the notes need to be cleaned up
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/amelie/
A quirky young woman crushes on a weird artsy guy.
This is quirkier than it’s characters, and is worthy of earning seventeen times its budget.
Original title: Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8511466/
Researchers of a small particle accelerator discover that a particle can be sent back in time, and they theorize that it can be used like a gun to kill people in the past and change the present.
While it’s a good idea, it feels pretty low effort.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206/
https://johnwick.movie/film/john-wick-4
John Wick returns to alternately ruin and end his friends lives in the hopes of leveraging an obscure rule to free himself from .. whatever their assassins society is called.
It’s adequate, but has nowhere near equality: I think one unimportant woman dies on-screen and then the body vanishes, another gets hurt, and this has to be the most brutally misandrist movie I’ve ever seen. Feminist approved!
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107614/
A father, faced with “equality”, is mistreated by family court and resorts to cross-dressing to get closer to his children by his overworking ex.
A great movie, full of great voicework and second-hand embarrassment.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339291/
was unfortunateeventsmovie.com
Some kids lose their home and parents and get passed around to different family members. And stuff.
Kinda annoying and boring.
Inspired by A Series of Unfortunate Events – (1999+ books), by Lemony Snicket
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119528/
A lawyer can’t lie, and goes insane because it’s Jim Carrey.
It’s Jim Carrey as himself, so you have to cope with the idiocy. It’s okay in that context but it’s not for me.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/matrix
A hacker learns reality is not as it appears.
A sci-fi ripoff of elements of Lucid dreaming, with elements taken from the Neuromancer/Shadowrun “cyberpunk” genres.
A pioneering movie for special effects, which have held up quite well, and its general pot and atmosphere. Technically not original for science fiction fans, but great nonetheless.
One of my favourites, although I really wish the actor playing Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) was good looking.
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The Animatrix – (2003 movie) is a series of non-cannon animated short films.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450/
A man with particular skills find himself among honest townsfolk gripped by criminals.
Simple and reasonably entertaining. Recommended especially for the people who like gritty low-tech spy-superhero movies.
Set in Italy, so there is some spoken Italian.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/
A series of non-cannon short animated films inspired by The Matrix – (1999 movie).
Better than the main series in some cases. I rather love every one of these short films.
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Robot Carnival – (1987 movie), sort of.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327162/
A couple moves to a quiet and friendly town, but the wife, with no job and her kids grown up, has enough free time to be unhappy.
I didn’t like it compared to The Stepford Wives – (1975 movie).
Based on The Stepford Wives – (1972 book), by Ira Levin
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