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Home Skillet (Culinary Kings #1)
Cate Ashwood and Sandra Damien
Book
Sometimes the only way to move forward… is to go back. JAMES I don't know what's more...
M_M Contemporary Romance
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Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated The Water Diviner (2015) in Movies
Aug 6, 2019
The story follows Joshua Conner (Crowe) and his attempts to re-locate his three sons Arthur, Henry and Edward, who went off to war together and yet were never heard from again. The three boys were inseparable as children (Jack Patterson, Ben Norris and Aidan Smith) and they stayed inseparable as adults (played by Ryan Corr, Ben O’Toole and James Fraser) as they went off to fight in World War I in the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey.
Joshua loses contact with his sons during the war, and after the fighting has ended, he receives a journal that belonged to them. He reads the journal with his wife and they conclude that the boys must have perished in the fighting. Corners wife kills herself in her grief over losing them and Joshua swears he will bring the boys home, even if it is just their remains, that is his wife’s last wish.
Conner crosses the continent to search for them, meeting people along the way and finding clues. His efforts to locate the boys are rejected by military authorities but he stubbornly presses on.
Seeing this film in the movie theatre rather than on a home television is definitely worth it. The action and scenes of war flash backs are better suited to the big screen than a home tv for full effect and drawing you in to feel like you are ‘right there’.
The story was a bit predictable because after all, it’s the story of a father searching for his children, but it was emotional and held my attention.
Parts of it felt a bit slow, or maybe just confusing, because during the flash backs I wasn’t really sure whose flash backs they were or why they were significant, but over all the story flowed well and I enjoyed it.
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Star Wars: Armada
Tabletop Game
Rebel and Imperial fleets fight for the fate of the galaxy in Star Wars: Armada, the two-player...
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Sunday In The Park With George by Stephen Sondheim
Album
Two CD set. The cast recording of the recent, highly acclaimed, sold-out Broadway revival of Sunday...
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Mike Wilder (20 KP) rated Road House (1989) in Movies
May 30, 2018
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Creative Essence: Creatures
Brian Wynia, Andrew Baker, Aris Kolokontes and Ian Joyner
Book
Creative Essence: Creatures features private work from some of the best creature concept artists in...
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LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Hubie Halloween (2020) in Movies
Oct 9, 2020
It's pretty much follows the formula of what's come before - Adam Sandler portrays a loser that falls over a lot and talks in a silly voice, there's some sort of heart-warming redemption plot that results in him not being a loser and getting the girl. It's ball achingly predictable, but is wrapped up in a very Halloween-y package, so that's nice I guess.
The main issue is that I just didn't laugh. There are a few amusing lines here and there (June Squibb wearing vulgar novelty t-shirts is always a good shour) but most of the humour falls flat. Adam Sandler talking in a silly voice has never been funny, and you can't change my mind.
The supporting cast is a fairly impressive collection of names - Steve Buschemi, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Maya Rudolph, Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things, Tim Meadows, Michael Chiklis, Ben Stiller, goddam Shaquille O'Neal (legit probably the best part of the whole movie) - even Kenan Thompson of Kenan & Kel fame. And of course Kevin James, this being a Sandler film and all....
There's not much really to say. The mystery aspect of the plot doesn't really feel intriguing at any part, and it's honestly just another run of the mill Adam Sandler comedy. Relatively entertaing as a seasonal watch, and I'm sure kids will love it, but ultimately, pretty damn average.
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Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated 1922 (2017) in Movies
Nov 2, 2019
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Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson
Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 'Engage!' was...
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Mo'Wax: Urban Archaeology: 21 Years of Mo'Wax Recordings
Book
Founded in England in 1993 by the young DJ and promoter James Lavelle, the record label Mo'Wax would...