Movies We Watch

Funny (and fairly unattractive) look at Elvis on his own in the big world in the days before he met President Nixon. imdb.com A “mockumentary” about Elvis’s real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA, but meets the President instead. Along the way, the film exposes Elvis’s humor, drug [...]

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Charming little film about how Jane Austen became a ‘spinster’ and great writer. The McAvoy was cute but played a guy who was sort of a dick. imdb.com A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

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Somewhat slow moving film about a detective that has been told he is going to die of a terminal illness so he hires a hitman. The ending wasn’t that predictable which was sort of nice. imdb.com In order to avoid the debilitating effects of a terminal illness, a young detective orders a hit on himself.

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3 down, 1 to go in the Alien series. This was dark and gritty. Moved fast enough to keep my interest. I liked it more than 2. Less mommy and me, more action and conflict. imdb.com Ripley continues to be stalked by a savage alien, after her escape pod crashes on a prison planet.

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imdb.com Set at the end of the ’60s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from Great Britain, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents’ traumatic separation, till he’s 14. It is written and directed by Richard E Grant, and based on true events from Richard E Grant’s childhood.

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The film is about an enormously boring couple that need to bring excitement into their lives. So, I thought that the fact that the film started out excessively boring was some sort of plot device. I gave the script, director and actors too much credit. Even when they started killing people, they were still boring. [...]

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Sweet film with a happy ending. Great house they are staying at. Why don’t I have relatives with a house like that? imdb.com A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother’s girlfriend.

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Sweetest funniest film you may ever see about an alchoholic assasin trying to get his life back together. imdb.com While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it’s time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.

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