Anomalisa (2015)
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From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless...
Mystic River (2003)
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Nominated for six Academy Awards, including "Best Picture," 2003's Mystic River tells the the tale...
The Age of Innocence (1993)
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Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar®-winner Daniel Day-Lewis...
Awakenings (1990)
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Robert De Niro and Robin Williams star in Penny Marshall's moving film adaptation of Dr. Oliver...
Earth User's Guide to Teaching Permaculture
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Permaculture Design is a powerful tool for creating systems that meet our human needs but also...
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Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated Hounded in Books
Nov 30, 2020
From the first page, there is a playful sense of adventure within, and that is good. Unfortunately, having the lead character "knock boots" with any of the Tuatha Dé Danann who appear in the book left an unpleasant taste in mouth. Further exacerbating the taste was the objectification used in his description of anyone of the opposite sex! Wow! It started to feel like a ride on the Misogynist Express..and that was only the first six Chapters (I couldn't go any further)!
It's a shame, too, because the series has garner a more than fair amount of praise, and with the upcoming Dabel Brothers comic adaptation of the series, I was looking forward to this. Ah well, there's other, less sexist/misogynistic/etc. fantasy/urban fantasy out there. You (and I) can do better to search elsewhere..
Awix (3310 KP) rated Nosferatu (Eine Symphonie Des Grauens) (1922) in Movies
Jan 28, 2021
Basically just handles the first half of the book, and bolts a different ending on, but you can still see why the Stoker estate sued. Nevertheless, the presentation of Dracula/Orlok as a near-feral atavism is striking (and also much closer to the book than most films get); the film was designed by practising occultists which may explain the carefully composed visual sense of it (also the use of genuine magical script in some of the scenes). Very creepy and effective, though you have to take the age of the thing into account, not to mention the performance styles. Which soundtrack you listen to may also make a big difference (I recommend James Bernard's Hammer-style offering from the late 1990s). One of the great foundational horror films.
Ross (3284 KP) rated Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun in Books
Aug 19, 2019
It has been a number of years since I watched Pan's Labyrinth, but remember it as being a dark, twisted fairy tale set during the second world war. The book keeps that feel, we are introduced to Ofelia, a quiet bookish young girl who is moving with her mother to live with her stepfather, as he tries to break a group of Spanish rebels, ahead of the birth of her half-brother.
Ofelia sees some unusual statues and artefacts in the woods and soon meets the Faun, who sets her a mission to return to take her place as the princess of the Underground Kingdom.
There follows a brilliant mix of Ofelia's real life, the despicable exploits of Franco's army, and the fairy tale world she steps into.
This is a very short, immersive fairy tale with lots of nice side-stories that all weave into the book in some form.
Biochar: A Regional Supply Chain Approach in View of Climate Change Mitigation
Viktor J. Bruckman, Esin Apaydin Varol, Basak B. Uzun and Jay Liu
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Climate change poses a fundamental threat to humanity, and thus solutions for both mitigation and...