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Drop Squad 1994
Never had heard of this until I got a recommendation based on Bamboozled. It’s basically an elongated and less cynical story about the kidnapping crew in Bamboozled; I guess Spike Lee felt like this idea could get recycled into another of his movies because not so many people saw this one. Anyway I loved this and the acting is great. My one question is why Ving Rhames is always typecast into a specific kidnapping scenario in so many of his films. That Patty Hearst tv movie, then this, then Pulp Fiction. I wonder if there are more I don’t know about.
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Poltergeist 1982
I never realized this was a Tobe Hooper movie, but it shows and it really had me gripped from start to finish this time. I watched this after hearing an episode on it from the You Are Good podcast and they rightly stressed how realistically wholesome all the family dynamics are. The special effects (from ILM) are classic as well.