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Questions tagged [movie]

This tag has three different uses: for questions specifically about the movie version of a work which has been adapted for different media (use together with the work tag); for questions seeking identification of a movie (use together with the [story-identification] tag); or for wider genre questions about movies as a whole (generally together with the [history-of] tag).

A movie is a feature length motion picture, typically depicting a narrative story.

Questions on this site should only be regarding movies with science fiction or fantasy elements. If you have a question about a different kind of movie, please visit our sister site Movies & TV. Please see the On-Topic section of the help center for more information.

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Ending of Irreversible: metaphor or open to interpretation?

I have seen the movie Irreversible and I'm not sure what was the intended interpretation of the ending, or indeed whether there is one. Warning: this whole question might be a big spoiler if you haven't seen the movie. On the one hand, the whole…
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Where can I watch the movie "Reversion"?

There's a movie I found out a bit about called Reversion, about people who live in the past, present, and future simultaneously. It sounded pretty neat, but I don't see it as available (or even existing) on Amazon, and I don't recall seeing it in…
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What happened to the village in Contagion?

In the movie Contagion, Dr. Leonora Orantes, a French member of the World Health Organisation (WHO), is kidnapped by a group of Chinese people trying to protect their small village. After a vaccine is finally created she is used to negotiate a…
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Meet Joe Black Jamaican patois

Is there anywhere a line by line translation of the Jamaican patois conversation between Death (Brad Pitt) and the old lady in the hospital in "Meet Joe Black"?
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Name of the skull painting in Sherlock Holmes The Abominable Bride?

In the movie there is a painting on the wall in one of the senses: and: Does anyone know what this is and what it portrays? I found this link and this link, both mention it as a easter egg type thing but don't mention a name.
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In “Body Parts” (1991) why is the death row prisoner so shocked to see the doc has a “striker” tattoo?

Why is he so shocked to see the doc has a “striker” tattoo, when the prisoner knows it’s not his arm, but an implant from someone else?
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