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GQ: "The Best Movies to Watch on an Airplane Right Now"

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Available on:  American Airlines Is Guy Ritchie the world’s best Airplane Movie director? Other films of his, like  King Arthur  and  Sherlock Holmes , fit the bill perfectly, but what seems to be enduring on planes right now is  The Man From U.N.C.L.E . Planes are for romps. The tiny screens lend themselves to bright colors and fun sets, not dark and dingy scenes packed with dour emotions. In  The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  you get espionage, intrigue, cocktail rings, and Armie Hammer in some really great clothes. This one is already enjoyable off a plane, but you’ll probably feel a little less guilty choosing it over everything else on a plane.— JS To read the complete story click here . You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6g...

Pajiba: "Movies That Need Sequels, Like NOW, Goddammit!"

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Movies That Need Sequels, Like NOW, Goddammit! By  Petr Knava  |  Lists  | September 12, 2018 |  The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  (2005) Look, I don’t really like this movie very much. I mean, it’s okay. It’s  fine . But y’all are  nuts  for it. And that’s fine too! So partly out of consideration for you, and partly because I think there was room for improvement in a sequel (a planned follow-up did exist at one point, with some overtures being made to its development even well after the movie bombed), I have decided to include it here. While I think the finished product was nothing special, it did seem that the central trio’s chemistry was potent and easy enough so as to lend itself well to more vintage spy hijinks. After all, this  U.N.C.L.E. literally ends with them setting up U.N.C.L.E. So let them have a go at it. Besides, don’t you just feel awful for poor Guy ‘Just Can’t Get a Franchise To Keep Going’ Ritchie? Although to be f...