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"W. C. Fields, with wife, mother-in-law, child, daughter, and son-in-law, played by the wonderful Grady Sutton. All this is pure enjoyment. When were movies ever more alive than in the thirties, when the great performers from the musical and vaudeville stage entered films? W. C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Mae West, Maurice Chevalier, Fred Astaire, Marie Dressler, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland, among so many others. They were the real authors of their films, needing little help from their directors. American films began with audiences wanting to see performers, not directors, and this, perhaps, continues to separate American films from European films, but we’re lucky to have both, and who’s to say which is really better."

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Morgan Spurlock recommended Brother's Keeper (2013) in Movies (curated)

Brother's Keeper (2013)

2013 | Drama

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"My second favorite film, I would probably say my most favorite documentary of all time, is a film called Brother’s Keeper by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. Those are the same guys who did Paradise Lost and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. Brother’s Keeper is this amazing film about a brother who was murdered, and it’s this omniscient journey as the murder gets uncovered and the investigation is happening. You know, they take one of the brothers to court, and the story just unfolds in front of you in a way that’s so twisted and bizarre and weird. This, for me, represents what a great documentary does. It just kind of unfolds in front of you in a way you can’t expect."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Worth It (Forbidden Men, #6) in Books

Jan 11, 2021

Not as good as some of the others

This series is a must buy for me. I've loved all of them so far, some more than others, admittedly, but none less than four stars.

This one didn't hook me as much as the others but I still felt a lot of emotion when it came to Knox. The poor guy. I wanted to equally hug him and slap him through out the present parts of the story.

I really like how the stories are inter twining. Cousins, brothers, best friends, school friends...its a little complicated at times but I like it.

My favourite Forbidden man has got to be Ten, still, but they're all really great. I can't wait to read Asher's story next!

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Heist Society (Heist Society, #1) in Books

Sep 5, 2019

I enjoyed this, which is unusual for me since I tend to prefer my YA books to be of the paranormal variety.

Hearing how Kat and the rest of her team were brought up doing art theft jobs was fun. Kat being the "grease man" when she was five. Awww.

The rest of her team were cool too. The brothers and Simon made me laugh at one bit on the day of the job. But I think Hale, who's name I want to know with almost the same desperation as Kat, was my favourite. I'm hoping that him and Kat sort themselves out in the next book and get together instead of circling around each other.

Will definitely be reading the next one!

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Brother in Books

Sep 5, 2019

I seem to have a thing for Yaoi--Boys Love--and since I like my M/M Romances, why wouldn't I?

This was kinda cute once it got going. I wasn't sure what it was going to be like but once I started it, I fell into it.

To me, it read like a typical M/M Romance--a friends to lovers sort of thing, only they were step brothers.

I just have to admit I like to see it happen, because I don't always have the best imagination with books, I don't picture my characters in my head like others do. So having the comic strip helps me a lot.

Off to start Brother 2 to see if it's as good as this one.

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6) in Books

Sep 10, 2019

Frustrating

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In this "frighteningly addictive" paranormal romance saga there's a war raging between vampires and their slayers. Here are the stories of a secret band of brothers like no other—six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. And now a dutiful twin must choose between two lives...

Fiercely loyal to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of ...

This book stressed me out! It was a bit jumpy and I was so frustrated at Phury just sort yourself out dude!!! Watching him go through so much was torture! I'm looking forward to finding more out about these characters was great to see Lassiter make an appearance too! Thor is back!!! This is a very good series I do prefer her Bourbon Kings!
Recommended!