{"id":13141,"date":"2018-01-11T02:20:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=13141"},"modified":"2018-01-10T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T01:44:22","slug":"2017-the-year-in-movies-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/2017-the-year-in-movies-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2017: The Year In Movies Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Movie_Reel_22\"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\u00a017 of them were in more than 1 film.\u00a0 Those\u00a017 thespians are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Now let\u2019s take a look at the remaining movies that I saw in 2017, following up on last Thursday’s post.<\/p>\n

The Edge Of Seventeen (2016)<\/strong>
\nA teenager feels her world going crazy when her best friend starts dating her brother.<\/p>\n

Logan (2017)<\/strong>
\nThe latest, and best, Wolverine solo film.<\/p>\n

The Princess Bride (1987)<\/strong>
\nA modern day fairy tale that everyone in my generation saw years ago.<\/p>\n

American Made (2017)<\/strong>
\nTom Cruise plays the CIA and drug cartels against one another to line his pockets with cash.<\/p>\n

The Babysitter (2017)<\/strong>
\nA young kid fights back when he finds out his babysitter is part of a satanic cult.<\/p>\n

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)<\/strong>
\nThe Kingsman return and team up with their American counterparts.<\/p>\n

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)<\/strong>
\nThor and Loki team up to save Asgard from their sister.<\/p>\n

The Big Sick (2017)<\/strong>
\nA Pakistani comic falls for a white woman in a coma.<\/p>\n

The Circle (2017)<\/strong>
\nA woman working for a social network tries to bring them down when they get too big.<\/p>\n

Split (2017)<\/strong>
\nA man with split personalities kidnaps a trio of girls.<\/p>\n

The Details (2012)<\/strong>
\nWhen a family of raccoons invades a man’s backyard, his life starts to fall apart.<\/p>\n

The Shallows (2016)<\/strong>
\nA young woman is attacked by a giant shark while swimming of a beach in Mexico.<\/p>\n

Like.Share.Follow. (2017)<\/strong>
\nA YouTube star deals with a crazy stalker.<\/p>\n

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)<\/strong>
\nKeanu Reeves returns as the hitman looking to retire.<\/p>\n

CHIPS (2017)<\/strong>
\nAn FBI agent goes undercover with the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n

Hereafter (2010)<\/strong>
\nA trio of people with different experiences with the afterlife come together.<\/p>\n

Eloise (2017)<\/strong>
\nIn order to get an inheritance, a young man must break in to a shut down mental hospital to prove he’s the rightful heir.<\/p>\n

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)<\/strong>
\nRey tries to get Luke to train her while the Resistance tries to stay alive.<\/p>\n

Lady Bird (2017)<\/strong>
\nA high school senior deals with her overbearing mother while trying to get out of Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Search Party (2016)<\/strong>
\nAfter accidentally ruining their friends wedding, two friends travel to Mexico to fix things.<\/p>\n

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)<\/strong>
\nHonestly, I didn’t get the hype.\u00a0 Maybe if I had seen it 35 years ago.<\/p>\n

Escorts (2015)<\/strong>
\nA documentary about 2 escorts in England.<\/p>\n

Office Christmas Party (2016)<\/strong>
\nWhen a man finds out his office is being shut down, he throws the Christmas party to end all Christmas parties.<\/p>\n

Sully (2016)<\/strong>
\nA pilot deals with the fall out, both good and bad, after he’s forced to land a plane in the Hudson River.<\/p>\n

The Last Five Years (2015)<\/strong>
\nA musical telling the tale of a relationship from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

Rough Night (2017)
\n<\/b> A bachelorette party goes wrong when the stripper ends up dead.<\/p>\n

Jenny’s Wedding (2015)
\n<\/b> A gay woman comes out to her parents after deciding to marry her girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016)
\n<\/b> A wizard travels to America, where his suitcase full of creatures gets him in trouble.<\/p>\n

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
\n<\/b> A war breaks out between the humans and the apes.<\/p>\n

Now You See Me 2 (2016)
\n<\/b>The horseman use magic to bring down the bad people.<\/p>\n

How To Be Single (2016)
\n<\/b>A young woman breaks up with her fianc\u00e9 and learns how to navigate the single world.<\/p>\n

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
\n<\/b>When a new island is discovered in the Pacific, the team sent to scout it finds creatures never before seen, including a giant ape.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn (2015)
\n<\/b>A young Irish lass moves to America to make a better life for herself, but family issues back home leave her torn between the two worlds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Name<\/span><\/th>\nFilms<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tom Hanks<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna Kendrick<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imogen Poots<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Banks<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abigail Breslin<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Damon<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zac Efron<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domhnall Gleeson<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Hiddleston<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa McCarthy<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ellen Page<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Pratt<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Reynolds<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julia Roberts<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saoirse Ronan<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anya Taylor-Joy<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allison Williams<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n