls (1995)... the funniest part actually was seeing Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad) playing a wise and knowing detective. Talk about a miscast...
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Can't believe you left out Tim Roth and Susan Sarandon!!! I enjoyed watching Gere's character caught in lie after lie and he just sort of rolls w it..not many tomatoes rotten or otherwise for Arbitrage
 
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Watched Mission Impossible 7..and it was.. a couple of situations where Tom Cruz is in the company of a woman and it's played that he is so good looking, just so dashing that he can aggressively grab a random woman at an airport or public place and they are so taken with his overwhelming handsomeness that it's all good.. Just a little much... as normal tons of good action sequences..
 
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The Morning After (1986) - A fairly unremarkable thriller that gets a bit silly toward the end, and Jane Fonda plays such an unsympathetic, mean drunk I have no idea why Jeff Bridges' character was so taken with her. I'd be running for the hills! It was nice seeing Raul Julia and a young-ish Kathy Bates though (and hilarious 80s hair and fashions), so at least there was that.
 
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Watched Mission Impossible 7..and it was.. a couple of situations where Tom Cruz is in the company of a woman and it's played that he is so good looking, just so dashing that he can aggressively grab a random woman at an airport or public place and they are so taken with his overwhelming handsomeness that it's all good.. Just a little much... as normal tons of good action sequences..
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Tom looks a bit weirder with that face surgery. Like someone who resembles the former Tom Cruise.............
 
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Tom looks a bit weirder with that face surgery. Like someone who resembles the former Tom Cruise.............
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Tom Cruise is one of those actors I know I was supposed to find sexy, but I just never did. He can be a decent actor when the role calls for it, think the only time I actually truly liked him was in Born on the Fourth of July. But otherwise he's just always been this supposedly sexy, boyish-faced action box office hero - not that his bank account is complaining. He always fills the seats.
 
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Tom Cruise is one of those actors I know I was supposed to find sexy, but I just never did. He can be a decent actor when the role calls for it, think the only time I actually truly liked him was in Born on the Fourth of July. But otherwise he's just always been this supposedly sexy, boyish-faced action box office hero - not that his bank account is complaining. He always fills the seats.
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Yes that was a good one. He was also good in Magnolia,Collateral, Valkyrie and Oblivion. Never got into the Mission Impossible movies nor Top Gun. Saw one Jack Reacher movie which was okay as was Minority Report and War Of The Worlds. He was miscast in Interview For A Vampire which was a dud compared to the book.
 
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Prisoners Daughter
Starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox..he is in prison and they want to release him because of terminal cancer, she is dysfunctional and has a young son,and the Hollywood stereotype bad ex husband and they all fight and it's all pretty easy to follow because you have seen the story dozens of times.
Fair Play
About a couple trying to move up in high finance, pretty good and there are lots of similarities from Wall Street movies w Charlie Sheen and Gordon Gecko..pretty good
Strange way of Life
Old west, the twist is it's a movie about queer love between the sheriff and outlaw played by Ethan Hawk and Pedro Pascal.. It's ok
There are a bunch of Wes Anderson and Wes Anderson looking movies that are very interesting to look at, not my thing.. Asteroid City, Poison, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan and probably more that I don't have access to from my service, all look to be very very similar and if you like the ascetic you should watch, not sure why 2023 was the year for all of it..
Mexican movie titled
Quieted Ser MI Hijo
About a middle aged woman, played by an awesome Polish- Mexican actress, Ludwika Paleta, she has a wondering husband, she moves to an apartment, next door neighbors are 20 something that are noisy and party cause all the regular single dude antics, she tries to get a job at an ESPN type network and in order to fit in, everyone else has kids and she doesn't. She gets the neighbor guy to impersonate her son, and they end up falling in love, super funny ..think of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in fake romance, or Mexican Murielle's Wedding funny
 
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Yes that was a good one. He was also good in Magnolia,Collateral, Valkyrie and Oblivion. Never got into the Mission Impossible movies nor Top Gun. Saw one Jack Reacher movie which was okay as was Minority Report and War Of The Worlds. He was miscast in Interview For A Vampire which was a dud compared to the book.
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There's also The Last Samurai, I remember enjoying it quite a bit when I saw it years ago. Not sure what I would make of it now but, I think Ken Watanabe was/is a heckuva lot sexier than Tom Cruise, especially in the samurai outfits. :D
 
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Troubled Waters (2006) - A fairly unmemorable thriller with Jennifer Beals, didn't know she had a film career after Flashdance. (Never watched The L-Word, which I guess most people know her from nowadays.)

A Perfect Murder (1998) - Has Michael Douglas ever starred in anything where he doesn't play a rich, high-powered dude? I started watching this and after about 15 minutes I got bored and turned it off... it's too bad because I like Viggo Mortensen. But even he couldn't make me want to sit through this paint-by-number thriller.
 
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Sorority Row (2009) an attempt at an 80's style slasher movie that is probably one of the worst movies I have seen for a while. Needless to say, the fast forward button got a workout. Best part was the end credits..........
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I'm sure I've seen this as well as The House on Sorority Row (1982), can't remember a thing from either. I'll have to rewatch to refresh my memory, I'll let you know how long it takes me to turn it off. lol!
 
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I watched this in the middle of the night and I couldn't stop until the end. Netflix over the last couple of years has really had some great similar things..

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j6XKENywuJY&pp=ygUIYmlnIHZhcGU%3D
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Dang, you are really hooked on Netflix!

I loved Netflix in the early 2000s when they had just about every classic movie I enjoy, nowadays they have just about none. Same with Amazon Prime, they mostly have B-movies nowadays as well. At least Amazon still has free shipping for now...
 
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Dang, you are really hooked on Netflix!

I loved Netflix in the early 2000s when they had just about every classic movie I enjoy, nowadays they have just about none. Same with Amazon Prime, they mostly have B-movies nowadays as well. At least Amazon still has free shipping for now...
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Just looks like I am a Netflix fan..I have streaming services that take the most popular shows on Netflix and post them.. I was a fan of Netflix when they sent DVDs to my mailbox in NYC but it's all been downhill from there!!! and the only thing I hate more than scanning for a long time through Netflix and not seeing anything I like, is paying for Amazon Prime Video and it's just horrible.. and when I am traveling, super super annoying is that anything that is any good on Prime video is not available to download to a device.. and as long as I am complaining.. when I get a room and the sign says " free wifi" they don't mean to watch YouTube or Prime video or anything else.. Hotel and motel WiFi speeds make it so trying to watch video is impossible.. and when you travel in the US you learn the menu including drinks at Chilis, Applebys, Buffalo Wind Wings and all the usual suspects.. I would much rather eat an in room sandwich and watch Parks and Recreation than go to the bar at Olive Garden.. Amazon Prime used to be next day and you didn't have to check to ensure that item is eligible for free returns.. I am one of millions that think that a bigger Amazon is not good, even if they sponsor bike racing..and I am normally anti mega corporations but Wal-Mart has done a lot for cycling and bike racing in Bentonville..
Netflix produced or purchased documentaries on food,drugs in this case the invention and explosive sales and use of e- cigarettes type devices is absolutely amazing..
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7y6ouwG0q0&pp=ygUVd2hvIGtpbGxlZCBqaWxsIGRhbmRv

This is excellent
 
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The Face of an Angel (2014) - I was not aware this movie was going to be about the Amanda Knox case, I just about turned it off when this became clear very early on. (Wasn't in the mood for a Lifetime type of docudrama.) But, the cast drew me in (Daniel Bruehl and especially John Hopkins), and the Italian scenery was just wonderful. Besides that this is a very quiet adult drama (no chase scenes, no explosions), I actually liked the slow pace of it.
 
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Just looks like I am a Netflix fan..I have streaming services that take the most popular shows on Netflix and post them.. I was a fan of Netflix when they sent DVDs to my mailbox in NYC but it's all been downhill from there!!! and the only thing I hate more than scanning for a long time through Netflix and not seeing anything I like, is paying for Amazon Prime Video and it's just horrible.. and when I am traveling, super super annoying is that anything that is any good on Prime video is not available to download to a device.. and as long as I am complaining.. when I get a room and the sign says " free wifi" they don't mean to watch YouTube or Prime video or anything else.. Hotel and motel WiFi speeds make it so trying to watch video is impossible.. and when you travel in the US you learn the menu including drinks at Chilis, Applebys, Buffalo Wind Wings and all the usual suspects.. I would much rather eat an in room sandwich and watch Parks and Recreation than go to the bar at Olive Garden.. Amazon Prime used to be next day and you didn't have to check to ensure that item is eligible for free returns.. I am one of millions that think that a bigger Amazon is not good, even if they sponsor bike racing..and I am normally anti mega corporations but Wal-Mart has done a lot for cycling and bike racing in Bentonville..
Netflix produced or purchased documentaries on food,drugs in this case the invention and explosive sales and use of e- cigarettes type devices is absolutely amazing..
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7y6ouwG0q0&pp=ygUVd2hvIGtpbGxlZCBqaWxsIGRhbmRv

This is excellent
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Regarding movie watching I really miss not being able to find quality movies and paying for them all in just one place like Netflix used to be. Nowadays you have to subscribe to half a dozen different streaming services because each company/studio has their own, which is a hassle and can get pretty pricey.

I want my old Netflix, rent-by-mail DVD program back! :mad:
 
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Tricycle Rider said:
I take it you're a bit older - besides Blockbuster (loved it when it still existed!), do you remember going to Tower Records and just flipping through the vinyl records and checking out the artwork on the record sleeves?

Good times, good times they were back then. :cool:
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I remember rain or shine situations were a new alarm had a release date or concert tickets and I would camp outside Tower Records parking lot.. because it was that important to me.. I also remember movie lines as a kid w my parents.. seeing really really long lines to see movies.. ET and Raiders of the Lost Arc..had huge lines for weeks.. I have seen photos of people waiting in line to see Jaws or The Exorsist..cultural phenomena.. Can't imagine what it was like to get a ticket to 1960s Beatles shows..I waited in line to see David Lynch's Blue Velvet.. Fool I was..
 
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I remember rain or shine situations were a new alarm had a release date or concert tickets and I would camp outside Tower Records parking lot.. because it was that important to me.. I also remember movie lines as a kid w my parents.. seeing really really long lines to see movies.. ET and Raiders of the Lost Arc..had huge lines for weeks.. I have seen photos of people waiting in line to see Jaws or The Exorsist..cultural phenomena.. Can't imagine what it was like to get a ticket to 1960s Beatles shows..I waited in line to see David Lynch's Blue Velvet.. Fool I was..
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I had a Tower Records just up my street when I first moved to the States, it was very easy to just walk over and flip through all the vinyl old and new. Good times, good times.

The funnest and most bewildering movie-going experience I've ever had ages ago was going to a Rocky Horror midnight show, I just had no idea what the audience was doing because I had never seen Rocky Horror before. Don't know if they still do the shows, but at least now I would know better and I would take my own newspaper with me so I could partake in the fun. :D
 
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