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STYLE WARS 1983 Tony Silver

1h 9m | Documentary
Cast: Cap, Daze, Dondi, Kase 2, Eric Haze, Ed Koch, Rammellzee, Seen, Irene Cara, Gene Anthony Ray, Skeme, Min 1, Lady Pink, Mare 139


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THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS 2021 Lana Wachowski

2h 28m | Action | Sci-Fi
Writers: Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick





NIGHTMARE ALLEY 1947 Edmund Goulding

1h 50m | Drama | Film-Noir
Writers: Jules Furthman, William Lindsay Gresham
Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Roy Roberts


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THE CARD COUNTER 2021 Paul Schrader

1h 51m | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Writer: Paul Schrader
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe


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THE CARD COUNTER 2021 Paul Schrader

1h 51m | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Writer: Paul Schrader
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe


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Oh 3.5/5 ok, but heck, the movie is being bombarded with negative user reviews at imdb, saying: as flat as an opened beer bottle, and some are saying it s directionless...



^ MoFo > Imdb..

PADDINGTON I & II 2014-2017 Paul King

1h 35m/1h 43m | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Writers: Paul King, Simon Farnaby, Michael Bond, Hamish McColl
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Samuel Joslin Madeleine Harris Julie Walters Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi





HUD 1963 Martin Ritt

1h 52m | Drama | Western
Writers: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., Larry McMurtry
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell, Crahan Denton, John Ashley


Not what I expected but still outstanding on all counts within the drama genre.




DON’T LOOK UP 2021 Adam McKay

2h 18m | Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
Writer: David Sirota
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, Mark Rylance, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande


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KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL 1952 Phil Karlson

1h 39m | Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Writers: George Bruce, Harry Essex, Harold Greene
Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti


Lovely little heist classic and Coleen Gray is the main reason I describe it as 'lovely'.
Coming in hot on my all time heist film list at #33.

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MIRACLE 2004 Gavin O’Connor

2h 15m | Biography | Drama | History | Sport
Writer: Eric Guggenheim
Cast: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, Eddie Cahill


From a European perspective, Kurt Russel and this film almost makes me want to be an American, *chants; USA! x3. #20 on my Sports film list, recommended for any Sports film fan.

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Candy @ss!



THE BREAKING POINT 1950 Michael Curtiz

1h 37m | Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Writers: Ranald MacDougall, Ernest Hemingway
Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford


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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT 1940 Alfred Hitchcock

2h | Action | Romance | Thriller | War
Writer: Charles Bennett, James Hilton, Joan Harrison, Robert Benchley
Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann





LOVE STORY 1970 Arthur Hiller

1h 40m | Drama | Romance
Writer: Erich Segal
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland, Russell Nype, Tommy Lee Jones


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THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH 2021 Joel Coen

1h 45m | Drama | History | Thriller | War
Writers: Joel Coen, William Shakespeare
Cast: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell, Bertie Carvel, Brendan Gleeson, Corey Hawkins


The look of the film and the performances were top notch but the story delivery disjointed at times. Nowhere near Kurosawa's masterpiece Throne of Blood.




WITNESS 1985 Peter Weir (re-watch)

1h 52m | Drama | Romance | Thriller | Crime
Writers: William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Alexander Godunov


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DUEL TO THE DEATH 1983 Tony Ching Siu-Tung

1h 26m | Action | Drama
Writers: Manfred Wong, David Lai Dai-Wai
Cast: Norman Chui, Damian Lau, Flora Cheung, Eddy Ko