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Awix (3310 KP) rated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) in Movies

Feb 24, 2018

1977's other great fantasy movie is somewhat forgotten, relatively speaking, probably because it wasn't franchised to death. Scientist Francois Truffaut and everyman Richard Dreyfuss both become aware of the impending visitation of alien beings, must decide how to react.

Not really much of an SF movie, strictly speaking, but it works brilliantly as a both a thriller-drama and a fantasy film. Always seems to me to be a film about what it means to find faith and surrender yourself to it: ordinary guy Roy finds the transcendental and unknown inserting itself into his life, finds himself becoming devoted to it, willing to sacrifice everything to it. Great performances from the leads, but it's really Spielberg's film, containing some of his neatest moments of directorial legerdemain. Still one of Spielberg's most iconic movies, 40+ years on.

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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Memento (2000) in Movies

May 26, 2018

Memento (2000)

2000 | Mystery, Thriller

8.4

(51 Ratings)

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Very unique storytelling

If you are a Christopher Nolan fan, or even a fan of movies that make you think, you should give Memento a try.

The story is pretty simple about a man (Guy Pearce) who is trying to remember details relating to the murder or death of his wife. The problem: the suffers from short term memory loss and wakes up every day having to start over.

Maybe like a serious version of Groundhog Day, Memento is such a fascinating slow burn, slow reveal of details. As the man encounters the creepy individuals who inhabit his life, he does not know who to trust or how the puzzle pieces will ultimately fit together.

If you watch the movie 10 times, you will find different layers in it each time.

A must watch!

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ClareR (5879 KP) May 26, 2018

I really enjoyed this film - it had a great atmosphere to it, and was really frustrating at times.

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Sara Cox (1845 KP) Feb 18, 2020

I absolutely love this film!

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Lenard (726 KP) rated Richard Jewell (2019) in Movies

Jan 6, 2020

Richard Jewell is a mixed bag of timeliness and a victim of the country's short-time memory. It was 23 years ago that a security guard in Olympic Park at the Atlanta Olympics discovered a bomb. Hailed as a national hero until he became the prime suspect, Richard Jewell's simple world was torn asunder. Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates give great performances as Richard's friend/lawyer who tried his best to keep Richard from constantly signing his death confession and Richard's mother respectively. (Imagine if the two had played the other's role!) Richard fought every day to protest his innocence against the two most powerful forces in the world, the American government and the American press. Eventually, the real culprit was found, but not before a man's life was nearly destroyed in pursuit for being "right."

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Poltergeist (1982) in Movies

Aug 1, 2019 (Updated Aug 2, 2019)

Poltergeist (1982)

1982 | Horror

8.5

(41 Ratings)

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They're Here

Contains spoilers, click to show

Poltergeist- is one of my favorite movies of all time and is one of my favorite horror movies of all time.

By the way this movie was PG, yes this movie was PG and it came from the director of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Its also produced by Steven Spielberg.

The sink sence, is so disturbing and gross and not sure why this movie wasnt rating R.

Also the clown sence is also a very scary moment.

Is some great memorable lines like:
"They're Here"

"You can't choose between life and death when we're dealing with what is in between."

"Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual. Hauntings seem to be connected with an area, a house usually."

Poltergeist is scary, terrorfying, frighting, horrorfying, memorable and overall a excellent supernatural horror film.

One that horror fans should watch.