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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - (1956 movie)

2019-01-31

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - (1956 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049169/

Survivors of a disintegrated solar system come to Earth to take over.

A really great movie, even for its age.

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Ten Years - (2015 movie)

2017-04-22

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5269560/

A criminal syndicate works toward panic to implement legal changes.

It was slow, awkward and amateur.. and I watched the first part and stopped watching after just 20 minutes.

aka Sap Nin
aka 十年

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Abashiri Prison - (1965 movie)

2016-02-28

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058869/

Some Japanese guys are in a prison.

I have no idea what's going on with this, but after nearly a half an hour I'm just going to give up.

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Clerks - (1994 movie)

2016-01-11

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/clerks/

Instead of being allowed to sleep in on his day off, a man is called in to work an extra shift at his convenience store job, and his day goes to complete shit.

The acting is a little halted in places, since these are mostly or perhaps entirely first-timers, but the writing is spectacular. It's got great flow and style, and is hilarious and memorable.

I first rented this as a VHS tape back in the day, and was immediately impressed. I'm glad this movie, and its author, have done well.

aka Clerks. (with a trailing period)
Takes place in Leonardo, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
Clerks - The Animated Series - (2000 show) was a pilot episode using stuff from Clerks.
Snowball Effect - The Story of 'Clerks' - (2004 movie) is a documentary on this film.
Continues with Clerks 2 - (2006 movie)

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Pi - (1998 movie)

2015-12-03

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/

A man stares into the sun as a child, and develops superhuman powers of math, pattern recognition with a side order of paranoia etc.

I don't think this will appeal to most people, since it deal with topics only the fringe of humanity have any comprehension of. I happen to like it quite a bit, for reasons I certainly never hinted at in the previous sentence.