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Ice Age (2002)
Ice Age (2002)
2002 | Animation, Comedy, Family
7
7.1 (41 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Animated films, I feel, do snow a lot better than the majority of live-action movies. Why? Well it’s much easier to render snow when you’re creating a film that is solely CGI, you don’t need to worry too much about realism or shooting on location.

Ice Age remains one of the all-time greats of the genre, and in my opinion, it’s a little underrated. It’s spawned numerous decent quality sequels and has a cracking cast and a light, witty script that’s perfect for adults and children alike to enjoy. The snow is part and parcel of the movie, so that’s why it avalanches its way to number four in this list. Get it, avalanches? I’m on a roll.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/02/28/best-snow-movies-top-5/
  
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris | 2018 | Biography, History & Politics, Religion
10
8.7 (74 Ratings)
Book Rating
We remember...
The Holocaust.

Those words bring into mind images of destruction, devastation and death. Broken families, broken homes and broken lives; the terror inflicted by Hitler and his minions were cold and unthinking. The prisoners in those camps were treated not like humans, not even like animals but as 'mistakes' or 'messes' that could be cleaned up without a second thought.

In his mind, Hitler thought he was right. He or his followers did not express any guilt or remorse at taking so many lives and for me, that is far worse. To the Nazis, they were correct and were fulfilling their duty. It is scary what can be accomplished when people believe so strongly in a certain ideal.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2018/07/we-remember.html
  
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling | 2016 | Children
9
9.0 (247 Ratings)
Book Rating
4 Wizards, 1 Cup
Before we get into this review I just wanted to let you guys know that I know my posting has been all over the place at the moment, but bear with me, just trying to crack this final year stuff so I apologise in advance and until I finish uni there's going to be no sort of posting schedule so just bear with me and we'll get through this together!

Harry Potter.....the love of my life.

I have to say re-reading the series is bringing back all sorts of memories from when I first read it in secondary school, hiding behind library shelves and reading it every single moment I got.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2018/03/guess-whos-back.html
  
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
James Dashner | 2011 | Children
5
8.0 (55 Ratings)
Book Rating
Running Running Running
The maze runner is a very famous movie franchise. With the final film being released at the end of the month, I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and find out what the hype is really about.

This book is about a boy called Thomas who arrives in a place called the 'Glade'. Thomas arrives by underground goods lift, just like all the boys before him. The Glade is a place where these 50 or so boys have made a home. They receive supplies every day, they plant vegetables and look after animals and they live together in harmony. Proper country, no technology, living off the fat of the land sort of life.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2018/01/running-running-running.html
  
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The Gladiator (Eagle, #9)
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Took me a while to get in to, as it follows on (loosely) from the end of Scarrows previous Roman Legion novel, [b:Centurion|1852646|Centurion (Eagle, #8)|Simon Scarrow|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1387711939s/1852646.jpg|1853169]

Once I remembered who was who, and where certain characters had originated from, moved on quite nicely. It probably helps to have read the previous novels before this one (I have), as this refers back to events even further than his usual of one book ago (although it is possible to read this on its own). Also unusually for Scarrow, this has an ending that is undoubtedly leading in to a direct sequel.

(edit in 2018: that would be [b:The Legion|9356279|The Legion (Eagle, #10)|Simon Scarrow|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328650595s/9356279.jpg|14239688])