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Mists of the Serengeti

Leylah Attar

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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Leylah Attar, comes a compelling, emotionally...

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Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends - Series 3

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Documentaries by writer and presenter Louis Theroux which delve into the weirder fringes of American...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2340 KP) rated Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer (Mrs Pollifax #12) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

When Mrs. Pollifax’s friend Kadi gets a cry for help from their mutual friend Sammat in Ubangiba, the duo head out to find out what is happening. They arrive to find that his fledgling government is in danger thanks to a series of lion killings. The problem? There are no lions in this part of Africa, and the rumors are flying that Sammat is really behind the attacks. What is happening?

Unfortunately, the book is slow for much of the story with Mrs. Pollifax wandering around and things being introduced that have little bearing on the action. Things definitely improve in the final third of the book as Mrs. Pollifax begins to really investigate. Mrs. Pollifax leads a group of charming characters, and it is always pleasant to spend time with them.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/03/book-review-mrs-pollifax-and-lion.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) in Movies

Jun 15, 2018

Umpty-tumpth Tarzan movie goes back to Burroughs and features most of the stuff you'd expect from this kind of thing: posh English couple cark it somewhere in Africa, leaving infant son to be raised by wild apes. He grows up, quickly learns to wear a loincloth so as not to outrage the censor, rediscovers his heritage, and so on.

Christopher Lambert is pretty good as the Lord of the Apes, though the script has to explain exactly why Tarzan has a French accent; Ralph Richardson and Ian Holm are really better in supporting roles, though. If the film has a problem it's that it's just a bit too downbeat and glum for a Tarzan movie - you can take gritty realism just a bit too far, and director Hugh Hudson seems determined to make serious angry points about the evils of imperialism, colonialism, and the British establishment. Still, it's probably preferable to most of the previous, ultra-silly Tarzan movies.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated District 9 (2009) in Movies

Jul 26, 2019 (Updated Jul 26, 2019)

District 9 (2009)

2009 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

8.0

(65 Ratings)

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When Aliens Attack

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District 9- was a intresting film.

The film is partially presented in a found footage format by featuring fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras witch is really intresting.

The story, which explores themes of humanity, xenophobia and social segregation, begins in an alternate 1982, when an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of sick and malnourished insectoid aliens are found aboard the ship, the South African government confines them to an internment camp called District 9. Years later, during the government's relocation of the aliens to another camp, one of the confined aliens named Christopher Johnson tries to escape with his son and return home, crossing paths with a bureaucrat named Wikus van der Merwe.

It was Neill Blomkamp director debut and he did a great job.

District 9- mixs sci-fi with action, found footage, horror, suspense, thrills, chills, drama all into one film.

A highly reccordmend movie.