Blades of Glory (2007)

 Starring Jon Heder as Jimmy and Will Ferrell as Chaz, they are rival individual figure skaters who gets into a fight and are stripped of their gold medals.  They have to go get terrible jobs, but a superfan discovers that they are still eligible to compete as Pairs figure skaters.  Two men in an event traditionally done by a man and a woman.

A bit of a spoof (Karate Kid, Rocky) but a lot of originality with cameos by Olympic figure skaters, good stunts and a slightly homoerotic vibe.  Maybe that would not fly as well now, but it was still funny.  Laugh out loud in some points - a rare occurence these days.

Co-written by Busy Phillips, there a strong resemblance to Pitch Perfect (2010) which she was also involved in.

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Jason Bourne (2016)

 Like Mission:  Impossible, this series just keeps chugging along.  Matt Damon is Jason Bourne/ David Webb, struggling with his origin story.  The CIA led by Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) wants him gone and has Agent Lee (Alicia Vikander) and "The Asset" looking to rub Bourne out, or "have him come in".

It jumps around to various European locations before landing in Las Vegas.  This movie was done before the Route 91 Harvest Festival killings on October 1, 2017 and so it is not so fun to watch scenes of snipers killing, crowds rushing in fear.  Makes you think that movies might have more to do with violence than we would care to admit.

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