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My Last Five Films

The Last Five Films I watched either in the cinema (C) or at home (H).

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

6 wins & 30 nominations. See more awards " In the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt and a new team race against time to track down Hendricks, a dangerous terrorist who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States.

All That Jazz (1979)

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a womanizing, drug-using dancer.

Prometheus (2012)

Following clues to the origin of mankind a team journey across the universe and find a structure on a distant planet containing a monolithic statue of a humanoid head and stone cylinders of alien blood but they soon find they are not alone.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

Tig (2015)

The personal Biography of Tig Notaro, a Stand-up comedian who was diagnosed with cancer.

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

22 Jump Street (2014)

The same day the film was released to theaters Sony cut together a version of the 22 Jump Street (2014) trailer entirely using footage of the Stand-Ins, Ivan Hoey Jr. and Brad Cookus, while keeping the "real" audio featuring Jonah Hill and Channing ...

Limitless (2011) (H)

With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100 percent of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers.

Daft but fun. I do like Bradley Cooper.

Death Proof (2007) (H)

Will be definitely watching much Tarantino prior to the reading in July.

Blade Runner (1982) (C)

Directed by Ridley Scott. With Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Alien (1979) (C)

Directed by Ridley Scott. With Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright. The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.

This was actually shown at Chelsea Old Town Hall and was presented with commentary by scientists!

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (C)

Directed by George Miller. With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland.

I Am Legend (2007)

(H) Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan. Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.

The Big Sleep (1946) (H)

Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.