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Bandits (2001)

5.7 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) have escaped from prison. Cutting a swath from...

Double Jeoapardy (1999)

7.2 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) survives the long years in prison...

The Last Emperor (1987)

8.1 (9 Ratings) Rate It

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This sweeping account of the life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, follows the...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Straight Boy (Straight Guys #0.5) in Books

Jan 6, 2021

I actually kinda l liked this...a lot.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this. Things to do with prison put me off a bit put this was written in a way so that we only really saw how it affected our boys' relationship.

That bit when he was talking about when he got out and Xavier kissed him hard, I was all sad like, and it was obvious to me then that emotions had become involved over the year.

I'm happy our boys got together in the end and I wouldn't mind reading more of this series at some point in the future.

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Steve Buscemi recommended Brute Force (1947) in Movies (curated)

Brute Force (1947)

1947 | Classics, Drama, Film-Noir

6.7

(3 Ratings)

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"I watched this 1947 stark, black and white, noirish prison drama as part of research for a film I directed called Animal Factory, written by novelist and ex-convict Eddie Bunker. For years I thought director Jules Dassin was a Frenchman working in the U.S. I was surprised to learn he was an American (Russian Jew) from Connecticut who fled the U.S. during the red scare of the fifties. He ended up in Paris and made the wonderful French film Rififi, which added to my confusion. The Naked City (1948) by Dassin is also a classic, shot on gloriously gritty locations in New York City."

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Judge Dredd (1995)

6.4 (17 Ratings) Rate It

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In the crime-plagued future, the only thing standing between order and chaos is Judge Joseph Dredd...

Heather Graham recommended The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in Movies (curated)

"I guess you got to put The Shawshank Redemption in there somewhere, right? That movie was just so amazing. It’s a wild ride, because it’s very emotional. I just remember the line at the end where he’s like, “My friend.” There’s such an amazing friendship plot in that, and then there’s that line at the end that just makes you bawl your eyes out, you know? So, it’s like, get ready for an emotional… It’s very dark. He gets raped in prison. He’s getting attacked. But that story between Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, it’s just this friendship plot that runs through the movie. I just thought that was really powerful."

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