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    The Shallows

    Thanks... I'll move it up in my queue.
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    The Shallows

    Stupid question but is this more of a tension thriller or a jump scare movie? I'm not a huge fan of the latter. Despite the low budget, I thought Open Water was a fantastic movie. Not sure if anyone has seen that one.
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    50 Shades Darker

    I saw this Saturday night with my wife for date night. It wasn't the main feature... we did the wine and paint place and dinner first but kind of on a lark went to see this. The problem is the books are rated XXX and the movies are rated R. I think if they made these NC-17 women would have...
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    What's your Internet Speed and how much speed matters?

    I'm typically at 80-100 down and 10-15 up. I think it will matter a lot more as streaming kills off physical media for non-hobbyists. I'm hoping that the ISPs can make some fundamental improvements to the networks. I'd live to see something more mesh oriented or like bit torrent behind the...
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    Lego Batman (Review)

    I did end up seeing it yesterday with my middle and youngest daughters and my sister. It was pretty good. Not quite as good a The Lego Movie but still good. Both kids (6 and 10) really liked it.
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    FILM PIRACY

    This is a topic that came up on a forum I run regarding Android / Kodi boxes that are being sold and hook into all kinds of illegal streams of movies and even live content. The point was made that with some of this, a whole generation may grow up pirating content without even knowing what...
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    Underworld Blood Wars - quick thoughts

    I actually want to like this. I've liked the series so far but there's definitely been a downward trend.
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    PETITION TO SAVE IMDB MESSAGE BOARDS

    That is the challenge with almost completely understated boards. They censor hard profanity and (some) hate speech but that's about it.
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    Lego Batman (Review)

    If I can find time I'll go with my middle daughter this weekend. She's very excited about it and I LOVED Lego movie.
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    New BATMAN film to be directed by Ben Affleck

    I hope they maintain SOME continuity of style regardless of who directs. I hate to see someone coming and and deciding s/he needs to make his/her mark and ruining any congruity.
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    Beauty and the Beast (2017)

    Yeah, I'm generally still excited about this and will take my kids regardless, but I'm more worried about not being able to get past Hermoine than anything else.
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    Another sign the end of physical media is near

    They do it because they want to listen to tons of stuff. I pay $15 for a family Apple Music plan. If I bought everything that we all listen to it would be $100-$200 a month. Hell we STILL sometimes have a triple digit iTunes bill in some months.
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    Another sign the end of physical media is near

    We will not decide the fate of physical disks. We are small minority. A perfect example of market forces is that fact that audiophiles did not bring the resurgence of vinyl, hipsters did. Extending that analogy, physical disks likely won't die, but they'll become a (possibly rare and...
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    The BFG (2016)

    Watched this one last night with my 10 year old. I really enjoyed it. The story, both in tone and pacing, may be a bit dated for today's children (or some adults apparently) but I'm glad someone is still making movies that don't feel like 2 hour Happy Meal advertisements. The movie does get a...
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