'Dead Poets Society'
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3oYj2XZ
'The Phoenix Incident'
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3qtovWT
'Witness 9/11'
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2XhjRia
'Johnny Mnemonic (1995)'
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3b856qd
- the story is interesting
- does not have spectacular acting
- william gibson (screenplay and short story)
Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind (2020)
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Show Hide Plot:Dr. Steven Greer examines details surrounding his alien-visitation "disclosure" movement.
- Writer:
- Michael Mazzola
- Actors:
- Linda A'Roraha
- Wendy Boast
- Justice Campbell
- Jeremy Cloake
- Director:
- Michael Mazzola
- Runtime: 120 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10
- Metacritic: 27/100
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3pPQlMV
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Show Hide Plot:"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.
- MPAA Rating: 'G'
- Writers:
- Stanley Kubrick (screenplay by)
- Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay by)
- Actors:
- Keir Dullea
- Gary Lockwood
- William Sylvester
- Daniel Richter
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 11 nominations.
- Production: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
- Director:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Runtime: 149 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
- Metacritic: 84/100
- Genres:
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- Languages:
- English
- Russian
- Countries:
- UK
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2X5GpTa
- very visual, almost no dialog
- no central character
- 1968
Die Hard (1988)
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Show Hide Plot:NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writers:
- Roderick Thorp (novel)
- Jeb Stuart (screenplay)
- Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)
- Actors:
- Bruce Willis
- Bonnie Bedelia
- Reginald VelJohnson
- Paul Gleason
- Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations.
- Production: Silver Pictures, Gordon Company
- Director:
- John McTiernan
- Runtime: 132 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
- Metacritic: 72/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Box Office: $83,844,093
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/34QwuoA
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Show Hide Plot:An art collector appeals to Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure in heart.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Jeffrey Boam (screenplay)
- George Lucas (story)
- Menno Meyjes (story)
- George Lucas (characters)
- Philip Kaufman (characters)
- Actors:
- Harrison Ford
- Sean Connery
- Denholm Elliott
- Alison Doody
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 22 nominations.
- Production: Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Director:
- Steven Spielberg
- Runtime: 127 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
- Metacritic: 65/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Languages:
- English
- German
- Greek
- Arabic
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2KAKZG6
'The Weight of Gold (2020)'
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2WkBInS
- informative
- was not aware olympic athletes get such a small stipend on which to survive, sometimes taking 2nd jobs to pay their bills.
- michael phelps heavily involved in this production, doing the narration and serving as executive producer.
8MM (1999)
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Show Hide Plot:A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writer:
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Actors:
- Nicolas Cage
- Joaquin Phoenix
- James Gandolfini
- Peter Stormare
- Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations.
- Production: Hofflund/Polone, Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Director:
- Joel Schumacher
- Runtime: 123 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 21%
- Metacritic: 19/100
- Genres:
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
- Countries:
- Germany
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2JZAWtS
James Bond 007: Goldfinger (1986)
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/39FVdPO
- according to "x-ray", this movie grossed so much so fast that it got listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- sean connery
The Great Gatsby (1974)
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Show Hide Plot:Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Writers:
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
- Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
- Actors:
- Robert Redford
- Mia Farrow
- Bruce Dern
- Karen Black
- Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations.
- Production: Paramount Pictures, Newdon Productions
- Director:
- Jack Clayton
- Runtime: 144 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 39%
- Metacritic: 43/100
- Genres:
- Drama
- Romance
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3fLpfT5
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
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Show Hide Plot:After a joyous wedding between William Riker and Deanna Troi, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew stumble upon a mysterious signal which results in it being a prototype android who is the twin to Data. Then the Enterprise is invited to Romulus to negotiate peace with the Romulans by their new Praetor named Shinzon. However, Shinzon is revealed to be a clone of Picard who was raised on Remus, a slave planet to the Romulans. Later on, Picard discovers that this peace treaty was nothing more than a set-up due to the fact that Shinzon needs Picard in order to survive. But little do the Enterprise crew know that Shinzon also plans to do away with the Federation by unleashing a weapon that could destroy a whole planet.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek)
- John Logan (story)
- Rick Berman (story)
- Brent Spiner (story)
- John Logan (screenplay)
- Actors:
- Patrick Stewart
- Jonathan Frakes
- Brent Spiner
- LeVar Burton
- Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations.
- Production: Paramount
- Director:
- Stuart Baird
- Runtime: 116 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
- Metacritic: 51/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3q0E4WV
Ouija: Dicing with death? (2018)
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Show Hide Plot:Dale Makin and Justin Cowell of well-respected paranormal investigation TV series Paranormal Truth set out on a quest to find out what the dangers are, if any, and to see if Ouija boards are able to contact 'the other side'.
- Actors:
- Ciarán O'Keeffe
- Gary Jay
- Mike Covell
- Dale Makin
- Director:
- Dale Makin
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 8.4/10
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- UK
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3nLGuqn
Thunderball (1965)
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Show Hide Plot:James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim to recover two stolen warheads. They have been taken by the evil SPECTRE organization. The world is held hostage and Bond heads to Nassau. Here, he meets the beautiful Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo, on board his boat, the Disco Volante. Will 007 prevent the killing of millions of innocent victims?
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Writers:
- Richard Maibaum (screenplay by)
- John Hopkins (screenplay by)
- Jack Whittingham (based on an original screenplay by)
- Kevin McClory (based on the original story by)
- Jack Whittingham (based on the original story by)
- Ian Fleming (based on the original story by)
- Actors:
- Sean Connery
- Claudine Auger
- Adolfo Celi
- Luciana Paluzzi
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations.
- Production: Danjaq Productions
- Director:
- Terence Young
- Runtime: 130 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
- Metacritic: 64/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- French
- Country:
- UK
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3kZAckV
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
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Show Hide Plot:James Bond's mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who do not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn't out of the question. He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Writers:
- Richard Maibaum (screenplay by)
- Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay by)
- Actors:
- Sean Connery
- Jill St. John
- Charles Gray
- Lana Wood
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
- Production: Danjaq Productions
- Director:
- Guy Hamilton
- Runtime: 120 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
- Metacritic: 59/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- German
- Country:
- UK
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3frixlk
- set in las vegas, nv though it is never spoken
- featuring ford vehicles
- sean connery
- """ Producer Albert R. Broccoli hated the line "Alimentary, Dr. Leiter", which Bond says when asked the location of the diamonds concealed in a corpse. He thought no one would understand it referred to digestion. At the premiere, two people in the front row burst out laughing at the line, and Broccoli quipped, "Big deal, they're doctors." """ - imdb.com
Michael Moore Hates America (2004)
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Show Hide Plot:Michael Moore Hates America is a documentary that forces audiences to rethink the genre. It challenges conventional wisdom and takes on the top documentary filmmaker of all time. Join Mike Wilson as he travels from coast to coast in search of the American Dream, and chases down Michael Moore in an effort to figure out why the two have such different visions of America.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writer:
- Michael Wilson
- Actors:
- Mike Abraham
- Pete Auger
- Andrew Breitbart
- Dinesh D'Souza
- Awards: 1 nomination.
- Production: Hillstrom Entertainment
- Director:
- Michael Wilson
- Runtime: 125 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 4.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/397xPdy
Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Show Hide Plot:Based on the hit T.V. series. Jim Phelps was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt were members of Phelps' team. Unfortunately, something went horribly wrong and the mission failed, leaving Ethan Hunt the lone survivor. After he reported the failed mission, Kettridge the head of the agency suspects Ethan of being the culprit for the failed mission. Now, Ethan uses unorthodox methods (Which includes the aid of an arms dealer going by the name "Max") to try to find who set him up and to clear his name.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Bruce Geller (television series)
- David Koepp (story)
- Steven Zaillian (story)
- David Koepp (screenplay)
- Robert Towne (screenplay)
- Actors:
- Tom Cruise
- Jon Voight
- Emmanuelle Béart
- Henry Czerny
- Awards: 3 wins & 17 nominations.
- Production: Paramount Pictures, Cruise-Wagner Productions
- Director:
- Brian De Palma
- Runtime: 110 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
- Metacritic: 59/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- French
- Czech
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2UIB7Mg
- Tom Cruise
- First movie of the franchise
Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
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Show Hide Plot:After saving the life of the President in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the Regents, an Authority above and outside any government, have collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve lost objects called "Artifacts", seemingly harmless items that can posses immense power, and investigate reports of new ones.
- MPAA Rating: 'TV-14'
- Writers:
- Jane Espenson
- D. Brent Mote
- Actors:
- Eddie McClintock
- Joanne Kelly
- Saul Rubinek
- Allison Scagliotti
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.
- Runtime: 43 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10
- Genres:
- Drama
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
Total Seasons: 5
- Countries:
- USA
- Canada
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The Plot Against the President (2020)
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Show Hide Plot:Follows the story of the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History based on Lee Smith's book.
- Writer:
- Lee Smith (based on the book by)
- Actors:
- Michael Anton
- Mike Cernovich
- Tom Fitton
- Matt Gaetz
- Director:
- Amanda Milius
- Runtime: 91 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 5.2/10
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3nqBbfL
There's No Such Thing as Ghosts? (2020)
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Show Hide Plot:Psychics, scientists, skeptics, and a film professor delve into the paranormal -- attempting to answer, "Do ghosts exist?"
- MPAA Rating: 'Not Rated'
- Writer:
- Aaron Daniel Annas
- Actors:
- Peg Knickerbocker
- Bob Cranmer
- Heather Rease Mattison
- Sarah Lafon
- Director:
- Aaron Daniel Annas
- Runtime: 60 min
- IMDB:
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3eTGCRq
The Expendables (2010)
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Show Hide Plot:Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writers:
- Dave Callaham (screenplay)
- Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
- Dave Callaham (story)
- Actors:
- Sylvester Stallone
- Jason Statham
- Jet Li
- Dolph Lundgren
- Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations.
- Production: Nu Image, Millennium Films
- Director:
- Sylvester Stallone
- Runtime: 103 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 42%
- Metacritic: 45/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Countries:
- USA
- Bulgaria
- Spain
- Germany
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2K0j5Tn
Hacker (2019)
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Show Hide Plot:Thirteen-year-old Benjamin discovers that his mother didn't die in an accident as he was led to believe. The trail points to high-ranking officials in the Danish Secret Service, and he is told to trust no one.
- Writers:
- Poul Berg
- Rune Kalle Bjerkø
- Actors:
- Rumle Kærså
- Josephine Højbjerg
- Signe Egholm Olsen
- Esben Dalgaard Andersen
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
- Director:
- Poul Berg
- Runtime: 97 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 5.1/10
- Genres:
- Action
- Family
- Language:
- Danish
- Country:
- Denmark
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3ntegAH
note this movie is in danish, not english. from the description, this looks like a great story, but I am not fluent.
Cats (2019)
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Show Hide Plot:A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Writers:
- Lee Hall (screenplay by)
- Tom Hooper (screenplay by)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (based on the stage musical "Cats")
- T.S. Eliot (based on the poems poetry collection "Old Possum's Books of Practical Cats" by)
- Actors:
- Robbie Fairchild
- Mette Towley
- Daniela Norman
- Jaih Betote
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 5 nominations.
- Director:
- Tom Hooper
- Runtime: 110 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 2.8/10
- Metacritic: 32/100
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Drama
- Family
- Fantasy
- Musical
- Language:
- English
- Countries:
- UK
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3mteI13
- I recognized at least one song
- I stopped watching after a while because I am just not that in to musicals
- "cats" has been on broadway for many years
- theatre vs. movie/tv: very different experiences
- Cats (musical) (wikipedia)
Man of Steel (2013)
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Show Hide Plot:A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- David S. Goyer (screenplay)
- David S. Goyer (story)
- Christopher Nolan (story)
- Jerry Siegel (Superman created by)
- Joe Shuster (Superman created by)
- Actors:
- Henry Cavill
- Amy Adams
- Michael Shannon
- Diane Lane
- Awards: 7 wins & 46 nominations.
- Production: Syncopy, Warner Bros.
- Director:
- Zack Snyder
- Runtime: 143 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 56%
- Metacritic: 55/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- Language:
- English
- Countries:
- USA
- UK
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3oqeQjX
- a reboot
- all major story points from the first superman movie w christopher reeve
- worthy
Untraceable (2008)
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Show Hide Plot:A secret service agent, Jennifer Marsh, gets caught in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who knows that people (being what they are - both curious and drawn to the dark side of things) will log onto an "untraceable" website where he conducts violent and painful murders LIVE on the net. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writers:
- Robert Fyvolent (screenplay)
- Mark Brinker (screenplay)
- Allison Burnett (screenplay)
- Robert Fyvolent (story)
- Mark Brinker (story)
- Actors:
- Diane Lane
- Billy Burke
- Colin Hanks
- Joseph Cross
- Awards: 1 win.
- Production: Lakeshore Entertainment
- Director:
- Gregory Hoblit
- Runtime: 101 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 16%
- Metacritic: 32/100
- Genres:
- Crime
- Mystery
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/31I6v19
Cities of the Underworld (2007–)
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Show Hide Plot:As we descend beneath our modern day cities, we are met with ancient and hidden secrets. Journey with us back through history and rediscover cities of the underworld.
- MPAA Rating: 'TV-PG'
- Actor:
- Don Wildman
- Runtime: 43 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.9/10
- Genres:
- Documentary
- History
- Language:
- English
Total Seasons: 3
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2FWM6O8
The Abyss (1989)
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Show Hide Plot:Formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out. They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on Earth.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writer:
- James Cameron
- Actors:
- Ed Harris
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Michael Biehn
- Leo Burmester
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 15 nominations.
- Production: Lightstorm Entertainment, Pacific Western
- Director:
- James Cameron
- Runtime: 171 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
- Metacritic: 62/100
- Genres:
- Adventure
- Drama
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3om776h
- james cameron
- water scenes are "real", not stunts
- none of the cast enjoyed making this movie.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
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Show Hide Plot:Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writers:
- Peter Baynham (screenplay)
- Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay)
- Jena Friedman (screenplay)
- Anthony Hines (screenplay)
- Lee Kern (screenplay)
- Dan Mazer (screenplay)
- Erica Rivinoja (screenplay)
- Dan Swimer (screenplay)
- Anthony Hines (story)
- Nina Pedrad (story)
- Dan Swimer (story)
- Sacha Baron Cohen (based on character created by)
- Nick Corirossi (additional writing)
- Actors:
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Maria Bakalova
- Mike Pence
- Rudy Giuliani
- Director:
- Jason Woliner
- IMDB:
- Genre:
- Comedy
- Language:
- English
- Countries:
- UK
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3mnDqA9
- I am only a few minutes in, and I'm not laughing.
- difficult to watch
- too many subtitles
- one interesting thing is that they are using "real people", including "mike pence"
- 42 minutes in, and I'm stopping
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
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Show Hide Plot:An augmented human and Sarah Connor must stop an advanced liquid Terminator from hunting down a young girl, whose fate is critical to the human race.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writers:
- David S. Goyer (screenplay by)
- Justin Rhodes (screenplay by)
- Billy Ray (screenplay by)
- James Cameron (story by)
- Charles H. Eglee (story by)
- Josh Friedman (story by)
- David S. Goyer (story by)
- Justin Rhodes (story by)
- James Cameron (based on characters created by)
- Gale Anne Hurd (based on characters created by)
- Actors:
- Linda Hamilton
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Mackenzie Davis
- Natalia Reyes
- Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations.
- Production: Tencent Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Lightstorm Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Skydance Media
- Director:
- Tim Miller
- Runtime: 128 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 70%
- Metacritic: 54/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- Languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Countries:
- USA
- Spain
- Hungary
- China
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/37vg0EO
- Linda Hamilton
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Terminator: Dark Fate
- time travel
The Breakfast Club (1985)
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Show Hide Plot:Beyond being in the same class at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, Claire Standish, Andrew Clark, John Bender, Brian Johnson and Allison Reynolds have little in common, and with the exception of Claire and Andrew, do not associate with each other in school. In the simplest and in their own terms, Claire is a princess, Andrew an athlete, John a criminal, Brian a brain, and Allison a basket case. But one other thing they do have in common is a nine hour detention in the school library together on Saturday, March 24, 1984, under the direction of Mr. Vernon, supervising from his office across the hall. Each is required to write a minimum one thousand word essay during that time about who they think they are. At the beginning of those nine hours, each, if they were indeed planning on writing that essay, would probably write something close to what the world sees of them, and what they have been brainwashed into believing of themselves. But based on their adventures during that nine hours, they may come to a different opinion of themselves and the other four.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writer:
- John Hughes
- Actors:
- Emilio Estevez
- Paul Gleason
- Anthony Michael Hall
- John Kapelos
- Awards: 3 wins.
- Production: Universal Pictures
- Director:
- John Hughes
- Runtime: 97 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
- Metacritic: 66/100
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Drama
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
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- John Hughes directed
- a jock, a nerd, a princess, and a criminal spend their saturday in detention in the school library
Weird Science (1985)
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Show Hide Plot:Two unpopular teenagers, Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men. On their road to becoming accepted, they encounter many hilarious obstacles, which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writer:
- John Hughes
- Actors:
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Kelly LeBrock
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith
- Bill Paxton
- Awards: 1 nomination.
- Production: Universal Pictures
- Director:
- John Hughes
- Runtime: 94 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 57%
- Metacritic: 46/100
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
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Paranormal State (2007–)
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Show Hide Plot:Story follows members of the famous Penn State Paranormal Research Society as they investigate strange and unusual phenomena across the country. Story also features their hectic lives as college students and faculty.
- Actors:
- Ryan Buell
- Chip Coffey
- Heather Taddy
- Eilfie Music
- Awards: 1 nomination.
- Runtime: 30 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 5.3/10
- Genre:
- Reality-TV
- Language:
- English
Total Seasons: 6
- Country:
- USA
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The Tick (2017–2019)
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Show Hide Plot:In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with no superpowers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
- MPAA Rating: 'TV-MA'
- Writer:
- Ben Edlund
- Actors:
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Griffin Newman
- Valorie Curry
- Brendan Hines
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 nominations.
- Runtime: 29 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Language:
- English
Total Seasons: 2
- Country:
- USA
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Men in Black 3 (2012)
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Show Hide Plot:After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince young K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something old K had never told him.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Etan Cohen
- Lowell Cunningham (based on the Malibu comic by)
- Actors:
- Will Smith
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Josh Brolin
- Jemaine Clement
- Awards: 1 win & 13 nominations.
- Production: Amblin Entertainment, Parkes/MacDonald
- Director:
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Runtime: 106 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
- Metacritic: 58/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- Languages:
- English
- Ukrainian
- Countries:
- USA
- United Arab Emirates
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2FxBLrS
- time travel
- wil smith, tommy lee jones
- I really like the ending to this move (the last ~10 minutes)
The Report (2019)
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Show Hide Plot:Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writer:
- Scott Z. Burns
- Actors:
- Adam Driver
- Corey Stoll
- Evander Duck Jr.
- Jon Hamm
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations.
- Production: Amazon Studios
- Director:
- Scott Z. Burns
- Runtime: 119 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
- Metacritic: 66/100
- Genres:
- Biography
- Crime
- Drama
- History
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
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'Escape from New York (1981)'
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
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Show Hide Plot:Is there solace in revenge? Bond and "M" sniff a shadowy international network of power and corruption reaping billions. As Bond pursues the agents of an assassination attempt on "M," all roads lead to Dominic Greene, a world-renowned developer of green technology. Greene, a nasty piece of work, is intent on securing a barren area of Bolivia in exchange for assisting a strongman stage a coup there. The CIA looks the other way, and only Bond, with help from a retired spy and from a mysterious beauty, stands in Greene's way. "M" wonders if she can trust Bond, or if vengeance possesses him. Beyond that, can anyone drawn to Bond live to tell the tale?
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Paul Haggis
- Neal Purvis
- Robert Wade
- Actors:
- Daniel Craig
- Olga Kurylenko
- Mathieu Amalric
- Judi Dench
- Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 30 nominations.
- Production: Eon Productions Ltd.
- Director:
- Marc Forster
- Runtime: 106 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 65%
- Metacritic: 58/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Italian
- French
- Swiss German
- German
- Countries:
- UK
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/33KDRhl
- again, this movie airs and again I'm more focused on projects
- daniel craig
the movie was playing, but I was working on projects and did not catch plot or otherwise
'Citizen Trump: A One Man Show (2020)'
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Casino Royale (2006)
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Show Hide Plot:James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Neal Purvis (screenplay)
- Robert Wade (screenplay)
- Paul Haggis (screenplay)
- Ian Fleming (novel)
- Actors:
- Daniel Craig
- Eva Green
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Judi Dench
- Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 26 wins & 44 nominations.
- Production: Eon Productions Ltd., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Director:
- Martin Campbell
- Runtime: 144 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
- Metacritic: 80/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- Serbian
- German
- Italian
- French
- Countries:
- UK
- Czech Republic
- USA
- Germany
- Bahamas
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
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Show Hide Plot:In the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt and a new team race against time to track down Hendricks, a dangerous terrorist who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt by the team to stop him at the Kremlin ends in a disaster, with an explosion causing severe damage to the Kremlin and the IMF being implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disavowed, and will be offered no help or backup in any form. Undaunted, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks to Dubai, and from there to Mumbai, but several spectacular action sequences later, they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Bruce Geller (television series "Mission: Impossible")
- Josh Appelbaum
- André Nemec
- Actors:
- Tom Cruise
- Paula Patton
- Simon Pegg
- Jeremy Renner
- Awards: 5 wins & 30 nominations.
- Production: Bad Robot
- Director:
- Brad Bird
- Runtime: 132 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
- Metacritic: 73/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- Russian
- French
- Arabic
- Swedish
- Countries:
- USA
- United Arab Emirates
- Czech Republic
- India
- Canada
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/33GA3hf
- not in a good mood tonight
- tom cruise
- character brandt created to take over for TC when he leaves the franchise
- the tech screws up, which I enjoy in my current mood
- I cannot stomach another hour of this "stuff"
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
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Show Hide Plot:In the 24th century, the crew of the Enterprise-E has been ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Federation to avoid interference with their battle against the insidious Borg. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes command of the fleet engaging the Borg. But the Borg plan to travel back into the 21st century through a vortex with the intention to stop Earth's first contact with an alien race (the Vulcans). Following the Borg sphere, Picard and his crew realize that they have taken over the Enterprise in order to carry out their mission. Their only chance to do away with the Borg and their seductive queen is to make sure that Zefram Cochrane makes his famous faster-than-light travel to the stars.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writers:
- Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek)
- Rick Berman (story)
- Brannon Braga (story)
- Ronald D. Moore (story)
- Brannon Braga (screenplay)
- Ronald D. Moore (screenplay)
- Actors:
- Patrick Stewart
- Jonathan Frakes
- Brent Spiner
- LeVar Burton
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations.
- Production: Paramount Pictures
- Director:
- Jonathan Frakes
- Runtime: 111 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
- Metacritic: 71/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3d8P1j6
- time travel
- borg
- geordi has ocular implants instead of a VISOR
- "I'm a Doctor, not a doorstop"
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
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Show Hide Plot:In the late 23rd century, the gala maiden voyage of the newly-christened Enterprise-B boasts such luminaries as Pavel Chekov, Montgomery Scott and the legendary Captain James T. Kirk as guests. But her maiden voyage turns into a disaster as the unprepared starship is forced to rescue two transport ships from a mysterious energy ribbon. The Enterprise manages to save a handful of the ships' passengers and barely succeeds out intact... but at the cost of Captain Kirk's life. 78 years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise-D crew find themselves at odds with renegade scientist Dr. Tolian Soran... who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme... and he has been dead for 78 years.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Writers:
- Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek)
- Rick Berman (story)
- Ronald D. Moore (story)
- Brannon Braga (story)
- Ronald D. Moore (screenplay)
- Brannon Braga (screenplay)
- Actors:
- Patrick Stewart
- Jonathan Frakes
- Brent Spiner
- LeVar Burton
- Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations.
- Production: Paramount Pictures
- Director:
- David Carson
- Runtime: 118 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 49%
- Metacritic: 55/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- Languages:
- English
- Klingon
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/2SnKOOQ
- first ST movie to blend TOS and TNG casts
- time travel
- "emotion chip"
- guinan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
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Show Hide Plot:It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is an instructor at Starfleet Academy and feeling old; the prospect of attending his ship, the USS Enterprise--now a training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise does not make him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh--infamous conqueror from late 20th century Earth--appears after years of exile. Khan later revealed that the planet Ceti Alpha VI exploded, and shifted the orbit of the fifth planet as a Mars-like haven. He begins capturing Project Genesis, a top secret device holding the power of creation itself, and schemes the utter destruction of Kirk.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Writers:
- Gene Roddenberry (based on "Star Trek" created by)
- Harve Bennett (story)
- Jack B. Sowards (story)
- Jack B. Sowards (screenplay)
- Actors:
- William Shatner
- Leonard Nimoy
- DeForest Kelley
- James Doohan
- Awards: 3 wins & 9 nominations.
- Production: Paramount Pictures
- Director:
- Nicholas Meyer
- Runtime: 113 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
- Metacritic: 67/100
- Genres:
- Action
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
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- khaaaaaaaaaaan!
'Witness to 9/11: In the Shadows of Ground Zero (2020)'
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This Is It (2009)
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Show Hide Plot:In the weeks before his death, Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was rehearsing a show, "This Is It," that was to open in July. This film begins with a few of the auditioning dancers speaking to the camera about why they're trying out and what Jackson means to them. Then we plunge into rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The film is arranged by musical number with pre-recorded material and footage from Jackson's various rehearsals edited together to take us through what would have been the concert's set list.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG'
- Actors:
- Michael Jackson
- Alex Al
- Alexandra Apjarova
- Nick Bass
- Awards: 7 wins & 9 nominations.
- Production: Columbia Pictures
- Director:
- Kenny Ortega
- Runtime: 111 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
- Metacritic: 67/100
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Drama
- Music
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
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- MJ felt most comfortable on stage
- long hours preparing for his "final curtain call"
- he was murdered before he could perform the show
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
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Show Hide Plot:A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio. He turns the studio on its ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn't G.I. enough. While he is off the air, he tries to meet Vietnamese especially girls, and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio.
- MPAA Rating: 'R'
- Writer:
- Mitch Markowitz
- Actors:
- Robin Williams
- Forest Whitaker
- Tom. T. Tran
- Chintara Sukapatana
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 3 nominations.
- Production: Touchstone Pictures
- Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Runtime: 121 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
- Metacritic: 67/100
- Genres:
- Biography
- Comedy
- Drama
- War
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- USA
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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
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Show Hide Plot:Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
- MPAA Rating: 'PG-13'
- Writer:
- Nancy Meyers
- Actors:
- Jack Nicholson
- Diane Keaton
- Keanu Reeves
- Frances McDormand
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations.
- Production: Warner Brothers, Waverly Films, Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Director:
- Nancy Meyers
- Runtime: 128 min
- IMDB:
- Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
- Metacritic: 66/100
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- Languages:
- English
- French
- Country:
- USA
- Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/35Z2A30
- a movie starring Jack Nicholson where he does not play a "psycho"
- great ending