Movies on a Plane: Towering Inferno / Die Hard mash-up, funny spies, derivative dystopia, video game adaptation reboot prequel & some serious drama thrown in to boot

As promised last time, there was a flight back from New York to Perth, and thanks again to Qatar Airways top-notch in-flight entertainment system, I watched a whole lot of stuff.

My usual go-to viewing in situations like this is cheap entertaining fluff films that are engaging enough to hold my interest but not so taxing as to require any real focus.  As we’ll see, I stayed true to form for much of this trip, but not all of it…

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Movies on a Plane: Genetic engineering, inept thieves, courtroom romance, Star Trek pastiche, and bizarre experiments

A long trip to the USA and back, all in just over a week, can only mean one thing…

Actually, it can mean a whole lot of things.  But amongst those things is that there’s bee a whole lot of on-board ocean-traversing movie-viewing going on.  Let’s summarize!  Warning:  most of these things are not very good, and there are plenty of spoilers lurking about.

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In Time / Chronicle – Movies on a Plane!

It’s time for another international flight and you know what that means…

Movies on a plane!

There are no official rules, but generally speaking I tend to gravitate toward movies that I’m curious about but that are not too emotionally or intellectually demanding, but that I still want to see, but that I’m not all that hopeful about and therefore would rather not spend any money on. And of course, something that I haven’t seen recently, or ever. Continue reading In Time / Chronicle – Movies on a Plane!