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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) in Movies

Jun 13, 2018 (Updated Jun 13, 2018)  
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
2013 | Comedy
7
7.0 (6 Ratings)
Movie Rating
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Steve coogan
When i first heard they were making a alan partridge movie i thought not gonna like the movie never keen on the show and then i saw the movie and i was surprised l liked the movie steve coogan plays him brillantly if u want a good laugh this your movie
  
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
wow
Contains spoilers, click to show
i avoided this film like the plague, i generally make a rule of never watching remakes or redo's, but i was pleasantly surprised with this film, it didn't tell you how he became spider man, because come off it we all know how it happened, i really enjoyed it, which made a refreshing change ?
  
Roku Express
Roku Express
Home Audio & Theater > Home Theatre, TV & Video > Streaming Media Players
easy set up (0 more)
Not much to watch without a subscription (0 more)
Great for tv watching
I won this on Smashbomb and I was really excited about it since I had heard some good things about ROKU. However, I was kind of disappointed to find out most of the "apps" or channels available require a tv subscription.
  
Lucifer  - Season 1
Lucifer - Season 1
2016 | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Love it!
I finally started watching Lucifer on Netflix and I'm wondering why I didn't watch it sooner! Lucifer is a wonderful mix of comedy and drama. Crime with a love hate love story. I m officially addicted to this show and I'll be sad when I run out of episodes. (Currently on S2 E12.)
  
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
2020 | Comedy, Music, Romance
Probably an unpopular opinion, but not a big fan.

Will Ferrell played a very lacking character. I had no interest in seeing him succeed at all. I was invested in Rachel McAdams character but not enough to rescue the weak script.

I really wanted to enjoy this and I'm disappointed I wasn't able to.
  
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)
Patricia Briggs | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.1 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
I still love this series. A lot more than the authors other work--Alpha and Omega series--which i struggled to get into. I love Mercy and Adam together. Great couple.

This is a series that i could re-read over and over and never get bored of.

Can't wait to read the next book!
  
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Chrissie Hynde recommended Things Fall Apart in Books (curated)

 
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe, Biyi Bandele | 2001 | Essays
7.5 (11 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"“The first time I read this one, I was on tour in Australia. I had to hide in a hotel room for an hour to finish it. I was devastated, crying, the lot. It was one of the first novels by an African to be published in English, and it is a masterpiece. Breathtaking stuff.”"

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1962 | Drama, History, War

"I think my favorite movie is Lawrence of Arabia. To me, it’s just about a perfect film; in the performances and what it means to me. I saw it as a boy — and I just can’t stop watching it, every time it comes on. All David Lean’s movies, really. I love Doctor Zhivago, too."

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T Bone Burnett recommended Blood Simple by Carter Burwell in Music (curated)

 
Blood Simple by Carter Burwell
Blood Simple by Carter Burwell
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"Strangelove was one of the reasons I called the Coen Brothers. I became a fan after their first movie [Blood Simple], because it had so much of my home about it — I’m from Texas and I knew people who’d worked on it. And it had a sound and style of storytelling I thought was great."

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It had a beginning and an end (0 more)
Most of the book (0 more)
This book was not for me
I want to say something positive about this book. Okay, it is a quick read, I actually wanted to continue reading it although I am not sure if my reasons for this were because of enjoyment. I chose this book as I am going to be writing a part memoir for my dissertation. I liked the synopsis because I enjoy a bit of humour. In the past I have read (and enjoyed) a book by Mike Gayle called 'Turning Thirty' which I thought, and hoped, this book would have been similar. WRONG!!!!
Edwards basically writes some (I believe) far fetched memoir but mingles it with self help bullshit that has been regurgitated from other peoples ideas. I am confused by the author's objectives. Whilst I appreciate any woman who is a good and opinionated feminist, I feel that Edward's 'Sisterhood' is cringey. The writer comes across as middle class and perhaps would have benefited from excluding her middle class status to seem less arrogant to working class readers.

I learned of a technique for essay writing in college (PEE) Point, Evidence and Evaluation. This is a formula that Edwards uses throughout her book and it makes the flow very artificial instead of conversational.
On the plus side, it was her first novel, and she managed to write it and publish it. It just wasn't for me.