Django Unchained

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2012
Drama, Western

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Has everything you could expect from Tarantino, and an amazing performance from Waltz as a bonus.
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Cloud Atlas

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2012
Drama, Science Fiction

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. […]

I’ve seen people saying how The Matrix is better, but I have to say yes and no. It is better for action. I noticed this movie tried to be Matrix…
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Viy

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1967
Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.

A nice finding on a TV. It’s a classic horror story with a good script and the right spirit for such movies.
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The Intouchables

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2011
Drama, Comedy

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

This movie was a big deal in the world of critics, and there is a reason. The other movies just lack the emotional strength of this. Simply put, it has…
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Room in Rome

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2010
Drama, Romance

A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for Alba and Natasha, two young and recently acquainted women, to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

*ahem* I chose this movie for the obvious reasons, but it turned out to be more than you could expect. The beginning was kinda boring, the actors didn’t seem up…
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Shrink

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2009
Comedy, Drama

Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA’s top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.

Another great performance from Kevin Spacey and intelligent script makes it a good choice if you are looking for not too light, not too serious movie.
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Law Abiding Citizen

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2009
Drama, Crime, Thriller

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family’s killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Just like a thriller should be. Clever, tense, and to the point. It also has great acting and even some meaning for what it is, so it’s a safe bet.…
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Promise Me This

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2007
Romance, Drama, Comedy

An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather’s stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man’s two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls […]

Not the best work of Kusturica but might be the most original from what I’ve seen. The movie stays completely on its own, sometimes gets off the track a bit,…
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Inglourious Basterds

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2009
Drama, Action, Thriller, War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Like many stuff from Tarantino, it shouldn’t be taken seriously. And then it’s a luxurious action packed thriller to enjoy.
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Gran Torino

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2008
Drama

Widower Walt Kowalski is a grumpy, prejudiced, tough-minded, unhappy, old, Korean War veteran who can’t get along with either his kids or his neighbours. His prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbour, Thao—a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin—tries to steal his Gran Torino, Walt sets out to reform the youth and takes steps to protect Thao and his family from the gangs […]

A very solid movie from Eastwood. It’s rich in social themes and also has a fair amount of action to spice things up.
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