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Gone Girl (2014)

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When I think of my wife, I always  think of her head.   I picture cracking her lovely  skull, unspooling her brain, trying to get answers.  The primal questions of a marriage: What are you thinking?   How are you  feeling?    What have we done to each  other?  Directed:   David Fincher ( The Social Network, Fight Club, Se7en, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ) Original Novel and Screenplay by:   Gillian Flynn Original Score:   Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross ( Watchmen [2019], The Social Network, Book of Eli, Soul ) Cinematographer:   Jeff Cronenweth ( The Social Network, Fight Club, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ) Editor:   Kirk Baxter ( The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network ) Production Designer:  Donald Graham Burt  ( Hostiles, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network ) Genre:   Drama, Mystery, Thriller MPAA Rating: R, for a scene of bloody violence, some strong se...

Arrival (2016)

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A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. Directed:   Denis Villeneuve ( Blade Runner: 2049, Dune: Part I & II, Sicario ) Original Novel by:   Ted Chiang ( Story of Your Life ) Writer:   Eric Heisserer ( Bird Box ) Original Score:   Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario, The Theory of Everything, Prisoners) Cinematographer:   Bradford Young ( When They See Us, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Selma ) Editor:   Joe Walker ( Dune: Part I & II, Blade Runner: 2049, Sicario, 12 Years a Slave ) Production Designer:  Patrice Vermette  ( Dune: Part I & II, Vice, Sicario, Prisoners ) Genre:   Drama, Sci-Fi MPAA Rating:   PG-13 for brief strong language Staring:        Amy Adams   as Louise Banks      Jeremy Renner  as Ian Donnelly      Forest Whitaker  as Colonel Weber Plot I used to think this was the...