Film nerd - brain stuck in the 80s - love sci-fi “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” - Robin Williams
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Nov 11 - Political thriller film recommendation
No Way Out (1987)
Navy officer Tom Farrell is to report to the Secretary of Defence, David Brice, at the Pentagon. But, his brief affair with Brice's mistress gets him in trouble when she is found dead
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Nov 11 - movie that shows an example of a hostile species
Predator (1987)
Dutch and his team are out on a mission to rescue a group of hostages in Central America. There, they discover that they are being hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior
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Nov 10 - Romantic Comedy / Mistaken Identity
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
An instance of mistaken identity places Slevin in the middle of a conflict between two New York City criminal kingpins, the Rabbi and the Boss, who intensely oppose each other
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Nov 10 - Movie about a case argued in court
Liar Liar (1997)
A successful lawyer's entire career is built on the basis of lies. His life takes an ugly turn when his son wishes for him to not lie for a day and his wish comes true
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Nov 9 - Heist/Robbery recommendation
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
When four friends end up losing money to a gangster in a card game, they overhear a plan to rob cannabis growers and decide to rob the robbers
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Nov 9 - Movie character who has a facial transformation
Darkman (1990)
A mentally unstable scientist is burned in an attack and stretches his invention of the synthetic skin to the limit by taking on the faces of other people to take revenge
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Nov 8 - Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock or Barbara Stanwyck movie
Innerspace (1987)
A pilot volunteers to be miniaturised and injected in a rabbit But it goes astray when a group of terrorists accidentally inject him in a unsuspecting human
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Nov 8 - Movie about refugees
District 9 (2009)
A government agent responsible for relocating the alien species living in a refugee camp in Johannesburg, ends up becoming the target of a nationwide manhunt after a small mishap
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Nov 7 - Ridley Scott Recommendation
Legend (1985)
Darkness, a demon of the night, plots to kill the unicorns and also kidnaps a princess, Lili. However, Jack, a forest boy and Lili's lover, must vanquish the demon and save his lady love
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Nov 7 - Farewell scene that takes place at a train station
Batman Begins (2005)
"I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you"
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Nov 6 - Gwyneth Paltrow
Contagion (2011)
Beth returns home from Hong Kong and dies of a mysterious infection, which also kills her young son. But, her husband Mitch seems immune. Soon, the deadly infection turns into a worldwide epidemic
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Nov 6 - Scene with a Bible
Mission Impossible (1996)
Ethan Hunt is a spy who has been falsely accused of disloyalty. He must now prove his innocence and bring to light the real miscreant minus the support of the organisation he worked for
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Nov 5 - Ryan Gosling recommendation
The Nice Guys (2016)
I was not a big fan of Ryan Gosling until I saw him in this - totally changed my opinion of him
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Nov 5 - Movie Scene That Takes Place in a Fountain
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Beast transforms and tackles Magneto through a glass window, sending them both plunging several stories down into a crowded public outdoor fountain
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