Lure of the Mountains: The Life of Bentley Beetham, 1924 Everest Expedition Mountaineer
Michael D. Lowes and Graham Ratcliffe
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Lure of the Mountains is the first published biography of accomplished photographer, ornithologist,...
Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis
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Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of...
Same Sex Love 1700-1957
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Family history is often seen as the stories of people who were part of a traditional family unit,...
Women, Monstrosity and Horror Film: Gynaehorror
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Women occupy a privileged place in horror film. Horror is a space of entertainment and excitement,...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Summer of 84 (2018) in Movies
Sep 26, 2020 (Updated Sep 26, 2020)
- The four main characters are pretty hit and miss. The actors are all fine, but some of the dialogue and pop culture references seem very forced. They provide the movie with some funny moments for sure, but their characters are fairly cliché and the chemistry goes through some flat moments.
- The story is pretty straightforward and decent, and provides an entertaining mystery, but some of the plot points are odd and a lot of the characters are just insufferably stupid.
- The ending is conflicting as well. Considering the majority of the film is quite comedic and seems intended towards a family audience, the ending is pretty bleak. My initial thoughts were "fair enough, quite ballsy" but now I can't decide whether it was in fact just plain mean spirited. Either way, it left a nasty taste in my mouth, and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
- A couple of positives - I really enjoyed the music score, and the cinematography. The film has a lovely aesthetic to it.
- Not sure how the babysitter character was supposed to be portrayed, but she seemed a bit too old for a love interest to the 15 year old protagonist. Made me feel uncomfortable...
Summer of 84 is an entertaining enough psuedo-slasher thriller, but it suffers from pacing issues amongst other things that stops it being as good is it could have been.
On The House
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Former Speaker of the House John Boehner shares colorful tales from the halls of power, the...
A Century of Miracles: Christians, Pagans, Jews, and the Supernatural, 312-410
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The fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle. Traditionally, in the year 312,...
Organizational Behaviour
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Organizational behaviour affects all of us, every single day. But do your students struggle to see...
Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Lethbridge-Stewart: Beast of Fang Rock (#3) in Books
Jan 12, 2018
My only complaint (and it's a small one) is the Brigadier himself is pushed back so slightly in this one in favor of Anne Travers. But, thats as it should be. This is her story, her time to shine, and Lethbridge-Stewart seems content to back her characterization until he's needed to be the man of action during the thrilling third act. As I said, its a SMALL complaint.
Definitely give this one a read kids!