Straight Ahead Good Movies (13 titles)
Basically, some of my fave flicks from all genres - one's I could and have watched more than once and still enjoyed, listed in no particular order
Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story
One of the funniest movies ever made: it never fails to raise a laugh from me.
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Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
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Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) is an underachiever who owns a run-down gym which has a clientele to be ashamed of. It comes as no surprise when White Goodman (Ben Stiller) decides to take over the place and he sends in attorney Kate Veach (Christine Taylor) to finalise the deal. Unfortunately for ..read more »
65%
from 66,781 members
Pale Rider
The quintessential western: an enigmatic stranger rescuing a bunch of hard working fokk from the menaces of an evil magnate.
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Pale Rider
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
Director: Clint Eastwood
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A girl kneels over the grave of her murdered dog, praying for a miracle, while off in the distance, a man rides toward town on a pale horse. Clint Eastwood's PALE RIDER was the filmmaker's first Western in nearly a decade. It finds a pleasant balance between the mystical revisionism of films such ..read more »
72%
from 6,990 members
Under Siege
Seagal at the top of his game; brisk and action filled with the bonus of Erika Elaniak popping up out of a giant cake
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Under Siege
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey
Director: Andrew Davis
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When a Navy ship carrying nuclear warheads is hijacked by terrorists, the fate of the world depends on the ship's cook--who just happens to be a Special Forces martial arts and weapons expert! Filmed aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound.
63%
from 11,044 members
Lake Placid
Proper B Movie: carried out with the right amount of tongue in cheek
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Lake Placid
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt
Director: Steve Miner
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ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something mysterious in the water, an investigation reveals a very large crocodile with an insatiable appetite. The ..read more »
60%
from 4,408 members
Enchanted
I am not a fan of Disney nor musicals per se so for me to have thoroughly enjoyed it says how good it is!
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Enchanted
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon
Director: Kevin Lima
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A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess (Amy Adams) from the past who is thrust into present-day by an evil queen (Susan Sarandon). Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a ..read more »
70%
from 49,755 members
3:10 To Yuma
Excellent remake with fine performaces from Bale and Crowe
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3:10 To Yuma
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Christian Bale, Chris Browning, Chad Brummett
Director: James Mangold
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A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
72%
from 44,398 members
American Pie 2
I have actually enjoyed all the AP series including Beta House (!) but this is probably the funniest of them all. Crude and lewd, the way it ought to be!
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American Pie 2
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jason Biggs, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy
Director: J.B. Rogers
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Bringing back the entire ensemble from the original hit comedy, AMERICAN PIE 2 finds Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein), and Stifler (Seann William Scott) reunited for the summer after their first year at college. When the boys rent a beach ..read more »
67%
from 18,885 members
A Perfect World
A near perfect film, touching without being too sickly and Costner's best movie.
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A Perfect World
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Laura Dern
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Set in Texas in 1963, Clint Eastwood's film is a subtle and haunting work that features what is perhaps Kevin Costner's best performance. Costner plays against type as Butch Haynes, an escaped convict whose tendency toward violence is masked by his affability. Haynes escapes with a more blatantly ..read more »
69%
from 4,209 members
Predator
Arnie other hardmen lots of weapons in a dense jungle versus an invisible death crazed alien. Classic.
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Predator
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: John McTiernan
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In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, ..read more »
71%
from 30,240 members
Exit Wounds
The last film in which Seagal does any real fighting and the good support cast help keep his tired old formula from going stale
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Exit Wounds
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
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Detroit cop Orin Byrd (Steven Seagal) plays by his own rules. He knows what's right and what's wrong, and like Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan, he doesn't mind leaving a little destruction in his wake as long as he gets the job done. But after saving the vice president from a militia group in a ..read more »
61%
from 3,549 members
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