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Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.

Reason to Watch

Okay, okay... I get it! It's about baseball, but wait! "I know nothing about baseball" or "isn't that the super boring sport?". Yes, but this is a thrilling story with a fantastic cast acting the shit out of it.

Moneyball turns an unlikely subject interesting, and as emotionally interior and as dialogue driven as much of it the whole thing ends up being as thrilling as a big budget action blockbuster.

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A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.

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The usual complaints and caveats about Anderson - he's precious, his characters have no grounding in the real world - can be made about Moonrise Kingdom, but so what?

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Farmerbill
Possessed (Level 346)
Harry Zontal
Ghoulie Summoner (Level 248)

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A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.

Reason to Watch

This is almost a bona-fide Classic. The thing that keeps it from such an exalted status is a few major missteps. For the most part it eschews obvious scares in favour or a sense of creepiness. Later on there are more gory moments; aided by impressive physical effects. I'd certainly recommend this for fans of Carpenter's other films or those who enjoy 'religious horror'.

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An animated fantasy-adventure. Set one thousand years from now, the Earth is ravaged by pollution and war. In the Valley of the Wind lives Nausica�, Princess of her people. Their land borders on a toxic jungle, filled with dangerous over-sized insects. Meanwhile, two nearby nations are bitterly engaged in a war and the Valley of the Wind is stuck in the middle.

Reason to Watch

One of the most weirdly, wonderfully built worlds of Hayao Miyazaki...

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When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits�but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.

Reason to Watch

Billy Wilder is a director with an understanding of cinema that is almost unmatched throughout the medium's entire history. Witness for the Prosecution is yet another highlight in the great director's history, and it proves that courtroom dramas can be both riveting and a great opportunity for some first rate comedy.

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After a group of violent lepers escape from a sanatorium, robbing several farms, the town's residents demand the sheriff take action. Meanwhile, a local criminal joins forces with the lepers to commit even more robberies.

Reason to Watch

Once again Mexican wrestler Santo stars a movie that mixes many different genres adding the "Santo touch" that gave him success through his long career on films and makes for an interesting watch for the audience.

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| ♫ | Amadeus
Eliminators Member (Level 69)

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In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.

Reason to Watch

Bizarre performances and an unnaturally evocative ambience help overcome the film's desperate aim to shock.

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A Cult of devil-worshippers prey on students for human sacrifice.

Reason to Watch

Shot for $5 and some change in a dirt lot in someone's backyard, this straight to video film about a cult of somesuch or another has undeservedly made its way to people's hands.

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Zakko
Possessed (Level 346)

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A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.

Reason to Watch

The special effects sequences featuring the dolls are realized with stop motion animation and puppetry. For the most part, they are extraordinarily convincing. A scene in which various doll characters huddle together to discreetly discuss the fate of a human character is priceless.

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Jimi060
Blood Debts Gangster (Level 76)

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A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.

Reason to Watch

Where to start with this movie? Where to end? Even more to the point, in which order should the scenes be played?

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