Thursday Movie Picks #124: Western

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This week's Thursday Movie is Western (Suggested by Birgit)

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Ahh...Westerns...definitely not my genre, which is why it probably took Birgit to suggest to finally become a theme on TMP  but I have seen a few; mostly the newer ones. My picks today are the ones I like.

Slow West (2015)

One of my most recent watch. It's sort of a quirky poetic fish-out-of-water story set in the American West. The scenery in this was just very beautiful, the music too and I just overall really enjoyed the movie. The gist of it is a Scottish teen goes on a journey to find the girl he loves who is, with her father, on the run and has come to the West to hide out. Along the way the boy meets a mysterious man whom he pays to guide him as the journey begins to become more and more dangerous.

3:10 to Yuma (2007)
A rancher takes up the dangerous job of escorting an outlaw to the 3:10 to Yuma train. It has been a quite a while since I've seen this, so my memory of it is hazy, but I do remember liking it a lot.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Another one that I haven't seen in a long time, but yeah I think it's as great as everyone says it is. In short it's a buddy movie of two robbers trying to escape from the law..

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Thursday Movie Picks #123: Movies based on a TV Series

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This week's Thursday Movie is Movies based on a TV Series

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Here's a fun theme. I love watching TV just as much as movies so it's always interesting to see if a successful tv series can be made into a movie. My picks today are 2 that I like and the third is one where it totally didn't work.

21 Jump Street (2012)

I thought the idea of a movie remake of 21 Jump Street was so dumb. I wasn't super familiar with the TV series, but from what I understand it was a drama. So thinking the remake would similarly be a drama I just thought the premise sounds too dated for this decade. But nope, the movie is comedy and it was great. They had a lot of fun with the basic premise of young-ish  (but not so young-ish) cops having to go undercover as high school students.

Mission: Impossible (1996-
Have not seen this TV series too and had never really cared for the movies as well; but after seeing how great Ghost Protocol was, I checked out the 3rd one and have now also seen Rogue Nation. As action films, they're probably one of the best. In terms of story, they have convoluted plots that I've given up following which I suspect are all really dumb anyway. So just watch it for the amazing stunts, gadgetry and impossible situations.

Bewitched (2005)

The bad apple of today's picks. I love the TV series and had look forward to the movie. Unfortunately it was terrible. I just don't understand why they just didn't do a straight up remake.

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Thursday Movie Picks #122: Movies about Addiction

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Movies about Addiction (Suggested by Wendell)

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This week's theme is a suggestion from Wendell@DellonMovies. It's a tough topic for me; not that I can't think of any, just that I can't say I really like them much. Still I'm going with the 3 that I suppose I like better than the rest.

Smashed (2012)

In a lot of movies, the person with the addiction is like the only screw up. I think the most interesting part in this one is that the people in the lead character's life are pretty much functional alcoholics too; so much so that she doesn't, nor does anyone else, realise her alcoholism has gotten really bad until it's put her in embarrassing and dangerous situations.

Flight (2012)
Has a premise that is sort of like Sully, but it's not a true story and with the alcoholism bit.

Trainspotting (1996)

I really don't remember much of this. I think there was a freaky hallucination scene of a baby crawling around or was that in Requiem of a Dream? Anyway, there is a sequel coming up, so I guess I'll be seeing this again before watching the new one.

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Thursday Movie Picks #121: Non-English Language Movies - Middle Eastern Language Movies

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Non-English Language Movies - Middle Eastern Language Movies

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This week is challenging for me. I don't have a lot choices to pick from and 90% of the ones I've seen are Iranian so all my picks to day will be Iranian movies and they're definitely gems.

A Separation (2011)

Such a great movie. A married couple have differing views on where to raise their daughter. The husband wants to stay in Iran so that he can also care for his father who has Alzheimer while the wife wants to move to another country for better opportunities for their daughter. Caught in the middle is the daughter, and the last scene was just very sad because throughout the movie we see that they are pretty loving family; it's that one thing that forces them apart.

Baran (2001)
Set in Iran, a Turkish boy is resentful of the new Afghan boy at the construction site he works at as the boy gets to do the lighter tasks. However, when he discovers the boy is actually a girl, he begins to understand the hardship she goes through and falling in love with her, he tries to help her in any way he can. A lovely story of unselfish love that is definitely not like the typical teen love story.

Children of Heaven (1997)

A brother loses his sister's shoes, and not wanting to trouble their parents, they cope with the lost shoes by sharing the only pair they have left, the brother's, between them. The movie and the kids are just sweet, charming and full innocence.

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