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Batman Lego Movie- A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick. This was a cool movie that gives a nod to just about every Batman movie to date so far.  This was a lot of fun.

John Wick: Chapter 2- After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.  I enjoyed the first a lot and look forward to this next chapter. 

Landshark- Just because.

8 Million Ways to Die- Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a suspect during a raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking and this causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through A.A., he meets a stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this woman, he must enter a crime-world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse. I have been waiting a long time for this to come out on blu and have become more interested in this when I heard Jeff Bridges say on a Podcast that this movie was taken away from director Hal Ashby and finished by the studio.

Lawnmower Man- A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.  Not great but not bad and this always reminded me of ‘Flowers for Algernon’. 

Car Wash-  Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a thief by the way he is holding his bottle, but it is really his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. T.C's love life takes a turn for the better and the songs keep coming. I have never seen this but I will check this out since it is part of Shout Factory’s new Select line.

Life- A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.  This looks a lot like an Alien movie and they got it out ahead of the next Alien movie too.  This garnered some decent reviews even better than the new Alien movie.