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Maria Full Of Grace is a good Columbian drama, about a drug mule desperate to make some easy money to support her family. It makes you think about the risks some people are willing to take to earn some bucks. From swallowing pellets to passing the border checks to meeting the criminals, there are just a lot of dangerous obstacles to pass that are just not worth the risks for just money. It's a daily problem that can't be solved unless you make all drugs legal and so ruin the cartels businesses that thrive on illegality and so the high prices that make them rich. Good acting from the entire cast, a story that looked real.

After thirty years I decide to watch 12 Monkeys again, to see if it aged well. At the time it was a movie I enjoyed a lot and now thirty years later I can say I still enjoyed watching it. Terry Gilliam has a vivid fantasy, he made some great movies and this one is one of them. His Monty Python period is over and since then he directed some very good movies. In 12 Monkeys it's all about Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, the three main actors that made this sci-fi entertaining. Good acting from all of them. It's for sure not an easy story, you have to stay focussed all the time if you don't want to lose the plot. But since I remembered a lot of this movie it became much clearer than the first time I watched it. Later they made a series about it but the movie is in my opinion better. You could say 12 Monkeys has its place in the classics of this genre.

I never heard of Hunt For The Wilderpeople before. I stumbled on it whilst browsing in a list with one hundred movies worth watching. It's definitely a movie worth watching, certainly if you like an adventurous drama with mild humour and good nature scenes. The beautiful landscapes, a touching and heartwarming story, and good acting are the main ingredients of this movie. Sam Neill plays the older lonely guy and he is accompanied by Julian Dennison, the young small delinquent with a wild fantasy and everything to learn. Together they go on a journey through the bush whilst being chased by the authorities. It's all good entertainment and well made.