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Jeremy Workman recommended Macbeth (2015) in Movies (curated)

 
Macbeth (2015)
Macbeth (2015)
2015 | International, Drama
4.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I’ve always espoused this dopey idea that everyone should have one Shakespeare play that they know inside out. Just pick one. For me, it’s Macbeth. I’ve seen countless performances and probably watched most every movie version. (Hey, Scotland, PA, I got your back!). For me, Roman Polanski’s Macbeth is really the greatest of all Macbeths (and would have to be in the running for best Shakespeare film). People often mention how it was Polanski’s first film after the Sharon Tate murder or how Hugh Hefner was a producer. Try to get past all the extracurricular stuff and just play’dst (with the English subtitles on, I’d suggest) for the incredible performances, the mastery of Polanski’s cine-aesthetic precision, and a bleakness that feels so relevant today. I love how it’s so true to the play yet also so clearly a Polanski film. It’s harrowing, visceral, and frightening, like all his best work."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Bad Romeo (Starcrossed, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
Bad Romeo (Starcrossed, #1)
Bad Romeo (Starcrossed, #1)
Leisa Rayven | 2014
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I liked this, right from the start when it was obvious something good had happened between our leading man and leading lady. It was then we started with the diary entries from six years ago and seeing how they came to know each other and how there relationship progressed was really nice.

I think I fell for Ethan at the same time as Cassie, even when he was acting like an arse. Though that last bit that we see from the past has made him slip a little. How could he do that after everything?!

The tension between them was palpable from early on, I don't know how it took them so long to get to the bedroom.

That ending has annoyed me, despite me knowing there was a second book. Me and cliff-hanger endings don't always get on but I will read the second book eventually.
  
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Jessie Hearts NYC (Hearts Series, #1) in Books

Sep 6, 2019  
Jessie Hearts NYC (Hearts Series, #1)
Jessie Hearts NYC (Hearts Series, #1)
Keris Stainton | 2011
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I can't say I particularly enjoyed this.

I was waiting for the romance to start and they only met after 170+ pages out of the 250. Okay, they were always in the same place at the same time and caught fleeting glimpses of each other but they only properly met then.

It was more a tale of family and relationships than a romance.

One thing niggled at me in this: The John Lennon bit. How would Jessie remember her mum being so upset over his death when it happened ten years or so before she was even born? Confused!

The thing with Ben, I'd more or less figured out before Jessie, it was the look in the lift that did it.

It was okay but not something I would normally have chosen to read. I more or less picked it because of the cover. It's very shiny and pretty.
  
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ClareR (6037 KP) rated A Little Trickerie in Books

Nov 23, 2025  
A Little Trickerie
A Little Trickerie
Rosanna Pike | 2024 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Was this on the Women’s Prize 2025 short list? Well if it wasn’t, it should have been. Top tier historical fiction, in my opinion. There’s a real sense of time and place – medieval times weren’t nice or easy to live in. Born a vagabond, orphaned and left to fend for herself, Tibb has an uncanny ability to fall in with people who will (largely) help her. Namely Ivo, who she meets shortly after the death of her mother, and some of the people in a travelling group of minstrels. Tibb is a truly wonderful character: she’s bold, adventurous and always makes the best of what she has. She hasn’t let the world turn her into a bitter, hateful person, and let’s just say that the world has had plenty of opportunities to do that! The narrative voice is so different from what I’ve read/ listened to before. Just perfect!