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Ip Man

4.6/5

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Netflix

Action / Drama

It’s been acclaimed as one the best Kung Fu movies ever made. You are probably wondering why this contemporary movie made that short list when its genre had its …

Slow West

3.8/5

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Prime

Slow West is a modern western about a young Scotsman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) trekking across America in search of Rose, the young woman he loves, while accompanied by a wayward …

Serenity

4.4/5

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Action / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Serenity is a futuristic sci-fi film that serves as a feature-length continuation of the story-line from the TV program Firefly (2002-2003). The story revolves around the captain (Nathan Fillion) …

Trollhunter

3.9/5

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Netflix

Action / Comedy / Drama

Filmed as a “found footage” of a local college film crew investigating local poachers, this movie really surprised me. To be fair, I didn’t really know what to expect. …

Warrior

4.6/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama

Do you know those movies where you just look at the poster and you go “damn this will be good”? This is absolutely not one of those, but I promise, it’s …

The Guest

-/5

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Action / Mystery

This is a fun genre mashup B-movie, in the vein of old John Carpenter films or those movies you used to run across on late-night cable in the 80s …

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The Prestige

4.6/5

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Netflix

Action / Drama / Mystery

This movie at first confuses you as to what is going on with a feud involving the two magicians (played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale), but it then …

Run Lola Run

4.4/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama / Mystery

An offbeat film with a more than decent amount of suspense. To that it adds really good music and unexpected animation, to make for a very audacious, interesting and …

City of God

4.8/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama

Put your helmet on, get your mother’s pregnancy clothes and wrap them around you because City of God will punch, kick and slap the sh*t out of you. And …

The Raid: Redemption

4.5/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama

A special forces team conducts a raid at a multi-story ghetto building where a criminal boss runs his business. Things quickly go wrong and chaos ensues. Full of pure …

Princess Mononoke

4.7/5

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Amazon

Action / Animation / Drama / Science Fiction & Fantasy

A fantastic animated period piece set during the Muromachi era in Japanese history. It follows a young man who is looking for a cure for his curse from a …

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

4.4/5

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Rent on iTunes

Action

Get ready for one hell of a journey. From the writer of City of God, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within is a poignant and powerful action-packed movie. Set in Brazil, the …

Battle Royale

4.3/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama / Science Fiction & Fantasy

When asked about this film, Quentin Tarantino even goes as far as to say, “If there’s any movie that’s been made since I’ve been making movies that I wish …

Get the Gringo

3.9/5

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Netflix

Action / Drama

A fantastic return to form for disgraced actor Mel Gibson, Get the Gringo is proof that you can have all the controversy you want off-screen, and come back to …

Headhunters

4.3/5

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Netflix

Action / Drama / Mystery

A nasty little chase film with dark humor and balls to the walls action sequences. It is slightly insane, has some brutal fights in it and is completely beyond …

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Spy Game

4.1/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama / Mystery

Robert Redford and Brad Pitt make quite the ensemble in this edgy game of espionage. With performances as strong as their jawlines, this action packed rescue mission will keep you in …

The Fall

4.3/5

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Amazon

Action / Drama / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Filmed in 28 countries over a period of four years, The Fall is a modern-day epic with haunting undertones. After a young girl is hospitalized by a fall, she …

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Kung Fu Hustle

4.4/5

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Amazon

Action / Comedy

Written, directed and starring the auteur Stephan Chow, Kung Fu Hustle is a distillation of decades of Hong-Kong Cinema’s greatest export : the martial arts comedy. Full of numerous …

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