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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) is a movie directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), about Scott Pilgrim, who plays the bass in a local Toronto band, trying to make it and get signed. He meets Ramona Flowers after having a seemingly random dream about her, and Scott immediately falls for her quirky alternative appearance and personality. There is only one problem, Ramona has seven exes, who Scott has to “defeat” in order to win her over.

Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 

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Green Zone

The Green Zone is the common name for the International Zone of Iraq — a 10-square-kilometer area in central Baghdad, Iraq, that was the center of the Coalition Provisional Authority and remains the center of the international presence in the city[1]. This movie is a political conspiracy thriller set in the beginning of the Iraq war and the politics surrounding the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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RocknRolla

RocknRolla (2008) starring Gerard Butler among others, is a complex story about a gang of local British gangsters, a man with connections and the Russian mob. This is the typical Guy Ritchie movie, but with higher stakes and rewards. The story has many threads which are intertwined, and all threads eventually touch the main storyline and makes for a thrilling, exciting, entertaining, albeit complex movie.

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