Run, starring Merritt Weaver and Domhnall Gleeson, debuted in April, about a woman who leaves her family behind to meet up with a college boyfriend after 17 years when she receives a text. However, HBO didn’t see a lot of stamina for the show and announced they were ending it in July, shortly after the first season finished airing. I can’t really say that I was left waiting for more. I mean, I could, but that would be a lie.
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2017: The Year In Movies Part 2
139 different people starred in the movies I saw last year (starring in being the first two named stars, a tradition dating back to the old Chicago Tribune TV guide which populated the early days of my database), and a whopping 17 of them were in more than 1 film. Those 17 thespians are:
| Name | Films |
|---|---|
| Tom Hanks | 4 |
| Anna Kendrick | 4 |
| Imogen Poots | 3 |
| Elizabeth Banks | 2 |
| Abigail Breslin | 2 |
| Matt Damon | 2 |
| Zac Efron | 2 |
| Domhnall Gleeson | 2 |
| Tom Hiddleston | 2 |
| Melissa McCarthy | 2 |
| Ellen Page | 2 |
| Chris Pratt | 2 |
| Ryan Reynolds | 2 |
| Julia Roberts | 2 |
| Saoirse Ronan | 2 |
| Anya Taylor-Joy | 2 |
| Allison Williams | 2 |
Now let’s take a look at the remaining movies that I saw in 2017, following up on last Thursday’s post.
The Edge Of Seventeen (2016)
A teenager feels her world going crazy when her best friend starts dating her brother.
Logan (2017)
The latest, and best, Wolverine solo film.
The Princess Bride (1987)
A modern day fairy tale that everyone in my generation saw years ago.
American Made (2017)
Tom Cruise plays the CIA and drug cartels against one another to line his pockets with cash.
The Babysitter (2017)
A young kid fights back when he finds out his babysitter is part of a satanic cult.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
The Kingsman return and team up with their American counterparts.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor and Loki team up to save Asgard from their sister.
The Big Sick (2017)
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Attack Of The Empire Strikes Jedi Wars
The fine folks at Disney and Lucasfilm announced the main cast of next year’s Star Wars Episode VII. Along side returning vets Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker, the new film will feature John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. Which, other than Driver, Serkis, and von Sydow, is a big heaping pile of who?
Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. Nobody knew who Harrison Ford or Mark Hamill were before the original Star Wars hit in 1977 and everybody knew who Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor were prior to Episode I in 1999. If the new films are going to follow the lead of the previous entries, I’d much rather they emulate the original trilogy and not the latest one.