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Griffin Dunne recommended Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951) in Movies (curated)

 
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951)
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951)
1951 | Comedy, Drama, Film-Noir
9.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"It’s sort of the first–and I think still the best–about the media circus, the kind of the vulture culture of descending onto a place where’s child’s life is in danger, the “boy in the well” kind of thing, and how the press is either hoping that the kid dies or is heroically saved so they have a good story. They’re supposedly covering what they think will be a heartwarming story of bravery, but it’s really the darkest cynical tale about popular media culture. It was too dark for people to deal with at the time. Billy Wilder had such a heart of darkness in him, in such a funny way."

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meg (46 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Apr 19, 2019  
Ready Player One
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
7
8.9 (161 Ratings)
Book Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
This book was a really enjoyable read. There are a lot of references to 80s pop culture and need culture, which I'm not a big fan of, but I still really enjoyed reading. My major complaint is a major spoiler. The premise is that everyone is competing to inherit a virtual reality universe essentially. Like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but for a video game. There are a few main characters, and the main female is faster and smarter than the male who ends up winning, which I found frustrating. The book could have ended better if the female lead won, in my opinion. The ending was still good though.
  
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BookCritics (259 KP) rated The Confusion Of Languages in Books

Jun 8, 2017  
The Confusion Of Languages
The Confusion Of Languages
Siobhan Fallon | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
One of my favourite things in The Confusion of Languages were the vivid descriptions of life in Jordan for the locals, their societal norms and values and the culture in general.
Critic- Siobhan Fallon
Original Score- 5 out of 5

Read Review: http://www.bookerworm.com/reviews/128-the-confusion-of-languages.html
  
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Two Ravens and One Crow (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4.5) in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
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Two Ravens and One Crow (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4.5)
Kevin Hearne | 2012
10
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
A must-read for those following the series, but not a good starting introduction to it. Everything I love about the series is here - the humor, the repartee, the pop culture and mythological references, you name it. Atticus even tells the story of how he came to know how to make ImmortaliTea.