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I am not a George Clooney fan and because of that I almost didn’t bother watching this movie but I am a fan of Alexander Siddig so I did watch it and wasn’t disappointed. ~Angel~

Syriana

From Wikipedia

Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan’s screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer’s memoir See No Evil. The film focuses on petroleum politics and the global influence of the oil industry, whose political, economic, legal, and social effects are experienced by a Central Intelligence Agency operative (George Clooney), an energy analyst (Matt Damon), a Washington, D.C., attorney (Jeffrey Wright), and a young unemployed Pakistani migrant worker (Mazhar Munir) in an Arab state in the Persian Gulf. The film also features an extensive supporting cast including Amanda Peet, Tim Blake Nelson, Mark Strong, Alexander Siddig, Amr Waked, and Academy Award winners Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper, and William Hurt.

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Special Forces (2011)
“Forces spéciales”

 
From Wikipedia

Forces spéciales (English: Special Forces) is a 2011 French war adventure film directed by Stéphane Rybojad and starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel, Mehdi Nebbou, and Tchéky Karyo.^[3] Filmed on location in France, Djibouti, and Tajikistan, the film shows a group of elite French soldiers on a desperate hostage rescue mission in the Afghanistan/Pakistan area. Forces spéciales is mainly in French, with brief scenes in English and Persian [But for those of us whose French consists solely of ‘Oui’, ‘Au revoir’, and ‘French toast’ subtitles are available ~Angel~]

 

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Tears of the Sun

 
From Wikipedia

Tears of the Sun is a 2003 American war film depicting a U.S. Navy SEAL team rescue mission amidst the civil war in Nigeria. LT A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) commands the team sent to rescue U.S. citizen Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) from the civil war en route to her jungle hospital.

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MOVIES

From Wikipedia

Flypaper is a crime screwball comedy film that stars Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, and Matt Ryan and directed by Rob Minkoff.

A obsessive compulsive but brilliant man named Tripp is caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank. One crew is more professional and high tech while the other crew consists of two humorously dumb men with explosives who call themselves Peanut Butter and Jelly. The movie’s tone is a screwball mystery farce with all the actors playing their bits just a bit over the top. The interplay between the two gangs is quite humorous with them comparing FBI ratings at one point in the movie.

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Movies

 
From Wikipedia

Compliance is a 2012 American docudrama written and directed by Craig Zobel, and starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, and Pat Healy. The plot focuses on a prank caller who pretends to be a police officer and convinces the manager of a fast-food restaurant that one of her employees committed a crime. It is based on the strip search prank call scam and more specifically inspired by the Bullitt County McDonald’s case.

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Movie

Tombstone

From Wikipedia:

Tombstone is a 1993 American Western directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre (who was also the original director, but was replaced early in production) and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, with Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, and Dana Delany, in supporting roles.

The film is based on events in Tombstone, Arizona, including the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Earp Vendetta Ride, during the 1880s. It depicts a number of western outlaws and lawmen, such as Wyatt Earp, William Brocius, Johnny Ringo, and Doc Holliday.

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Movie

The Baytown Outlaws

From Wikipedia:

The Baytown Outlaws is a 2012 action comedy film directed by Barry Battles and written by Battles and Griffin Hood. The film stars Andre Braugher, Clayne Crawford, Daniel Cudmore, Travis Fimmel [from the television series ‘Vikings’], Eva Longoria, Paul Wesley, and Billy Bob Thornton. The film follows the Oodie brothers-Brick, Lincoln and McQueen-who act as vigilante killers for the local sheriff. When the trio accept a job to rescue a young boy from his godfather, plans quickly fall apart as the brothers aim to deliver the boy to safety while pursued by groups of assassins.

Also see The Baytown Outlaws

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Television

Longmire

From Wikipedia:

Longmire is a crime drama television series that premiered on June 3, 2012, on A&E.  The series was created by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin and is based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.   [I read two of the books and I won’t waste my time reading the rest of them; they are poorly written/difficult to follow and the television series doesn’t really follow the book series anyway. ‘Longmire’ is a fantastic and must-watch series but save your money and don’t buy the books. ~Angel~]

The series follows Walt Longmire, the Sheriff of the fictional Absaroka (pronounced ab-suh-ro-ka) County, Wyoming, as he returns to work following the death of his wife. With the help of his daughter Cady, his new deputy Vic and his best friend Henry, Walt must investigate a series of major crimes in his jurisdiction while preparing to run for re-election against Branch, a young deputy in the department who wants Walt’s job.

Also see Longmire | A&E TV

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BOOKS

Strangers
By Dean Koontz

From Amazon.com

Six strangers are unaccountably seized by nightmares, attacks of fear, and bouts of uncharacteristic behavior. The six begin to seek each other out as puzzling photographs and messages arrive, indicating that the cause may lie in a forgotten weekend stay at an isolated Nevada motel. Koontz has topped a fine roster of horror and suspense novels with an almost unbearably suspenseful page-turner. His ability to maintain the mystery through several plot twists is impressive, as is his array of believable and sympathetic characters. With its masterful blend of elements of espionage, terror, and even some science fiction, Strangers may be the suspense novel of the year.