
From the Source - Thailand: Thailand's Most Authentic Recipes from the People That Know Them Best
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From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, From the Source is a groundbreaking...

The Science of Monsters: Why Monsters Came to be and What Made Them So Terrifying
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Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but...

River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India's Future
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India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. The waterway that has...

The Illustrated Sourcebook of Signs & Symbols: A Fascinating Directory of More Than 1200 Visual Images, with an Expert Analysis of Their History and Meaning
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This is a fascinating directory of more than 1200 visual images, with an expert analysis of their...

Time's Convert
Book
From the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, soon to be a major...

Get Conscious: How to Stop Overthinking and Come Alive
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In ancient times, most people believed that if you travelled far enough to the edge of the world,...

LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated 300 (2007) in Movies
Oct 3, 2020
Some of the shots are expertly crafted recreations of the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, and as such, is a damn faithful adaption of a cult classic comic series.
The visual effects are stunning at times, and the sepia tone it's draped in lends a lot to its overall feel (even if it's a subject of criticism from many)
Gerard Butler takes the lead as King Leonidas of Sparta, in what has arguably become his most well known roll in the years following. It's easy to look over his thick Scottish accent (in ancient Greece...) when he's playing the character with such enthusiasm. Most of his lines have become highly quotable, even familiar to those who have never seen the film. 300 would be a much lesser film without his involvement.
Rodrigo Santoro carves a striking figure as primary antagonist Xerxes, his androgynous look and demonic-like voice providing a memorable villain.
The cast is rounded out by the likes of Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, and an early role for Michael Fassbender, a sturdy ensemble cast.
The set pieces are pretty thrilling, and results in a movie that blurs the fantastical, with a real life historic battle. It's an interesting mix that works well.
300 is a film that throws big sloppy buckets of testosterone at its audience, whilst simultaneously flaunting a silly amount of homoerotic undertones and CGI pectoral muscles, and it's great.

Leonardo’s Cat
Entertainment and Games
App
A contraption-packed, brain-teasing puzzle game featuring the voice of Patrick Stewart (Star Trek,...

Hunter Island: Monsters & Dragons
Games
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A 60 hour monster training RPG…no waiting! From the makers of Dragon Island Blue, "iOS' answer...

Wildfire (Hellfire #1)
Book
What it’s like to be the most powerful being on earth? It gets complicated when you are as lethal...
Paranormal Romance