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The Art of Modeling Chocolate

Nadia Flecha Guazo

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Who never played with clay, or even built puzzles or games? Who has never dreamed, even while awake,...

Man vs. Child: One Dad's Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting

Doug Moe

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Mums have hundreds of parenting advice books willing to tackle the more cringe-inducing questions of...

A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier

Danny Dorling

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The aim of this book is to inspire a better politics: one that will enable future generations to be...

Matthew Weiner recommended The Conformist (1970) in Movies (curated)

The Conformist (1970)

1970 | International, Drama

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"It’s another movie that you run into everywhere because it’s so frequently stolen from. Another reluctant hero, and an unsympathetic, morally ambiguous character… Besides its visual triumph as a movie, there’s a constant juxtaposition of an individual versus the fascist architecture, and the way that politics become very personal, and the way this guy, who doesn’t seem to care about anything, ends up caring about everything. It references Casablanca in many ways, and it also feels like it’s got a great sense of irony about politics because he flips over in the end in a second, and I think a lot of people identify with him and the fact that he’s being forced to do something that he thinks he can do easily and doesn’t have the stomach for. It’s image after image of people either in nature or in the civic environment that are part of fascist architecture and it’s a very memorable, evocative movie. Great music, great cinematography, great acting, and it’s a movie that’s a touchstone for me."

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Fred (860 KP) rated A Star Is Born (2018) in Movies

Jun 25, 2019

A Star Is Born (2018)

2018 | Drama, Romance

8.3

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A Man is Bored

Watched this last night with my wife. About half way through, she asked if I liked it. I said "Not really." She laughed & said the same. There's no question that Lady Gaga is talented. Every time she sang, her voice gave me chills. Her acting is fine too. I like Bradley Cooper, but his singing is just not that good & his bad accent in this film just takes away any believability. That aside, I found the film boring. There is definite chemistry between the two stars, but I never felt any connection to any of the characters. It felt rushed. Everything happened too fast & I never felt like there was enough character development for me to like anyone. And for a movie over 2 hours, there should have been some sort character development. Without that, and without caring, the movie felt empty. When it was over, I was like, "Well, so what?" I still give it 5 out of 10, just to hear Gaga.