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Image via Lucasarts If you look at a film or TV show very closely, you’d notice that they tend to follow similar plot beats. And sometimes, moviegoers are sick of them because they’re predictable. It’s technically the same story but with a different label. However, some film and TV clichés aren’t inherently bad, and get people excited if executed right. A recent spate of social media posts shows movie fans on Twitter are figuring out just what those moments are. Twitter user @downwithlcc asked people which plot…

There is something incongruous about seeing Ken Watanabe in a light-brown hoodie. He is synonymous with crisp tailored suits. It is like catching James Bond in jogging bottoms. “Hello!” he beams from a cosy corner of his living room, family photos lining a shelf, dark-mahogany cabinets behind him. “Good evening! Or good morning?” he asks from his home in Karuizawa, a resort town in Honshu, Japan, as we chat over video. He has just finished a photoshoot with his boisterous border collie, Dan, who is yelping nearby,…