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50 books. 50 movies. One year - 2017 edition

S

suberzat

Member
Suberzat: 2/50 Books 25/50 Movies

Books:
1) Can I wear my nose ring to the Interview
2) Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

Movies:

1) Hidden Figures
2) Moonlight
3) Spiderman Homecoming
4) Goodnight Mommy
5) RAW
6) Moana
7) Power Rangers
8) Furious Seven
9) Logan
10) Get Out
11) Train to Busan
12) The Search for General Tso
13) Alien: Covenant
14) War Dogs
15) Ex Machina
16) John Wick: Chapter 2
17) Kong: Skull Island
18) LIFE
19) Wonder Woman
20) The LEGO Batman Movie
21) Collateral Beauty
22) Nocturnal Animals
23) ZOOTOPIA
24) Perfect Blue
25) Ghost World
 
Y

Yakkue

Member
I'm in again - it's nice to look back on all you've seen and read in a year from time to time and get some inspirations from the other lists :)


Yakkue - 47/50 books | 44/50 movies​


Books:
  1. Dune - Frank Herbert.
  2. When the Snow fell - Henning Mankell.
  3. The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fischer.
  4. Beowulf.
  5. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit - P.G. Wodehouse.
  6. Walden - Henry David Thoreau.
  7. Das Lächeln der Fortuna - Rebecca Gablé.
  8. Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein - Paul Watzlawick.
  9. Hard Rain - Barry Eisler.
  10. Rain Storm - Barry Eisler.
  11. Carrie - Stephen King.
  12. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak.
  13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney.
  14. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton.
  15. Mrs. Dalloway - Viginia Woolf.
  16. The Mystery of Angelina Frood - R. Austin Freeman.
  17. The Union Club Mysteries - Isaac Asimov.
  18. Blindsight - Peter Watts.
  19. Three Act Tragedy - Agatha Christie.
  20. 天使の耳 - 東野圭吾.
  21. Towards Zero - Agatha Christie.
  22. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy.
  23. Beyond the City - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
  24. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton.
  25. Esther the Wonder Pig - Steve Jenkins.
  26. The Blind Barber - John Dickson Carr.
  27. The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey.
  28. Parsnips, Buttered - Joe Lycett.
  29. Eat me: A Natural and Unnatural History of Cannibalism - Bill Schutt.
  30. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams.
  31. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams.
  32. Back Story - David Mitchell.
  33. A Death in Vienna - Frank Tallis.
  34. Vienna Blood - Frank Tallis.
  35. Fatal Lies - Frank Tallis.
  36. The World of Poo - Terry Pratchett.
  37. Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery - Robert van Gulik.
  38. The Science of Fairy Tales - Edwin Sidney Hartland.
  39. Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson.
  40. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel.
  41. Mistborn 2: The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson.
  42. James Acaster's Classic Scrapes - James Acaster.
  43. The Plucker - Brom.
  44. Mistborn 3: The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson.
  45. Prinzessin Insomnia und der alptraumfarbene Nachtmahr - Walter Moers.
  46. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel.
  47. Indian Takeaway: One Man's Attempt to Cook His Way Home - Hardeep Singh Kohli.

Movies:
  1. Megamind
  2. Morgan
  3. Fantastic Beasts and where to find them
  4. The BLG
  5. Don't Breathe
  6. Moana
  7. 10 Cloverfield Lane
  8. La Famille Bélier
  9. Trainspotting
  10. The Beauty and the Beast
  11. The Arrival
  12. Sing
  13. Passengers
  14. Song of the Sea
  15. Sein letztes Rennen
  16. Dragon Gate Inn
  17. The Spirit of the Beehive
  18. Kung Fu Panda 3
  19. The Discovery
  20. The Body
  21. Oceans Thirteen
  22. Michael Clayton
  23. Moonlight
  24. Tucker and Dale VS Evil
  25. Train to Busan
  26. Attack the Block
  27. Life (2017)
  28. Ghost in the Shell
  29. The Ward
  30. Hard Boiled
  31. Logan
  32. Get out
  33. Guardians of the Galaxy
  34. John Wick: Chapter 2
  35. Death Note (2017)
  36. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
  37. Prometheus
  38. Alien Covenant
  39. Split
  40. The Lost City of Z
  41. Despicable Me 3
  42. The Mummy (2017)
  43. Wonder Woman (2017)
  44. Goksung
 
M

Malyse

Member
Sch1sm said:
I personally got near most of mine done on summer break, but I dunno how people with full time jobs and lives do it.
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Audiobooks
Though I actually read about three times faster than I can listen.

Malyse 44/52 books : 6/52 films
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Books

  1. 1/1 - Cold Days
  2. 1/3 - Skin Games
  3. 1/3 - The Maze of Bones
  4. 1/7 - Mistborn: The Last Empire
  5. 1/9 - Mistborn: The Well of Ascension
  6. 1/16 - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
  7. 1/24 - Mistborn: The Alloy of Law
  8. 1/26 - Mistborn: Shadows of Self
  9. 2/13 - The Way of Kings
  10. 2/3 - Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning
  11. 2/16 - Words of Radiance
  12. 2/18 - Warbreaker
  13. 2/19 - Batman: Dead White
  14. 2/20 - The Lost Hero
  15. 2/23 - Batman: Inferno
  16. 2/28 - Ant-Man: Natural Enemy
  17. 3/3 - Captain America: Dark Designs
  18. 3/4 - X-Men: Days of Future Past
  19. 3/5 - X-Men: Gifted
  20. 3/7 - Avengers: Everybody wants to rule the world
  21. 3/10 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  22. 3/13 - Star Wars Aftermath: Empire's End
  23. 3/13 - A Mutiny in Time
  24. 3/14 - Divide and Conquer
  25. 3/14 - The Trap Door
  26. 3/16 - The Curse of the Ancients
  27. 3/17 - Cave of Wonders
  28. 3/18 - Behind Enemy Lines
  29. 3/19 - Beauty and the Beast
  30. 3/19 - The Iron Empire
  31. 3/19 - Eternity
  32. 3/23 - The Black Prism
  33. 3/26 - Demons of the Ocean
  34. 3/27 - Rise of Renegade X
  35. 3/29 - The Broken Lands
  36. 3/31 - The Black Mountains
  37. 4/2 - Ardneh's World
  38. 4/14 - Exile
  39. 4/17 - Thrawn
  40. 4/19 - Sojourn
  41. 4/25 - I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence
  42. 4/29 - The Republic of Thieves
  43. 4/30 - Morning Glories Season 1
  44. 4/30 - Morning Glories Season 2
    ​
  45. 5/3 - Ex Machina
  46. 5/6 - Rebel Rising
  47. 5/11 - Thanos: Death Sentence
  48. 5/11 - Marvel: Civil War
  49. 5/12 - The Death of Captain America
  50. 5/12 - Marvel Secret Wars
  51. 5/14 - Forever Red
  52. 5/18 - Red Vengeance
  53. 5/25 - Avengers: Endless Wartime
  54. 5/26 - New Avengers: Breakout
  55. 5/27 - The Ultimates: Tomorrow Men
  56. 5/28 - The Ultimates: Against All Enemies
  57. Woundhealer's Story
  58. Sightblinder's Story
  59. Stonecutter's Story
  60. Farslayer's Story
  61. Coinspinner's Story
  62. Mindsword's Story
  63. Wayfinder's Story
  64. Shieldbreaker's Story
Manga
  1. 1/10 - Henneko (manga - 5 volumes)
  2. 1/14 - Dragon Ball (manga - 42 volumes)
  3. 1/15 - Akame ga Kill (manga - 15 volumes)
  4. 1/16 - Arigatou (manga - 4 volumes)
  5. 1/18 - UQ Holder (manga - 12 volumes)
  6. 1/20 - Mayonaka no X Giten (manga - 4 volumes)
  7. 1/23 - One Piece (manga - 83+ volumes)
  8. 2/1 - Resentment (manga - 4 volumes)
  9. 2/7 - Sekai Oni (manga - 11 volumes)
  10. 2/9 - Fort of Apocalypse (manga - 10 volumes)
  11. 2/9 - Fukashigi Philia (manga - 3 volumes)
  12. 2/13 - Goodbye World (manga - 4 volumes)
  13. 2/24 - Yu-Gi-Oh (manga - 38 volumes)
  14. 2/25 - Zettai Karen Children (manga - 47 volumes)
  15. 2/26 - Esprit (manga - 8 volumes)
  16. 3/2 - Inari Konkon Koi Iroha (10 volumes)
  17. 3/3 - Poor Poor Lips (4 volumes)
  18. 3/6 - Mousugu Shini Hito (4 volumes)
  19. 3/11 - Alice in Borderland (18 volumes)
  20. 4/16 - Puella Magi Suzune Magica (3 volumes)
  21. 4/17 - The feelings we must all endure (3 volumes)
  22. 4/18 - To Love-Ru Darkness (18 Volumes)
Movies
  1. 1/24 - Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover
  2. 1/31 - One Piece Film: Strong World
  3. 3/2 - Logan
  4. 3/19 -
  5. 3/26 - Power Rangers
  6. 3/30 - Ghost in the Shell
  7. 4/28 - Let It Fall
  8. 5/5 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
  9. 5/27 - Justice League: Dark
  10. 5/27 - Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
  11. ​5/29 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

​
2016: 204/30
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A

Apple Turnover

Banned
Apple Turnover - 52/50 books | 61/50 movies

Challenge complete October 4, 2017

Books:

Personal Goal: Entire Wheel of Time series - completed June 28, 2017

January
1. Bossypants - Tina Fey
2. Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher
3/4. The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)
5. 1984 - George Orwell
6/7. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #2)
8. Animal Farm - George Orwell

February
9/10. The Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #3)
11/12. The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #4)

March
13/14. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #5)

April
15/16. Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #6)
17. The Princess Diarist- Carrie Fisher
18/19. A Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #7)

May
20/21. A Path of Daggers - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #8)
22. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
23/24. Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #9)
25/26. Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #10)
27. New Spring - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time Prequel)

June
28/29. Knife of Dreams - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #11)
30/31. The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time #12)
32/33. Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time #13)
34/35. A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time #14)

July
XX. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - Unfinished
36. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
37. Finders Keepers - Stephen King
38. End of Watch - Stephen King
39. The Ocean At The End Of The Lane - Neil Gaiman

August
40. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
41/42. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
XX. Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson - Quit reading
XX. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - J.K. Rowling - Reread
XX. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling- Reread
XX. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling - Reread

September
XX. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K Rowling - Reread
XX. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K Rowling - Reread
43/44. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K Rowling
45/46. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K Rowling
47/48. What Happened - Hillary Rodham Clinton

October
49/50. Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
51/52. Mistborn: The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson

Currently reading: Mistborn: The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson

Movies:

50 movies achieved August 16th, 2017

January
1. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
2. Green Room (2015)
3. Swiss Army Man (2016)
4. The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
5. Now You See Me 2 (2016)
6. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
7. Legend (2015)
8. God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
9. Jason Bourne (2016)
10. xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
11. Spy (2015)
12. 13th (2016)
13. In the Loop (2009)
14. Split (2016)
15. Batman: The Movie (1966)
16. Unbreakable (2000)

February
17. The Departed (2006)
18. Collateral (2004)
19. Locke (2013)
20. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
21. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
22. Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
23. Horns (2013)
24. RED 2 (2013)
XX. John Wick (2014) - Rewatch
25. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
26. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)

March
XX. The Room (2003) - Rewatch; Theatrical Screening for the first time
27. Get Out (2017)
28. It Follows (2014)

April
29. The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
30. Passengers (2016)
31. The Purge (2013)
32. The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
33. The Purge: Election Year (2016)
XX. The Matrix (1999) - Rewatch
34. Going In Style (2017)

May
XX. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Rewatch
35. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)
36. Clue (1985)

June
37. Logan (2017)
38. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
39. Tropic Thunder (2008)
40. The World's End (2013)

July
41. Baby Driver (2017)
42. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
XX. Wet Hot American Summer (2001) - Rewatch
43. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

August
44. Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
45. Atomic Blonde (2017)
46. Circle (2015)
47. The Belko Experiment (2016)
48. Cube (1997)
49. Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
50. Cube Zero (2004)
51. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
52. Death Note (2017)
53. Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper (2014)
54. The Mermaid (2016)
XX. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (2001) - Rewatch

September
55. Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2016)
XX. Zombeavers (2014) - Rewatch
XX. Ghost Shark (2013) - Rewatch
XX. Long Shot (2017) - Uncounted due to short length
XX. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - Rewatch
56. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

October
57. Gerald's Game (2017)
58. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
59. The Drop (2014)
60. You're Next (2011)
61. Rigor Mortis (2014)
 
S

Sch1sm

Member
Malyse said:
Audiobooks
Though I actually read about three times faster than I can listen.
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I tried getting into that, but they seem to drag forever. That, and the ones I tried it for had pretty eh narrator voice. Felt robotic, like emotionless droning on. Couldn't get into it. I can see a strong correlation between the first and second sentences, so from that... any suggestions, DD? I can take a hack at it during my atrocious commutes.
 
M

Malyse

Member
Sch1sm said:
I tried getting into that, but they seem to drag forever. That, and the ones I tried it for had pretty eh narrator voice. Felt robotic, like emotionless droning on. Couldn't get into it. I can see a strong correlation between the first and second sentences, so from that... any suggestions, DD? I can take a hack at it during my atrocious commutes.
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How much do you like Star Wars? Cause if you are reading SW novels instead of listening to them, you've taken the biggest of L's. Outside of that, I've been working my way through the Dresden Files audiobooks, which is narrated by James Marsters (aka Spike from Buffy) and he does a killer job. Also, Graphic Audio is like the best thing I've discovered in my life
in 2016
. They take books and go 100% full cast, music, sound effects and everything else. It's actually closer to a play than a book; once I'm through Dresden, I plan on checking out the Stormlight Archive via GA.

But for you *specifically*? It's time you loved her like the rest of us do.
 
G

Geist-

Member
Damn, too late for first page. Oh well. This will be my first time doing it, I shouldn't have a problem with the movie part, but hopefully this will motivate me to do 50 books as well.

Geist- - 4/50 books | 7/50 movies

Books:
1.The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling
2. Hidden Warrior by Lynn Flewelling
3.The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling
4. The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
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Movies:
1. Arrival (2016)
2.Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
3.The Talk Race in America (2017)
4. Logan (2017)
5. John Wick 2 (2017)
6. Moana (2016)
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)​
 
F

Forsaken82

Member
Sadly, going to take a pass on it this year... my movies and reading has been down all 2016. No point in even attempting it again.
 
G

Glaurungr

Member
Glaurungr - 41/50 books | 119/50 movies

Books:

  1. Amalie Skram - Forrådt (Betrayed) (1892)
  2. Asbjørn Jaklin - Rød sone (2014)
  3. Bjarne Slapgard - Gutar ved klostermur (1968)
  4. Brandon Sanderson - The Bands of Mourning (2016)
  5. Brian P. Levack - The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (1987)
  6. Camilla Collett - Amtmannens døtre (The District Governor's Daughters) (1854/55)
  7. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (1860)
  8. Christine Calvert - Skriv så det selger! (2008)
  9. Connie Willis - Doomsday Book (1992)
  10. David Lagercrantz - Det som inte dödar oss (The Girl in the Spider's Web) (2015)
  11. Ellen Ugland - Søkelys på Et dukkehjem av Henrik Ibsen (1998)
  12. Fergus Millar - The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic (1998)
  13. Gustave Flaubert - Tre fortellinger (Trois Contes) (1877)
  14. Henrik Ibsen - Et dukkehjem (A Doll's House) (1879)
  15. Henrik Ibsen - Gjengangere (Ghosts) (1881)
  16. H.G. Wells - The Time Machine (1895)
  17. Honoré de Balzac - Eguénie Grandet (1833)
  18. Jan Svennevig - Språklig samhandling: Innføring i kommunikasjonsteori og diskursanalyse (2009)
  19. J.K. Rowling - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (2016)
  20. John Ole Askedal (ed.) - Norsk grammatikk: Riksmål og moderat bokmål (2013)
  21. Jo Nesbø - Tørst (The Thirst) (2017)
  22. Jon Haarberg and Hans H. Skei (eds.) - Dikt fra antikken til vår tid: Vestens lyrikk gjennom 2700 år (1994)
  23. Jon Haarberg, Jakob Lothe and Hans H. Skei (eds.) - Korttekster: Ein antologi (2000)
  24. Jon Haarberg, Tone Selboe and Hans Erik Aarset - Verdenslitteratur: Den vestlige tradisjonen (2007)
  25. Jon W. Iddeng - Romerrikets historie: Republikkens vekst og fall (2014)
  26. J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.) - Beren and Lúthien (2017)
  27. J.R.R. Tolkien and Verlyn Flieger (ed.) - The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (2016)
  28. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Kvinnen i buret (The Keeper of Lost Causes) (2007)
  29. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Fasandreperne (The Absent One) (2008)
  30. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Flaskepost fra P (A Conspiracy of Faith) (2009)
  31. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Journal 64 (The Purity of Vengeance) (2010)
  32. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Marco-effekten (The Marco Effect) (2012)
  33. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Den grenseløse (The Hanging Girl) (2014)
  34. Jørn Lier Horst - Når det mørkner (When It Grows Dark) (2016)
  35. Marcel Le Glay, Jean-Louis Voisin and Yann Le Bohec - A History of Rome (Histoire romaine) (1991)
  36. Robert L. Tignor et. al. - Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present (2007)
  37. Taylor Anderson - Distant Thunders (2010)
  38. Terry Pratchett - The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories (2016)
  39. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - The Long War (2013)
  40. Terry Pratchett and The Discworld Emporium - The Compleat Discworld Atlas (2015)
  41. Trygve Aas Olsen - Skriv enkelt og smart (2017)
  • Alf Prøysen - Geitekillingen som kunne telle til ti (1957)
  • Bjørn Rørvik and Ragnar Aalbu (ill.) - Purriot og den forsvunne bronsehesten (2013)
  • Helge Rykkja - bjørka til Dahl (2006)
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust. En tragedie: Del I (Faust. Der Tragödie: Erster Teil) (1808)
  • Mathias R. Samuelsen - Forstillingsværket (2014)
  • Terry Pratchett, Alan Batley and Bernard Pearson - The Unseen University Cut-Out Book (2006)

Films:

  1. 12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen (2013)
  2. 3 Idiots - Rajkumar Hirani (2009)
  3. A Beautiful Mind - Ron Howard (2001)
  4. Absolute Power - Clint Eastwood (1997)
  5. Allied - Robert Zemeckis (2016)
  6. An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster - Larry Latham (1999)
  7. Anomalisa - Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman (2015)
  8. Apocalypto - Mel Gibson (2006)
  9. Arrival - Denis Villeneuve (2016)
  10. Arsenic and Old Lace - Frank Capra (1944)
  11. A Streetcar Named Desire - Elia Kazan (1951)
  12. Awakenings - Penny Marshall (1990)
  13. Bakemono no ko (The Boy and the Beast) - Mamoru Hosoda (2015)
  14. Banlieue 13: Ultimatum (District 13: Ultimatum) - Patrick Alessandrin (2009)
  15. Ben-Hur - William Wyler (1959)
  16. Ben-Hur - Timur Bekmambetov (2016)
  17. Blame! - Hiroyuki Seshita (2017)
  18. Børning (Burnout) - Hallvard Bræin (2014)
  19. Captain Fantastic - Matt Ross (2016)
  20. Catch Me If You Can - Steven Spielberg (2002)
  21. Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (2011)
  22. Deepwater Horizon - Peter Berg (2016)
  23. Dial M for Murder - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
  24. Diamonds Are Forever - Guy Hamilton (1971)
  25. Dirty Harry - Don Siegel (1971)
  26. Doctor Strange - Scott Derrickson (2016)
  27. Dom za vesanje (Time of the Gypsies) - Emir Kusturica (1988)
  28. Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen (In the Forest of Huckybucky) - Rasmus A. Sivertsen (2016)
  29. Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper (1969)
  30. Eye for an Eye - John Schlesinger (1996)
  31. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - David Yates (2016)
  32. Faster - George Tillman Jr. (2010)
  33. Garfield - Pete Hewitt (2004)
  34. Great Expectations - Mike Newell (2012)
  35. Gwoemul (The Host) - Joon Ho Bong (2006)
  36. Hachi: A Dog's Tale - Lasse Hallström (2009)
  37. Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson (2016)
  38. Hulk - Ang Lee (2003)
  39. In Bruges - Martin McDonagh (2008)
  40. In the Heart of the Sea - Ron Howard (2015)
  41. I Spy - Betty Thomas (2002)
  42. It's Such a Beautiful Day - Don Hertzfeldt (2012)
  43. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - Edward Zwick (2016)
  44. John Wick: Chapter 2 - Chad Stahelski (2017)
  45. King Kong - Peter Jackson (2005)
  46. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Shane Black (2005)
  47. Kongen av Bastøy (King of Devil's Island) - Marius Holst (2010)
  48. Kongens nei (The King's Choice) - Erik Poppe (2016)
  49. Kong: Skull Island - Jordan Vogt-Roberts (2017)
  50. K-PAX - Iain Softley (2001)
  51. Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) - Victor Sjöström (1921)
  52. La dolce vita - Federico Fellini (1960)
  53. La La Land - Damien Chazelle (2016)
  54. Le roi et l'oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) - Paul Grimault (1980)
  55. L'illusionniste (The Illusionist) - Sylvain Chomet (2010)
  56. Live and Let Die - Guy Hamilton (1973)
  57. Logan - James Mangold (2017)
  58. Lord of War - Andrew Niccol (2005)
  59. Låt den rätte komma inn (Let the Right One In) - Tomas Alfredson (2008)
  60. Machete - Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez (2010)
  61. Mars Attacks! - Tim Burton (1996)
  62. Mary Poppins - Robert Stevenson (1964)
  63. Max Steel - Stewart Hendler (2016)
  64. Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927)
  65. Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen (2011)
  66. Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood (2004)
  67. Miracle on 34th Street - George Seaton (1947)
  68. Moana - Ron Clements and Don Hall (2016)
  69. Mrs. Doubtfire - Chris Columbus (1993)
  70. Nacho Libre - Jared Hess (2006)
  71. Now You See Me - Louis Leterrier (2013)
  72. Okja - Bong Joon Ho (2017)
  73. Old School - Todd Phillips (2003)
  74. Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children) - Mamoru Hosoda (2012)
  75. Parker - Taylor Hackford (2013)
  76. Primer - Shane Carruth (2004)
  77. Quest for Camelot - Frederik Du Chau (1998)
  78. Ran - Akira Kurosawa (1985)
  79. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - Paul W.S. Anderson (2016)
  80. Rogue One - Gareth Edwards (2016)
  81. Scarface - Brian De Palma (1983)
  82. Searching for Bobby Fischer - Steven Zaillian (1993)
  83. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas - Patrick Gilmore and Tim Johnson (2003)
  84. Sita Sings the Blues - Nina Paley (2008)
  85. Slipp Jimmy fri (Free Jimmy) - Christopher Nielsen (2006)
  86. Soylent Green - Richard Fleischer (1973)
  87. Stand By Me - Rob Reiner (1986)
  88. Storks - Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland (2016)
  89. Strange Magic - Gary Rydstrom (2015)
  90. The Big Sleep - Howard Hawks (1946)
  91. The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie - Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe (1979)
  92. The Great Wall - Yimou Zhang (2016)
  93. The Grey - Joe Carnahan (2011)
  94. The Hangover - Todd Phillips (2009)
  95. The Infiltrator - Brad Furman (2016)
  96. The Intern - Nancy Meyers (2015)
  97. The Little Prince - Mark Osborne (2015)
  98. The Magnificent Seven - Antoine Fuqua (2016)
  99. The Man Who Fell to Earth - Nicolas Roeg (1976)
  100. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - David Zucker (1988)
  101. The Nut Job - Peter Lepeniotis (2014)
  102. The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood (1976)
  103. The Queen - Stephen Frears (2006)
  104. There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
  105. The Smurfs - Raja Gosnell (2011)
  106. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - Paul Tibbitt and Mike Mitchell (2015)
  107. The Swan Princess - Richard Rich (1994)
  108. The Witness - James D. Solomon (2015)
  109. Trio - Jakten på Olavsskrinet (Trio - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine) - Eva Dahr (2017)
  110. Trolls - Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell (2016)
  111. Ultraviolet - Kurt Wimmer (2006)
  112. Underworld: Blood Wars - Anna Foerster (2016)
  113. Upstream Color - Shane Carruth (2013)
  114. War Dogs - Todd Phillips (2016)
  115. Wing Commander - Chris Roberts (1999)
  116. Woman in Gold - Simon Curtis (2015)
  117. You Don't Mess With the Zohan - Dennis Dugan (2008)
  118. Zathura: A Space Adventure - Jon Favreau (2005)
  119. Zui quan (Drunken Master) - Woo-Ping Yuen (1978)

  • B.O.B.'s Big Break - Robert Porter (2009)
  • First Flight - Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson (2006)
  • Hammy's Boomerang Adventure - Will Finn (2006)
  • Little Witch Academia - You Yoshinari (2013)
  • Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade - Yô Yoshinari (2015)
  • Megamind: The Button of Doom - Simon J. Smith (2011)
  • Night of the Living Carrots - Robert Porter (2011)
  • The Battle of Midway - John Ford (1942)
  • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf - Gary Trousdale (2011)
  • Tsumiki no ie (The House of Small Cubes) - Kunio Kato (2008)
 
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ghostwritingduck

Member
Ghostwritingduck - 7/50 books | 13/50 movies

Books
1. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
2. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
3. You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
4. Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
5. Columbine by Dave Cullen
6. The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
7. On Second Thought by Wray Herbert

Movies
1. A Serious Man
2. Eastern Promises
3. Anomalisa
4. Trainspotting
5. Taken
6. Zootopia
7. Chronicle
8. Caddyshack
9. Heathers
10. 127 Hours
11. Do the Right Thing
12. Beware the Slenderman
13. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
 
A

Apple Turnover

Banned
Anyone have any good recommendations for a cheap tablet to use as an e-reader? I want it to be able to support comics as well, so if there's e-readers on the market that do, I'm willing to take that route.

I looked at a Kindle Fire, but I'm in Canada, and the price disparity between amazon.ca and amazon.com is ridiculous ($50 USD vs $170 CAD), and amazon.com won't ship them to Canada.

Budget around $100 CAD, but I'm somewhat flexible if the product is right.

Edit: Found a tablet I can live with. Thanks to those who offered advice
 
G

GK86

Homeland Security Fail
That price difference is ridiculous lol. I don't have any suggestions as I haven't followed tablets in forever, and the one I was going to suggest (the Fire) is a no-go.
 
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Maklershed

Member
Apple Turnover said:
Anyone have any good recommendations for a cheap tablet to use as an e-reader? I want it to be able to support comics as well, so if there's e-readers on the market that do, I'm willing to take that route.

I looked at a Kindle Fire, but I'm in Canada, and the price disparity between amazon.ca and amazon.com is ridiculous ($50 USD vs $170 CAD), and amazon.com won't ship them to Canada.

Budget around $100 CAD, but I'm somewhat flexible if the product is right.
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What about the paperwhite? It had only been $20 more for the past few weeks ($99 USD) and is easily the best reading device on the market.
 
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Apple Turnover

Banned
GK86 said:
That price difference is ridiculous lol. I don't have any suggestions as I haven't followed tablets in forever, and the one I was going to suggest (the Fire) is a no-go.
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Indeed. I'd have grabbed it in a heartbeat otherwise.

Maklershed said:
What about the paperwhite? It had only been $20 more for the past few weeks ($99 USD) and is easily the best reading device on the market.
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I'll look into it, thanks
 
M

Malyse

Member
Apple Turnover said:
Anyone have any good recommendations for a cheap tablet to use as an e-reader? I want it to be able to support comics as well, so if there's e-readers on the market that do, I'm willing to take that route.

I looked at a Kindle Fire, but I'm in Canada, and the price disparity between amazon.ca and amazon.com is ridiculous ($50 USD vs $170 CAD), and amazon.com won't ship them to Canada.

Budget around $100 CAD, but I'm somewhat flexible if the product is right.
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Get an American friend and have them mail it to you.
 
K

kinoki

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
I've already accepted that this will be my worst year regarding movies. Two reasons. First, I've watched so many movies these last years participating in this "contest" that there are too few I really want to see. Secondly, and more importantly, with my new born baby girl I don't reckon I'll have the time to sit down and watch movies like I have in the past. Books will remain largely unaffected for most part of the year since I mostly read during my daily commute.
 
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Grimalkin

Member
Grimalkin - 0/50 books | 0/50 movies

Books

1. Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

Movies

1. Beverly Hills Cop - ★★★★★
2. Underworld Awakening
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
 
Flying Toaster

Flying Toaster

Member
FlyingToaster - 20/50 books | 22/50 movies

I am excited for this.

Books

1. Catch a Fire The life of Bob Marley - Timothy White
2. Hendrix Setting The Record Straight - John McDermott
3 Chasin' That Devil Music Searching for the Blues - Gayle Dean Wardlow
4. Milestones The Music and Times of Miles Davis- Jack Chambers
5. Cromwell - Antonia Frasier
6. The Age of Federalism- Stanly Elkins Eric McKitrick
7. James Madison a Biography- Ralph Ketcham
8. George Washington A Life- Willard Sterne Randall
9. Set the Boy Free- Johnny Marr
10. Who I am- Pete Townshend
11. The Chemistry of Beer Roger Barth
12. The Zen of Writing- Ray Bradbury
13. If Chins Could Kill Confessions of a B Movie Actor- Bruce Campbell
14. Elric The Stealer of Souls- Michael Moorcock
15. The Phenomenon- Rick Ankiel and Tim Brown
16. Everybody Behaves Badly The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises- Lesley M. M. Blume
17. Assassin's Apprentice- Robin Hobb
18. Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold!- Terry Brooks
19. Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail- Jennifer Pharr Davis
20. Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister- Gregory Maguire


1. Ratchet and Clank
2. Get The Gringo
3. The Wraith
4. The Third Man
5. Death Race 2050
6. The Submarine Kid
7. John Wick 2
8. Lure
9. Kill Command
10. iBoy
11. Beauty and the Beast (The live action one)
12. Logan
13. Night of Something Strange
14. Train to Busan
15. Alien Covenant
16. Sully
17. April Fools Day
18. David Lynch: Art Life
19: Spider Man Homecoming
20: Wonder Woman
21: Kuso
22: Victor Frankenstein



New goal for the year... Horrible movies and a lot of books based on musicians and politicians. Should make for a good change of pace.

Edit: Updated the list. March was a busy month for not doing what I was supposed to be doing.
 
M

Mastadon

Banned
My reading fell off a cliff this year, so hopefully this will motivate me to get back on track.

Mastadon - 8/50 Books | 8/50 Movies

Books

1. The Straight Razor Cure - Daniel Polansky
2. A Darker Shade of Magic - V. E. Schwab
3. Jagannath - Karin Tidbeck
4. A Gathering of Shadows - V. E. Schwab
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
6. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
7. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
8. The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson


Movies

1. Hugo
2. Kubo and the Two Strings
3. The Iron Giant
4. Pete's Dragon
5. Dr. Strange
6. Trolls
7. Fantastic Beasts
8. Moana
 
Wark

Wark

Member
I always wanted to try to do this. I guess I'll go for it this year! Hopefully I don't give up or forget!

MARCH EDIT: Whoops, I forgot to post here at the end of January and February!
JUNE EDIT: I was slacking on updating in this thread because formating all of the names kills me! Anyway, I've been putting in a lot of work and this is a huge update. I also added two films that I previously watched this year and forgot to include - "Don't Breathe" (2016) and "American Ultra" (2015).

Wark 18/50 books | 39/50 films

Books
1. "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It's All Small Stuff" (1996) – written by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
2. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (1997) - written by J. K. Rowling
3. "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" (2000) - written Anthony Bourdain
4. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (1998) - written by J. K. Rowling
5. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968) - written by Phillip K. Dick
6. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (1999) - written by J. K. Rowling
7. "after the quake" (2000) - written by Haruki Murakami
8. “Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe” (1984) – written by Edgar Allan Poe
9. “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (Revised)” (2003) – written by Stephen King
10. “Choke” (2001) – written by Chuck Palahniuk
11. “Mistborn: The Final Empire” (2006) – written by Brandon Sanderson
12. “The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised” (1998) – written by Arnold Schwarzenegger & Bill Dobbins
13. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (2000) – written by J. K. Rowling
14. “Modern Romance” (2015) – written by Aziz Ansari
15. “The Things They Carried” (1990) – written by Tim O’Brien
16. “How to Read a Person Like a Book” (1984) – written by Gerard I. Nierenberg & Henry H. Calero
17. “American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition” (2001) – written by Neil Gaiman
17. “The Great Gatsby” (1925) – written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
18. “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch” (1990) – written by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaimen
 
Films
1. "Fury" (2014) – directed by David Ayer
2. "Secret Life of Pets" (2016) – directed by Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney
3. “Don't Breathe” (2016) – directed by Fede Alvarez
4. “American Ultra” (2015) – directed by Nima Nourizadeh
5. "Pumping Iron" (1977) – directed by George Butler & Robert Fiore
6. "Last Shift" (2014) – directed by Anthony DiBlasi
7. "Nightcrawler" (2014) – directed by Dan Gilroy
8. "The Grey" (2011) – directed by Joe Carnahan
9. "Sully" (2016) – directed by Clint Eastwood
10. "Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite" (2016) – directed by John H. Lee
11. "Snow White: A Tale of Terror" (1997) – directed by Michael Cohn
12. "Across the Universe" (2007) – directed by Julie Taymor
13. “The Beach” (2000) – directed by Danny Boyle
14. “One Day At a Time: Season 1” (2017) – director varies per episode
15. “The Good Neighbor” (2016) – directed by Kasra Farahani
16. “The Prince of Egypt” (1998) – directed by Branda Chapman, Steve Hickner, & Simon Wells
17. “Stonehearst Asylum” (2014) – directed by Brad Anderson
18. “Logan” (2017) – directed by James Mangold
19. “Death Tunnel” (2005) – directed by Phillip Adrian Both
20. “The Visit” (2015) – directed by M. Night Shyamalan
21. “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” (2016) – directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
22. “Antichrist” (2009) – directed by Lars von Trier
23. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016) – directed by Gareth Edwards
24. “Power Rangers” (2017) – directed by Dean Israelite
25. “Hush” (2016) – directed by Mike Flanagan
26. “Monster” (2003) – directed by Patty Jenkins
27. “Master of None: Season 2” (2017) – director varies per episode
28. “Fargo: Season 1” (2014) – director varies per episode
29. “Love: Season 1” (2016) – director varies per episode
30. “Get Out” (2017) – directed by Jordan Peele
31. “Love: Season 2” (2017) – director varies per episode
32. “Man Seeking Woman: Season 1” (2015) – director varies per episode
33. “30 Minutes or Less” (2011) – directed by Ruben Fleischer
34. “New Girl: Season 1” (2011) – director varies per episode
35. “New Girl: Season 2” (2012) – director varies per episode
36. “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) – directed by Bill Condon
37. "One-Punch Man: Season 1" (2015) - directed by Shingo Natsume
38. “The Boy and the Beast” (2015) – directed by Mamoru Hosoda
39. “Life” (2017) – directed by Daniel Espinosa
 
M

melonrabbit

Member
Why not?

melonrabbit - 0/50 Books | 7/50 Movies

Books:

Movies:
1. Mad Max
2. Mad Max: The Road Warrior
3. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
4. XXX: Return of Xander Cage
5. The Hateful Eight
6. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
7. 31

Graphic Novels and TPBs:
 
G

Guamu

Member

Books
  1. Las mil y una noches (según Burton) - Richard Francis Burton (259 pages) ★★★☆☆
  2. The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests - Chris Smith (16:08 hrs) ★★★★☆
  3. Yo me he llevado tu queso [I moved your cheese] - Darrel Bristow-Bovey (96 pages) ★★☆☆☆
  4. Here comes trouble: stories from my life - Michael Moore (11:57 hrs) ★★☆☆☆.


Movies
  • Kung Fu Panda - 2008, dir. Mark Osborne, John Stevenson (1:32 hrs.) ★★★☆☆
  • Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! - 2015, dir. Anthony C. Ferrante (1:33 hrs) ★★☆☆☆
  • Sharknado 4: The 4th awakens - 2016, dir. Anthony C. Ferrante (1:35 hrs) ★☆☆☆☆
  • El paseo 2 - 2012, dir. Harold Trompetero (1:30 hrs) ★☆☆☆☆

Total count at the moment:
Completed Books
- Pages read: 355
- Manga, Graphic Novel pages read: 190
- Time listened: 28:05 hrs

Completed Movies
- Minutes watched: 370 (6:10 hrs)


In for the 4th year in a row.
Can it be this the one?

Goodreads account

2016 Challenge
2015 Challenge
2014 Challenge
 
W

War Peaceman

You're a big guy.
Sure. Why not?


War Peaceman - 12/50 books | 34/50 movies

Books - 12
Them - Jon Ronson ★★★★
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury ★★★★
The Elephant in the Room - Jon Ronson ★★★
Wardens of the Everqueen - C. L. Werner ★★
City of Secrets ★★★
War Storm ★★
Candide ★★★★
Mortarch of Night ★★
Lost At Sea - Jon Ronson ★★★★
Travesties - Tom Stoppard ★★★
slaughterhouse five - Kurt Vonnegut ★★★★
Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Marquez ★★★★


Movies -34
Last Action Hero ★★★
What We Did On Holiday ★★★
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring EE ★★★★★
LOTR: The Two Towers EE ★★★★★
LOTR: Return of the King EE ★★★★
La La Land ★★★★
Blue Valentine ★★
Dr Strange ★★
Bird Man ★★
Foxcatcher ★★★
The Lobster ★★★★★
Gone Baby Gone ★★★
Under the Skin ★★★★
Toni Erdmann ★★★
Fundamentals of Caring ★★★
A Single Man ★★★
Of Mice and Men ★★★★
Dazed and Confused ★
Moonlight ★★★★★
Swiss Army Man ★★★
Hunt for the Wilderpeople ★★★★★
Spotlight ★★★★
Hidden Figures ★★★★
Half Nelson ★★★
Get Out ★★★★
Logan ★★★★
40 Year Old Virgin ★★
Fargo ★★★
What We Do In The Shadows ★★★
Hard Eight ★★★
Fast Five ★★★
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ★★★★
Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★
Mindhorn ★★★

Updated for March.
 
N

Nephilim

Banned
Don't count audiobooks or whatever. Make someone actually sit down and read!

Movies I can do easily. Too many video games for me to dedicate time for 50 books. We'll see!
 
C

Cyan

Banned
Nephilim said:
Don't count audiobooks or whatever. Make someone actually sit down and read!
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Haha, this comes up every year. I have a few thoughts on it that kind of lead me in different directions. First, I don't think listening to audiobooks is a terrible thing or should be discounted as somehow not real, even if it is less challenging than reading normally. Second, I think people should take this challenge as a challenge, an opportunity to stretch themselves, rather than to tally up to fifty and then pat themselves on the back. (Although for some folks, it might be that listening to a bunch of audiobooks is a chance to stretch.) Third, I think this kind of group effort works better if people are supportive rather than pulling each other down. Encouraging people to push themselves harder is great, but there are good ways to do that and not-so-good ways.

I guess in summary I sort of agree with you and sort of don't. People should do what they're comfortable with. Or rather, what they're slightly uncomfortable with. And work from there.
 
V

VoltrefferNL

Banned
Lets try this. Books might become and issue but I've already got my list of movies ready.

Movies: 40
01. Popstar: Never Stop Never stopping (2016) - ★★★
02. Central Intelligence (2016) - ★★½
03. The Infiltrator (2016) - ★★★½
04. Fargo (1996) - ★★★★
05. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) - ★★★½
06. Brimstone (2016) - ★★★
07. War Dogs (2016) ★★★
08. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) - ★★★½
09. Shutter Island (2010) - ★★★★½
10. Django Unchained (2012) - ★★★★★
11. Sicario (2015) - ★★★★★
12. Sully (2016) - ★★★½
13. Gangs of New York (2002) - ★★★½
14. T2 Trainspotting (2017) - ★★★½
15. Masterminds (2016) - ★
16. Hell or High Water (2016) - ★★★★
17. Burn After Reading (2008) - ★★★½
18. The Founder (2016) - ★★★★
19. Donnie Brasco (1997) - ★★★★
20. La La Land (2016) - ★★★½
21. L.A. Confidential (1997) - ★★★★
22. Finding Dori (2016) - ★★★
23. The Godfather (1972) - ★★★★★
24. Lucy (2014) - ★★½
25. Moneyball (2011) - ★★★½
26. Moana (2016) - ★★★★
27. Grimsby (2016) - ★★½
28. Gold (2016) - ★★★½
29. Bugsy (1991) - ★★½
30. Ghost in the Shell (1995) - ★★★½
31. Moonlight (2016) - ★★★½
32. Inception (2010) - ★★★★
33. Hail, Caesar! (2016) - ★★★
34. Best in Show (2000) - ★★★½
35. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - ★★★★
36. Run, Fatboy, Run (2007) - ★★★
37. John Wick (2014) - ★★★½
38. Paul (2011) - ★★★
39. I Am Legend (2007) - ★★★½
40. Snatch (2000) - ★★★★½

Books: 6
01. Thomas Dekker: Mijn Gevecht - Thijs Zonneveld - ★★★
02. De achterkant van Nederland - Pieter Tops & Jan Tromp - ★★
03. Racing Trough the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back - David Millar - ★★★
04. Mijn verhaal: de autobiografie - Johan Cruijf - ★★★★
05. Operation Mincemeat - Ben Macintyre - ★★★★
06. Filthy Rich - John Connolly - ★★★

★½
 
M

Metalmarc

Member
Can i join even if i dont get round to books?, i reckon i can do at least 15 new films in the cinema alone in 2017 which would be a record for me. Let alone at home,mplus Halloween i aim for 15-20 new (30 whilst having a full time job is a slog)

If i can read one book in full this year i will be pleased with myself, as i start one and rarely finish it.

I'm in

Metalmarc- 0/50 books | 0/50 movies
 
G

GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Guys, please try to stick to the *Username* 0/50 books | 0/50 movies format.

Metalmarc said:
Can i join even if i dont get round to books?, i reckon i can do at least 15 new films in the cinema alone in 2017 which would be a record for me. Let alone at home,mplus Halloween i aim for 15-20 new (30 whilst having a full time job is a slog)

If i can read one book in full this year i will be pleased with myself, as i start one and rarely finish it.
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Yeah, you can join. The first year I did the challenge, I only read one book. I think in the 2016 challenge, there is a poster that hasn't read a single book.
 
A

Aaron Strife

Banned
First time.

Aaron Strife - 0/50 books | 5/50 movies

Books -

1.

Movies -

1. La La Land (2016, dir. Chazelle)
2. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999, dir. Junger)
3. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017, dir. McKay)
4. The Money Pit (1986, dir. Benjamin)
5. Sausage Party (2016, dir. Vernon, Tiernan)
6.
 
W

Wensih

Member
2014
2015
2016
52 Games

Here again!

Minishdriveby - 16/24 Books | 69/100 Movies | 14/12 TV Seasons

Books
1. Underworld by Don DeLillo
2. It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
3. I, Claudius by Robert Graves
4. Neuromancer by William Gibson
5. Forming Vol. I written and illustrated by Jesse Moynihan
6. The Castle by Franz Kafka
7. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
8. Speciation by Jerry A. Coyne and H. Allen Orr
9. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
10. Descenders - Volume I: Tin Stars writen by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen
11. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
12. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
13. The Naked Eye by Yoko Tawada
14. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
15. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
16. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
17. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll



Movies
1. The Wind Rises (2013) directed by Hayao Miyazaki
2. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) directed by Hayao Miyazaki
3. Embrace of the Serpent (2016) directed by Ciro Guerra
4. Rams (2015) directed by Grímur Hákonarson
5. The Jungle Book (2016) directed by Jon Favreau
6. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007) directed by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro
7. Krisha (2016) directed by Trey Edwards Schultz
8. Cemetery of Splendor (2016) directed by Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul
9. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) directed by John Landis
10. The Wailing (2016) directed by Na Hong-jin
11. Breathless (1960) directed by Jean-Luc Godard
12. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) directed by Jacques Demy
13. Belle de Jour (1967) directed by Luis Buñuel
14. The Handmaiden (2016) directed by Park Chan-wook
15. Castle in the Sky (1986) directed by Hayao Miyazaki
16. Finding Dory (2016) directed by Andrew Stanton and AngusMacLane
17. The Great Dictator (1940) directed by Charlie Chaplin
18. Gantz: O (2016) directed by Yasushi Kawamura
19. The Seventh Seal (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman
20. Mecanix (2003) directed by Rémy M. Larochelle
21. Nocturnal Animals (2016) directed by Tom Ford
22. Jackie (2016) directed by Pablo Larraín
23. Moonlight (2016) directed by Barry Jenkins
24. Elle (2016) directed by Paul Verhoeven
25. Only Yesterday (1991) directed by Isao Takahata
26. We Are Still Here (2015) directed by Ted Geoghegan
27. Woman in the Dunes (1964) directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
28. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) directed by Roy Andersson.
29. Hero (2002) directed by Zhang Yimou
30. John Wick Chapter 2 (2017) directed by Chad Stahelski
31. Under The Shadow (2016) directed by Babak Anvari
32. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) directed by Gareth Edwards
33. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) directed by David Yates
34. Train to Busan (2016) directed by Yeon Sang-ho
35. Coraline (2009) directed by Henry Selick
36. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) directed by Macon Blair
37. Get Out (2017) directed by Jordan Peele
38. Attenberg (2010) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
39. Chevalier (2016) directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
40. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) directed by Jim Jarmusch
41. Dr. Strange (2016) directed by Scott Derrickson
42. Spotlight (2015) directed by Tom McCarthy
43. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) directed by Dave Green
44. Keyhole (2012) directed by Guy Maddin
45. Star Trek Beyond (2016) directed by Justin Lin
46. Okja (2017) directed by Bong Joon-ho
47. Logan (2017) directed by James Mangold
48. The Void (2017) directed by Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie
49. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
50. Suspiria (1977) directed by Dario Argento
51. Manchester by the Sea (2016) directed by Kenneth Lonergan
52. Lion (2016) directed by Garth Davis
53. Young Frankenstein (1974) directed by Mel Brooks
54. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) directed by Richard Linklater
55. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) directed by Jon Watts
56. Magnolia (1999) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
57. Delicatessen (1991) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro
58. The Hateful Eight (2015) directed by Quentin Tarantino
59. Solaris (1972) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
60. Before Sunrise (1994) directed by Richard Linklater
61. Edge of Seventeen (2016) directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
62. Mother (2009) directed by Bong Joon-ho
63. The Squid and the Whale (2005) directed by Noah Baumbach
64. Kong: Skull Island (2017) directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
65. Alien: Covenant (2017) directed by Ridley Scott
66. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) directed by James Gunn
67. Raw (2017) directed by Julia Ducournau
68. Before Sunset (2004) directed by Richard Linklater
69. The Bad Batch (2017) directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
70. Icaros: A Vision (2017) directed by Ana Cecilia Stieglitz
71. Before Midnight (2013) directed by Richard Linklater

Television Seasons
1. The Wire (Season 4)
2. The Wire (Season 5)
3. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 1)
4. Mad Men (Season 1)
5. Mad Men (Season 2)
6. Mad Men (Season 3)
7. Mad Men (Season 4)
8. Mad Men (Season 5)
9. Mad Men (Season 6)
10. Mad Men (Season 7)
11. Mr. Robot (Season 1)
12. IT Crowd (Season 1)
13. IT Crowd (Season 2)
14. Atlanta (Season 1)
15. Twin Peaks: The Return (Season 3)
16. Master of None (Season 1)
 
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The_Inquisitor

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The_Inquistor - 5/50 books | 4/50 movies

Books

1. SAO: Girl Ops Volume 1
2. SAO: Girl Ops Volume 2
3. SAO: Girl Ops Volume 3
4. SAO: Progressive 4
5. Accel World 1

Movies/TV Shows

1. Tamako Love Story
2. SAO Ordinal Scale
3. Lego Batman
4. Major Movie (Animated)
5.
 
W

WolfeTone

Member
First time trying something like this, I imagine I'll do decently on movies and poorly on books but not reach 50 in either. I spend too much of my leisure time gaming or watching TV.

My estimate before starting will be 40 movies and 5 books. It'll be interesting to see how well I do by the end of 2017.


WolfeTone - 39/50 books | 42/50 movies


Books:

1. Amongst Women (1990), John McGahren - ★★★★
2. Cuckoo's Calling (2013), Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) - ★★★
3. Sense and Sensibility (1811), Jane Austen - ★★
4. The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Margaret Atwood - ★★★
5. Thinking Fast and Slow (2011), Daniel Kahneman - ★★
6. American Gods (2001), Neil Gaiman - ★★★★★
7. A Man Called Ove (2012), Fredrik Backman - ★★★
8. The Three Body Problem (2008), Cixin Liu - ★★★
9. Coraline (2002), Neil Gaiman - ★★★
10. And Then There Were None (1939), Agatha Christe - ★★★
11. The Snow Child (2012), Eowyn Ivey - ★★
12. Strumpet City (1969), James Plunkett - ★★★★
13. The Book of Evidence (1969), John Banville - ★★★
14. A Complicated Kindness (2004), Miriam Toews - ★★
15. Faceless Killers (1991), Henning Mankel - ★★★★
16. In Cold Blood (1966), Truman Capote - ★★★★★
17. The Cellist of Sarajevo (2008), Stephen Galloway - ★★
18. Cat's Cradle (1963), Kurt Vonnegut - ★★
19. The Sword in the Stone (1938), T.H. White - ★★★
20. Peril at End House (1932), Agatha Christie - ★★★★
21. Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë - ★★★
22. Daughter of Time (1951), Josephine Tey - ★★★
23. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012), Rachel Jones - ★★
24. Between The World And Me (2015), Ta-Nehisi Coates - ★★★★★
25. The ABC Murders (1936), Agatha Christie - ★★★
26. The Color Purple (1982), Alice Walker - ★★★★
27. The Sense of an Ending (2011), Julian Barnes - ★★★★
28. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014), Yuval Noah Harari - ★★★
29. The Fifth Season (2015), N. K. Jemisin - ★★★★
30. The Stolen Child (2017), Lisa Carey - ★★★
31. Call For The Dead (1961), John Le Carre - ★★★
32. A Murder of Quality (1962), John Le Carre - ★★★★
33. The Secret History of Twin Peaks (2016), Mark Frost - ★★★
34. Good Omens (1990), Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman - ★★★
35. The Parcel (2016), Anosh Irani - ★★★
36. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1963), John Le Carre - ★★★★
37. If on a winter's night a Traveler (1979), Italo Calvino - ★★★★
38. The Devil In The White City (2003), Erik Larson - ★★
39. The Obelisk Gate (2016), N. K. Jemisin - ★★★

Movies:

1. Moana (2016) - ★★★
2. Lion (2016) - ★★★★
3. Silence (2016) - ★★★
4. Amour (2012) - ★★★★
5. Room (2015) - ★★★★★
6. The Neon Demon (2016) - ★★★
7. John Wick Chapter 2 (2017) - ★★★
8. The Witch (2016) - ★★★★
9. Get Out (2017) - ★★★
10. Cavalry (2014) - ★★★★
11. Young Offenders (2016) - ★★★
12. Rush (2013) - ★★★★
13. Holy Motors (2012) - ★★★
14. Casino (1995) - ★★★
15. Logan (2017) - ★★★
16. Hidden Figures (2016) - ★★★
17. Blade Runner - Final Cut (1982) - ★★★
18. Kingdom of Heaven - Director's Cut (2005) - ★★★★
19. Dr. Strangelove (1964) - ★★★
20. Cinema Paradiso (1988) - ★★★★
21. Porco Rosso (1992) - ★★★★★
22. Only Yesterday (1991) - ★★
23. Wonder Woman (2017) - ★★★★
24. Baby Driver (2017) - ★★★★
25. Okja (2017) - ★★★
26. Trainspotting (1996) - ★★★
27. Raising Arizona (1987) - ★★★
28. Barry Lyndon (1975) - ★★★
29. Dunkirk (2017) - ★★★
30. Eraserhead (1977) - ★★★
31. Blue Velvet (1986) - ★★★
32. Fire Walk With Me (1992) - ★★★★
33. The Big Sick (2017) - ★★★★
34. Atomic Blonde (2017) - ★★
35. War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017) - ★★★
36. Twin Peaks The Missing Pieces (2014) - ★★
37. The Elephant Man (1980) - ★★★
38. Spiderman: Homecoming (2017) - ★★★
39. Logan Lucky (2017) - ★★★
40. Lost Highway (1997) - ★★★★
41. Schindler's List (1993) - ★★★★
42. The Square (2017) - ★★★★★
 
T

TestMonkey

Member
At it again.

TestMonkey - 60/50 Books | 58/50 Movies​
Books
  1. The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore
  2. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Life by David Borgenicht and Joshua Piven
  3. Flying Dutch by Tom Holt
  4. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  5. Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
  6. The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program by Stanley D. Frank
  7. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book by Shel Silverstein
  8. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
  9. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
  10. Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students by Anders Henriksson
  11. The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell
  12. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
  13. Train Man by Hitori Nakano
  14. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
  15. Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra
  16. True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh
  17. Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore
  18. The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard Ph.D. and Spencer Johnson M.D.
  19. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
  20. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
  21. Goblin War by Jim C. Hines
  22. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
  23. Leadership: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition by Peter G. Northouse
  24. Teaching in Today's Inclusive Classrooms: A Universal Design for Learning Approach, 2nd Edition by Richard M. Gargiulo and Debbie Metcalf
  25. ¡Anda! Curso elemental: Custom Edition for San Diego State University by Glynis L. Cowell, Audrey L. Heining-Boynton and Jean LeLoup
  26. The Associated Press Stylebook 2016
  27. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
  28. Herrings Go About the Sea in Shawls compiled by Alexander Abingdon
  29. Self-Loathing for Beginners by Lynn Phillips
  30. Kids Say the Darndest Things by Bill Cosby
  31. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson M.D.
  32. Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark
  33. Telling Lies and Getting Paid: Gambling Stories by Michael Konik
  34. SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless by Steve Salerno
  35. The Quotable Book Lover edited by Ben Jacobs and Helena Hjalmarsson
  36. The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith
  37. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
  38. Hiroshima by John Hersey
  39. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
  40. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
  41. Following The Color Line by Ray Stannard Baker
  42. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
  43. A Nameless Witch by A. Lee Martinez
  44. Killing Floor by Lee Child
  45. A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
  46. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
  47. I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay by John Lanchester
  48. The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff
  49. Trading In Danger by Elizabeth Moon
  50. On Writing Well by William Zinsser
  51. Durance by Jason Morningstar
  52. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
  53. How to Be a Supervillain by Michael Fry
  54. Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon
  55. River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
  56. Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever
  57. Sparrow Falling by Gaie Sebold
  58. The Substitute by Nicole Lundrigan
  59. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
  60. Sports Journalism: An Introduction to Reporting and Writing by Kathryn T. Stofer, James R. Schaffer and Brian A. Rosenthal
Movies
  1. Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?
  2. Jim Gaffigan: Cinco
  3. Ratchet & Clank
  4. Carlos Ballarta: El amor es de putos
  5. TMNT
  6. He Never Died
  7. Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy
  8. The House of Small Cubes
  9. Kung Fu Killer
  10. Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out
  11. John Wick
  12. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  13. John Wick: Chapter 2
  14. Aries Spears: Comedy Blueprint
  15. $9.99
  16. Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark
  17. Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
  18. Jo Koy: Live from Seattle
  19. Jim: The James Foley Story
  20. Louis C.K.: 2017
  21. Katherine Ryan: In Trouble
  22. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  23. Neal Brennan: 3 Mics
  24. Maria Bamford: Old Baby
  25. Lucas Bros: On Drugs
  26. Simplemente Manu NNa
  27. The Secret Life of Pets
  28. ‎Gantz:O
  29. HALO Legends
  30. Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive
  31. Halo: The Fall of Reach
  32. Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust
  33. Wonder Woman
  34. Sword Master
  35. Rick Gutierrez: I'm Not Mad. I'm Just A Parent
  36. Betting on Zero
  37. Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and The Dark Crystal
  38. Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time
  39. An Open Secret
  40. The Hunting Ground
  41. Despicable Me 3
  42. David Cross: Making America Great Again!
  43. Spider-Man: Homecoming
  44. Jerry Rocha: The Gentleman
  45. Aditi Mittal: Things They Wouldn't Let Me Say
  46. Hacksaw Ridge
  47. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  48. Judge Dredd (1995)
  49. Blame!
  50. The Hitman's Bodyguard
  51. Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster
  52. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower
  53. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
  54. Final Girl
  55. Long Shot
  56. Miss Hokusai
  57. Kung Fu Yoga
  58. Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
 
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BahamutPT

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Trying this out for the first time.
Got huge backlogs for both mediums (200 some movies and 40 some books) so this will motivate me to clear them out.

BahamutPT - 6/50 books | 25/50 movies

Books:
  1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  2. Star Wars: Dark Disciple
  3. Star Wars: Ahsoka
  4. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
  5. Star Wars: Lords of the Sith
  6. Star Wars: Tarkin
Movies:
  1. Kubo and the Two Strings
  2. Sing Street
  3. Hell or High Water
  4. Florence Foster Jenkins
  5. Inferno
  6. Ouija: Origin of Evil
  7. La La Land
  8. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
  9. LIFE
  10. Passengers
  11. The Circle
  12. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2
  13. Ghost in the Shell
  14. Manchester by the Sea
  15. Sully
  16. Hacksaw Ridge
  17. Deepwater Horizon
  18. Nocturnal Animals
  19. Arrival
  20. John Wick 2
  21. Alien: Covenant
  22. Get Out
  23. Split
  24. Logan
  25. Rings
 
R

Rynam

Member
First time doing something like this, but I think it's a good motivation for me to read some stuff. :D

Rynam - 04/50 Books | 07/50 Movies

Books:


  1. Homeland - R.A. Salvatore
  2. Exile - R.A. Salvatore
  3. Sojourn - R.A. Salvatore
  4. Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
Movies:


  1. Whiplash
  2. La La Land
  3. Back to the Future
  4. Back to the Future 2
  5. Moana
  6. Star Wars Episode VII
  7. Back to the Future 3
 
R

RedFyn

Member
I've got a bunch of books to read but I doubt I'll get anywhere close to 50 movies.

RedFyn - 8/50 Books | 18/50 Movies

Books

1. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
2. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
3. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
4. Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
5. Death Masks - Jim Butcher
6. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher
7. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher
8. Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Extras/Reread:
• The Outcasts - John Flanagan

Movies

1. Hell is for Heroes
2. Jack Reacher 2 - much better than I remember the first one being
3. Tarzan (2016)
4. Universal Soldier
5. War Paint (1953)
6. Hamburger Hill - I enjoyed it, at least as much as one can enjoy something like this.
7. American Ninja
8. Eraser
9. Stalag 17 - this one surprised me. I quite enjoyed it and would recommend checking it out
10. Moana - BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING VISUALS, I didn't realise it was a musical going in and didn't like the first song in the village. The vocals were great but the songs less so. My brother said he wrote Hamilton (or maybe just composed the music for it I don't remember) and perhaps that's why I wasn't a big fan of them. I'm not one for that stuff.
11. Central Intelligence
12. The House that Screamed - What did I just watch? No seriously it's so dark it's hard to see.
13. R.O.T.O.R - legitimately terrible and not even it's so bad it's good. I only stuck through it so that I could add it to the list and say how bad it is.
14. American Ninja 2 - Better than the first
15. American Ninja 3 - Slow and dull. Much worse than the others. That ending though. Angelic light covers him as he uses Ninja magic to go super saiyan and eradicate the poison from his body.
16. Murphy's War
17. Pink Cadillac
18. Hannie Caulder


Extras/Movies I've seen before:

• Xmen First Class - enjoyable movie but I prefer the style of the original trilogy
• Guardians of the Galaxy - still not a fan
• Star Trek Beyond - I'll miss you Chekov
• US Marshalls - This ones a classic for me
 
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