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Charlie's Angels (2000)

6.5 (16 Ratings) Rate It

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Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu star as the captivating crime-fighting trio who are...

David McK (3425 KP) rated Megamind (2010) in Movies

Mar 19, 2021

Megamind (2010)

2010 | Action, Animation, Comedy

7.1

(27 Ratings)

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Under-rated Dreamworks animation, with Will Ferrell voicing the super villain Megamind, who spends his time fighting against the superhero MetroMan.

And then (he thinks) manages to defeat and kill the same, after he he sinks into a funk of depression.

Like Despicable Me, this also has a character called Minion (here, one character instead of a group of the same), with most of the banter coming from the interaction between Megamind and Minion in what is (essentially) a family friendly underdog story as Megamind discovers that being a villain is not everything there is to life.

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Bill Gates recommended House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox in Books (curated)

"Bill Foege is one of my heroes. Among his many accomplishments, he was instrumental in ridding the world of smallpox, which is still the only human disease ever eradicated. This book gives you a great view from the front lines of that battle. Bill was a mentor to Melinda and me in the early days of our philanthropy, and he continues to give us great advice today. I also recommend his deeply moving Gates Notes article about fighting river blindness. It’s a fantastic story that gives you real insight into how he thinks about his work."

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Sean Stone recommended The Last of the Mohicans (1992) in Movies (curated)

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

1992 | Drama, Romance, War

7.4

(21 Ratings)

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"From the opening shots of Daniel Day Lewis running through a forest in chase of a deer, to the finale when he’s sprinting across a mountain to protect his brother, this is my kind of romance – men and women living upon the earth, fighting for love, and willing to die for nothing more than honor. It may not be the ‘greatest love story’ ever told, but when Day Lewis promises to find Madeleine Stowe’s character, no matter where she goes, before jumping off a waterfall, that’s one of the great scenes in cinema history. Kudos to Michael Mann."

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Roger Corman recommended The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957) in Movies (curated)

The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957)

1957 | Action, International, Classics

7.8

(4 Ratings)

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"After a life of watching silver-screen idols and debonair ne’er-do-wells, this film came out like a punch to the sternum. It showed that film was not simply a convenient vessel for story and adventure but could say much deeper things about us, as if we were shifting pieces on chessboards . . . but also about death, about the Crusades, about fighting or playing for one’s soul. And what comes after it all: a credit scene, starring everyone important in your life? There’s more to it, more to this film than it lets on—and I’ve been thinking about it for years."

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Nitin Sawhney recommended Bird (1988) in Movies (curated)

Bird (1988)

1988 | Drama

8.0

(2 Ratings)

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"A beautiful film about Charlie Parker, played brilliantly by Forest Whitaker, and directed by an actor who’s obviously a big jazz fan. Bird really shows you how ludicrously gifted Parker was, how his mind worked on a completely different level, but also how much he got lost in self-loathing, and how addiction made everything fall apart. Parker was 34 when he died, but the coroner thought he was 60, looking at his body. By getting into the New York club scene and looking at aspects of racism, this film also shows just how much Parker achieved, given everything he was fighting against."

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