# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)

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I’ve always wanted to see that. Guiness was also great in the dark comedy _The Ladykillers_ - hard to believe he was the future Obi-Wan!

Seen since my last post:

_Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol_  
Pretty good spy flick - Brad Bird’s first turn as a live-action director. Tom Cruise is getting juuuuust a little too old for this kind of thing, but he and the rest of the cast do well. Nice mix of action, gunplay, tricks and jokes.

_Thor: The Dark World_  
Another fun Marvel superhero flick, although not nearly on the level of _Iron Man_ or _The Avengers._ Had two nice twists about Loki that made me smile.

_The Limey_  
A British ex-con is out for revenge in sunny L.A. after he learns his estranged daughter died under maybe-suspicious circumstances. Terrence Stamp is mesmerizing. Funky back-and-forth, nonsequential editing of scenes and dialogue that might have been annoying, but actually works well. Also, the director used scenes from a 1967 film featuring Stamp to show his character in flashbacks - very clever.

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