I watched 'Whiplash' last night on, I believe it was HBO. I can see why JK Simmons won the Academy Award for best supporting actor. It's not an easy movie to watch, but you can't turn it off. If you have a good surround sound system, turn it up. If you're a fan of Lee Ermey in your face drill sgt films, then you'll love this movie.

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Prisoners was great.

I went in expecting "Movie A" which I wasn't all that excited about but then got "Movie B," and there was some C and D and E that I didn't expect at all. Great flick...

Awesome flick. Caught it on cable a few months back and surprised the hell out of me.

Couldn't make it through 1/3 of Mad Max. Low brow entertainment.

No Good Deed was pretty good. Idris Elba did a good job playing a sociopath.

Also, Taraji Henson could get allllllllll this dick.

Just finished Blue Ruin.

Pretty damned good. It's a revenge flick but a revenge flick if the average person actually tried this $#it. Not Rambo or Ah-nold.

There were a few moments where I thought that's really dumb, why would you do that? It's not bad storytelling - he's just really bad at being a bad guy. Imagine a revenge story where the main character is a homeless man with no clue about guns or really even how to fight.

The guy that plays the main character does a great job and the whole no-name cast is solid.

I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10.

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So...I am getting my parents a little gag gift next month. Going to print out some photoshops I'm creating and frame them.

1. My youngest sister and mother into a scene from Aliens as Ripley and Newt.

2. My dad and I as Indiana Jones and Short Round.

3. My dad/mother and my older sister as ?????

I'm coming up blank on the third one. The best idea I've had is dad as Dr. Grant and sis as Lex, covering her mouth in the T-Rex/Jeep scene from Jurassic Park, but the only high-resolution photo I can find, there's a lot of rain and stuff covering the faces.

I'm also thinking of doing one with dad as Gandalf and my baby niece as one of the hobbits, but again...not finding a lot of great photos.

Honestly would like to do one with my mother again, instead.

So I'm open to ideas. Either a completely different idea or a photo I haven't found. Needs to be at least 1500x2000 or so for decent print quality at 8x10.

Thelma and Louise?

The two Asian gals from SHIELD?

I bet she doesn't like Fury, either.

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Shitty ideas but I've got some good ones.

I think I'll go with Mary Poppins and make myself the lad.

Also thinking maybe Dr. Grant/Lex.

What about making your dad Darth Vader as he is pulling the mask off and you could be Luke.

Or Goonies, your Mom as Mama, you can be Chunk, and your pops can be Jake.

Watched Nightcrawler on Netflix. Very entertaing. Gylenhall is an amazing actor.

Scathing critique of what local news has turned in to.

"If it bleeds it leads"

You didn't even read the post.

I thought it said that you were open to completely different ideas.