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Biggles (1986)

5.4 (9 Ratings) Rate It

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British-made big-screen version of the popular boy's fiction hero, released in the US as Biggles:...

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Doug Liman recommended North by Northwest (1959) in Movies (curated)

North by Northwest (1959)

1959 | Classics, Mystery

8.6

(20 Ratings)

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"North by Northwest was a big influence for The Bourne Identity. I’m really drawn to adventure, and characters being plucked from normal life and sent on extraordinary adventures. When Tom and I had the opportunity to go deep into the rain forest to shoot scenes in a really remote location [for American Made], I was promised 360-degree vistas with nothing manmade in sight for a hundred miles. Well, Tom and I are both going to jump at the chance to go on that kind of adventure. So I’m interested in stories where characters are sent out and get to have an adventure, the kind of adventure I dream of having."

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Jenni Fagan recommended The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair in Books (curated)

The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair

Enid Blyton | 2013 | Children

(0 Ratings)

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"When I was a little girl, someone gave me a copy of a book called The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair. The chair grew wings and could fly away to other worlds. I started using books for that very purpose from a really early age. Books helped me to endure, learn, navigate, believe, imagine and hope. It also made me realize that the world I was growing up in was not the only one out there and I could use words as wings in my own way too. I still have a really old copy of it although I haven’t read it in decades."

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Hugh Bonneville recommended My Life As A Dog (1985) in Movies (curated)

My Life As A Dog (1985)

1985 | Comedy, Drama

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"Another film that always floats around in my top five would be a film by Lasse Hallstrom called My Life as a Dog, which is not such a well known film but it was probably the one that brought him most to prominence. It’s a coming-of-age story, really, of a young boy with a very sick mum, you know, trying to find their way in the world, a young child finding their own way in the world, and seeing the exploration of space as a metaphor for their own dreams and adventures. I just think it’s a very poignant and evocative film that’s stayed with me for many years."

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery in Books

Oct 28, 2020

Laugh out loud quirkiness

A big fan of this comedic duo of internetainers from their YouTube channel, this book did not fail to deliver the same humour, creativity and genius that you would expect if you watch their long running series.
I very much enjoyed the stories and pictures of this almost lifelong friendship, and the people that are close to them, mixed in with their standard quirky style silliness, from inventions to pre-written eulogies, crazy adventures, that pose on that sofa!
Its a book you can pick up, read, put down and go back to. You don't need to be a mythical beast to enjoy Rhett and Link's comedy.