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Cillian Murphy recommended Scarecrow (2002) in Movies (curated)

 
Scarecrow (2002)
Scarecrow (2002)
2002 | Horror
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I rented this film by mistake when I was 15 with my brother. They told us it was a scary movie. It pretty much made me want to be an actor. Al Pacino will break your heart. And Gene Hackman will break your other heart."

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Shadows of the Dark Crystal
Shadows of the Dark Crystal
J.M. Lee | 2016 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
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8.3 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Decent tale
Takes place within the Dark Crystal universe. When the twin brother of a Gelfling goes off to serve the Skeksis, then labeled a traitor, it's up to his sister to save him. And she becomes fully aware of who the real traitors are!
  
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Books Editor (673 KP) created a video about Sweet Rivalry: 1001 Dark Nights in Books

Sep 24, 2017  
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Interview with K. Bromberg, author of Sweet Rivalry, a 1001 Dark Nights

New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love

  
American History X (1998)
American History X (1998)
1998 | Crime, Drama
Edward Norton (0 more)
Hard hitting film
A very good and hard hitting film about racism as a former Neo-Nazi gang member tries to stop his younger brother making the same mistakes. One of the best films to deal with racism. Also one of Norton's best performances.
  
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Andy K (10821 KP) created a poll

May 5, 2019  
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Favorite movie directed by Joel Coen?

Blood Simple

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Raising Arizona

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Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink

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The Hudsucker Proxy

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Fargo
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Ladykillers
No Country for Old Men
Burn After Reading
True Grit
Inside Llewyn Davis

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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L-DK, Vol. 03
L-DK, Vol. 03
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I'm still liking this, though what's the older brother's problem? Why is he causing trouble and why doesn't his brother want him there. I can't wait to see some hopefully explosive emotion from him in the next volume over that picture.

Off to start volume 4.
  
Mary wonders if their a way to save her family farm. Molly also struggles with controlling everyone and making them happy. Her mother wants her to fall in love with Mervin and to save the farm. Mary does not love him in that way. He like a big brother to her. She upset that her father had died of a heart attack. Her brother and sister were older and have come to help out as well. She does to become quite a friendship with a Leon. During the camping trip, thing start to go astray and things are happening. They run into a neighbor as well.
  
Lying Beside You
Lying Beside You
Michael Robotham | 2022 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Lying Beside You is the third book in the Cyrus Haven series - and I’ll admit now that I haven’t read the first two. It didn’t affect my enjoyment though. There are enough hints at the background that I could understand what was going on and who was who.

Cyrus is a busy forensic psychologist and criminal profiler, and to add more to his load, he has a lodger with a distressing background (which is only hinted at, but that’s all you’ll need), and his brother is due to be released from a secure institution. His brother has lived and been treated there since he murdered the rest of his and Cyrus’ family.

I found it fascinating how Cyrus seemed to be able to forgive his brother for his actions - particularly as he’d learnt from his job how his brother wasn’t in control of himself at the time. On the other hand, he seemed hesitant to have him back out in society and in his house. But he’s designed to it. I liked how it showed how complex his feelings towards his brother were.

And what a nice person Cyrus is generally. His lodger has had a very bad experience (which we don’t find out about in this book). He’s patient and tries to help her, and understands that she needs time and space. He’s a great character actually.

You might get from this that I specifically like the characters in books, and that I just see plot as a nice aside. Well, you wouldn’t be wrong. But this has enough exciting plot to keep the crime fiction fans very happy. It all gets quite frenetic towards the end, and I had no idea who the perpetrator was up to the big reveal.

It’s a great book - many thanks to the Pigeonhole and Michael Robotham.
  
Entourage (2015)
Entourage (2015)
2015 | Comedy
8
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Cast (2 more)
Cameos
Kevin Dillon
Piers Morgan (0 more)
When I first wasn't really a massive fan of the TVs show but I kinda prefer the movie. The cast are on top form Especally Kevin Dillon as Vincent's brother great cameos but not from piers Morgan spoils for me thumbs up
  
The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
1998 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Idea before its time when people were not aware that Big Brother was watching you. There is a question at the end - does he meet the girl? Good Film and though provoking as it is being more and more real life now with all the social media around.