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Safety Not Guaranteed – (2012 movie)

2017-05-26

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It really was in theaters. I went back to see it.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/
https://safetynotguaranteedmovie.com/

Two interns and a lovesick magazine reporter follow up on a crazy old classified ad requesting a partner for time travel.

It’s not exactly a time-travel movie, science fiction, a comedy or a romance or a romantic comedy, but it does have a light dusting of everything. It’s “okay”.

Based on a joke published as a classified advertisement in Backwoods Home – (1997 magazine), by John Silveira

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John Wick – Chapter 2 – (2017 movie)

2017-05-25

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Coming right now.

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(on Wikipedia · Trailer)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/
https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/john-wick-chapter-2

A broken man, having done the hokey pokey as an assassin, is forced back in. Again.

Adequate. It borrows from feelings and elements of other movies, and does a mediocre job of entertaining.

Properly titled John Wick: Chapter 2

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John Wick – (2014 movie)

2017-05-25

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Kerpal

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/
https://johnwick.movie/

Thrust back into a life he thought he exited, a contract killer vows revenge for the brutal slaying of.. his dog.

An adequate movie.

Kill the Messenger – (2014 movie)

2017-05-22

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Kill the Messenger - (2014 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/
https://www.focusfeatures.com/kill_the_messenger

An investigative reporter, most recently working on criminal drug stories, gets a lead that takes him down a rabbit hole few knew existed.

A fair movie at best, which I can only recommend for people of the mindset with interest in the United States’ government’s involvement in Bad Things.

Based on Kill the Messenger – (2006 book), by Gary Webb

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Tiny and Big – Grandpa’s Leftovers – (2012 game)

2017-05-09

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/205910/
https://www.blackpants.de/project-tiny-big/ ^[ 1 ] was http://tinyandbig.com/

Laser things, move things, push things and find your way through semi-puzzle stuff.

With an art style (and opening sequences) reminiscent of Borderlands – (2009 game) and gameplay reminiscent of Okami – (2006 game), this game has a very strong initial impression on me.

Not open-world, and definitely “on rails”, but it does give a lot of power to the user as to how to fart around to progress.

While overall good, the controls are wonky and cliffs are obnoxious. There should be no falling off mechanic and the game should instead dangle the player for a moment and never let them fall.

Properly titled Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers

Footnotes[+]

^ 1	was http://tinyandbig.com/

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Midnight in Paris – (2011 movie)

2017-05-09

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605783/
https://www.sonyclassics.com/midnightinparis/

A writer visiting contemporary Paris is repeatedly transported to 1920s Paris.

This has been described as a romantic comedy, but there is neither romance nor comedy to be found. It’s dry and drags its feet.

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Ghost in the Shell - (2017 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219827/
https://ghostintheshell.tumblr.com/

A special agent combat-cyborg pursues a cyber criminal who comes to have a special interest in her.

Although I like it, I suspect it’s because I like the original so much and I can’t be unbiased. I also think Scarlett is hot.

I became even more interested in seeing this movie in light of the incorrectly-supposed-whitewashing of the lead character. Antisocial injustice is actually pretty good at recommending things.

Remade from the animated movie Ghost in the Shell – (1995 movie)
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Although this movie is tagged as foreign-language, only one character speaks in Japanese, and it is minor.

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Arrival – (2016 movie)

2017-05-04

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
https://www.facebook.com/arrivalmovie

Aliens arrive, but nobody knows the first thing about talking to them.

This is another movie whose description would spoil it. With a rather mellow and thoughtful tone throughout, it pulls the viewer in. I think it will hold up well over time, too.