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Kingsman The Secret Service

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Kingsman The Secret Service IMDB: 8.2 Rotten Tomatoes: 81% The Kingsman stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton and Sophie Cookson. Directed by Matthew Vaughn based on a graphic novel by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. This is the story of a young british man named Eggsy who lives in the poorer side of town and when he gets into trouble with the police one call brings Harry Hart into his life. Harry owes his life to Eggsy's father who died protecting him and now Harry wants to make good on his debt by offering a new life to Eggsy, a life with The Kingsman a non-government connected secret service but first Eggsy must complete the try outs and earn his spot. All this time Harry is investigating the disapperance of Professor Arnold, the always wonderful Mark Hamill, which leads him to the much larger and far more dangerous plot of Valentine, a hilarious turn by Samuel L. Jackson.  This is the type of film with over the top evil schemes, hench

Fault In Our Stars

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Fault In Our Stars IMDB: 8   Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Plot: Based on the bestseller by John Green, two teens with cancer fall in love, travel to Amsterdam to meet a recluse author. Much sadness ensues. My Thoughts: As an over view I can feel good recommending this movie, it is a solid B-. The film is well done in most aspects for majority of the film. The acting is spot on, the writing is mostly good and the film looks great. If you are thinking about watching it or kinda on the fence about it go ahead it tells a story with no real surprises but it tells it well and you'll cry a little, my living room got a bit misty while watching it. Now time for me to get nit picky and spoilery so if you want to be 100% fresh stop reading now. So Juno, sorry I mean Hazel Grace has cancer and has to wear an oxygen tube to breathe, her doctor and mother worry about her having depression, a common side effect of cancer because well no shit. So they talk her into going to a support