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Brian Fallon recommended Born In The U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen in Music (curated)

 
Born In The U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen
Born In The U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen
1984 | Rock
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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"You simply couldn’t ask for a better pop record by a rock and roller. There’s not a lot of songs on here I don’t like. I don’t even know what I could say about this one, other than it simply is a must-own record. But once you get past the never-ending hits on this one, there’s a depth to the lyrics that really rivals anyone writing out there. That creeps in after a few listens. How brilliant the words are on this record. I love when sad songs sound happy, and this is maybe the king of them all: “Born down in a dead man’s town/The first kick I took was when I hit the ground/End up like a dog that’s been beat too much, ‘till you spend half your life just a covering’ up, now."

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    Tasty

    Tasty

    Tony Singh

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    Call it comfort food, street food, sharing food. Food that gives you a hug, warms up your bones and...

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Andy Garcia recommended Serpico (1973) in Movies (curated)

 
Serpico (1973)
Serpico (1973)
1973 | Classics, Drama, Mystery
7.7 (3 Ratings)
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"Then I would have to — and it’s hard to pick just one of his — but I would go with Sidney Lumet’s Serpico. Again, a performance-driven film, but there’s a sort of a reality to Sidney Lumet’s movies. I had the great pleasure of working with him, and there’s a reality, a sort of documentary quality to his films, you know? And it’s hard to pick from the lot of his films, whether it be Network or Dog Day Afternoon or Serpico. But there’s something about Serpico that has an emotional depth to it that was very touching. And also, it’s easy to identify with someone who’s trying to fight against the system and rise above it and do well, and the price that he pays for doing that. And Al Pacino’s performance in that movie is quite extraordinary."

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David McK (3557 KP) rated Moving Pictures in Books

Jul 11, 2021  
Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures
Terry Pratchett | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (9 Ratings)
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Discworld Industrial Revolution #1
<2021 update>

I hadn't realised that this book had the first appearance(s) of Ponder Stibbons, Arch-Chancellor Mustrum Ridcully alongside that of Gaspode the Wonder Dog! (well, maybe I knew the latter)

<original review>

Book #10 in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, which (for my money) stands alongside Soul Music as one of his best works, perhaps because these are the two books it is easiest to catch the many allusions in!

This is the one where Discworld discovers the magic of the Motion Picture, culminating in a not-quite-right scene of a giant lady carrying a screaming ape up a tall building (Ankh-Morpork's Tower of Art in the Unseen University), and is also, perhaps, the only book where CMOT Dibbler is actually a major character rather than an extra.
  
    My Talking Pet

    My Talking Pet

    Entertainment and Photo & Video

    3.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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    The #1 hit app! Take a photo or choose from your photo gallery, then speak into the microphone to...

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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019) in Movies

Aug 19, 2020  
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
2019 | Comedy, Drama
9
7.2 (5 Ratings)
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Full disclosure: I would pay to listen to Kevin Costner read the dictionary.

With that being said, what an exceptional film. Told from the point of view of a family's dog, Enzo. Enzo was brought home by Denny before there even was a family. Through Enzo's eyes we see Denny fall in love and start a family of his own all while pursuing his dream of driving a race car professionally.

Amanda Seyfried and Milo Ventimiglia are both wonderful in their respective roles but at the end of the day Kevin Costner truly stole the show (pun intented) and made the movie as excellent as it is. Amazingly, you obviously never see him on screen, but his presence remains the largest of all.

Give this a watch and make sure that you have a hankie handy. Seriously.