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Dean (6925 KP) rated Borat (2006) in Movies
Oct 15, 2017
A very funny film showing the cultural divide between the two countries. Some of it is a bit gross, in poor taste but mainly just plain silly. It can be a bit hit and miss at times. Although the scenes and reactions of some of the people he meets on his journey are very funny, very hard to believe they generally took him seriously!
The Craggus (360 KP) rated Vox Lux (2018) in Movies
May 10, 2019
Vox Lux (2019) kinda sucks
Like its subject, “Vox Lux” is demanding, pretentious and self-congratulatory, although the film takes these traits to the point of cinematic onanism. Occasionally arrestingly shocking, it almost feels like, having grabbed your attention, it doesn’t really know what to do with it beyond hitting you over the head with its achingly obvious allegory for American cultural decline.
FULL REVIEW: bit.ly/CraggusVoxLux
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2099 KP) rated Evanly Choirs (Constable Evans, #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The local men's chorus is hoping to win the upcoming cultural festival thanks to a world famous tenor who has returned to his hometown. However, he's a jerk who manages to get murdered. This third book oozes the charming characters and fun mystery of the first two in the series.
<a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-evanly-choirs-by-rhys-bowen.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
<a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-evanly-choirs-by-rhys-bowen.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Julia Reichert recommended The Apollo (2019) in Movies (curated)
Steven Bognar recommended The Apollo (2019) in Movies (curated)
Awix (3310 KP) rated 3 Faces (2018) in Movies
May 19, 2019 (Updated May 19, 2019)
Low-octane comedy-drama from Iran, as a film director and an actress (both playing themselves) set off to learn the fate of a teenage girl who has sent them a series of troubling messages. And... they drive around a lot, meet various locals, hear a lot of stories not strictly relevant to their investigation, and so on.
I went to see this with a friend of Iranian extraction and at the end I asked him if there was some kind of subtle cultural subtext going on I wasn't picking up on. And he said no, this is just a film with not much going on in it. The pace is ambling, at best, the tone curiously laid-back (the closest thing to a plot twist comes when a prize stud bull hurts its leg); there may be something going on about cultural and generational divides within Iran, but if so it's very obliquely presented. Not unpleasant to watch, but the entertainment value is ambient.
I went to see this with a friend of Iranian extraction and at the end I asked him if there was some kind of subtle cultural subtext going on I wasn't picking up on. And he said no, this is just a film with not much going on in it. The pace is ambling, at best, the tone curiously laid-back (the closest thing to a plot twist comes when a prize stud bull hurts its leg); there may be something going on about cultural and generational divides within Iran, but if so it's very obliquely presented. Not unpleasant to watch, but the entertainment value is ambient.
MusicCritics (472 KP) rated "Awaken, My Love!" by Childish Gambino in Music
Jun 30, 2017
It won’t pierce everyone’s soul because Donald Gambino wasn’t birthed to be everyone’s cultural hero. With the musical strides exhibited on this as whole, he just well may birth a new wave of artists who simply want to pick up an instrument and jam.
Critic- Trent Clark
Original Score: 4 out of 5
Read Review: http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2887/title.review-george-clintons-co-signs-valid-for-childish-gambinos-awaken-my-love#
Original Score: 4 out of 5
Read Review: http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2887/title.review-george-clintons-co-signs-valid-for-childish-gambinos-awaken-my-love#
The Craggus (360 KP) rated Captain Marvel (2019) in Movies
Mar 9, 2019
Oh Captain! My Captain? Marvel's Cinematic Universe re-begins in Captain Marvel (2019)
Fortunately, “Captain Marvel” isn’t just good, it’s great, because of – or in spite of – the crucible of expectation, cultural weaponization and vitriolic online discourse. All that sound and fury ultimately signifies nothing because the film succeeds on its own merits, both as a standalone introduction to the character and as a building block of the wider MCU....
FULL REVIEW: bit.ly/CraggusCaptainMarvel
FULL REVIEW: bit.ly/CraggusCaptainMarvel
Shaz Webster (123 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1 in TV
Aug 10, 2018
The drama of it all (2 more)
A mix of old and what could be
Very shocking but what do we know, it’s a good mixture of what has been the worst in various cultural histories depending on ones point of view of course...
Makes you want to do violence to some of the characters in it! (1 more)
Power and control can make this frustrating to watch but also makes your jaw drop in parts
Rolling Stone's 81st greatest album of all time
Phenomenal album. To be honest i had never listened to this album in full, preferring to listen to London's Calling and The Story of the Clash. But this is a superb album, a band being a major part in a major musical and cultural and political movement. Musically better than the Pistols, albeit late in the day relative to the American frontrunners of punk.