Gravity (2013)
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Receiving seven Oscar® wins, Gravity stars Academy Award® winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)...
Mystic River (2003)
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Nominated for six Academy Awards, including "Best Picture," 2003's Mystic River tells the the tale...
The Replacement Killers (1998)
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International superstar Chow Yun-Fat (John Woo's Hard-Boiled) makes his Hollywood debut with Oscar®...
Anaconda (1997)
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Anaconda is an action-packed thriller starring JENNIFER LOPEZ (The Wedding Planner), rap superstar...
Sleepers (1996)
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The judicial system is supposed to protect them. But when a youthful prank in New York's Hell's...
Airport 1975 (1974)
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"Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying...
Great Writers on the Great War: Buchan's War
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'The observer, wherever on the globe his eyes were turned, would have found no area immune from the...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Witness (1985) in Movies
Feb 21, 2021
This is a classic movie, but also one of those films which looks deceptively simple and straightforward: there are no staggering plot twists, no big set pieces (except for the one where some people build a barn) - it's one of those very brave films with the confidence to take its time and let the characters and story grow and breathe. The contrast between the ugliness of the big city and the quiet consolations of the Amish lifestyle is carefully achieved; Harrison Ford seizes the chance to lead the movie and give a proper acting performance (this got him his Oscar nomination). A great film; didn't quite make me want to go and live on a farm, but a close thing.
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Taken (2009) in Movies
Mar 10, 2021
The plot: Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her.
Its the best one out of the trilogy, should of there been 2 more sequels, no. But $$$.
Intresting fact: Jeff Bridges was first cast as Bryan Mills, but after he dropped out of the project, Liam Neeson accepted the part, desiring to play a more physically demanding role than he was used to. Neeson at first thought the film to be no more than a "little side road" for his career, expecting it to be released directly to video.
Only watch this one.