Heartland - Season 1
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Based on the novels by Lauren Brooke, HEARTLAND is a Canadian series about a young equestrian rider...
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Centaur (2017)
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Centaur is a quiet, small and modest man, a loving father of a little boy that has never spoken a...
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Summer 1993 (2017)
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In the Summer of 1993, Frida, a six-year-old little girl, leaves Barcelona and her grandparents for...
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Oxygen
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With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande, Oxygen is a riveting...
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Living with Strangers is a family drama set in England, France and Germany between 1963 and 1978. It...
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The Jam Queens
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Gladiator (2000)
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A man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and gain the freedom of his...
Necole (36 KP) rated All We Ever Wanted in Books
Aug 25, 2018
A powerful story relatable to today's society about family, morals, values, the treatment of others, standing up for what is right and all else a mother's love and a father's love. All We Ever Wanted will tug at your heart strings, make you think, and maybe open your eyes a little on how to treat people better. It also holds a message of how materialism can lead people astray and change people not for the better but you can always find your self again especially when you have people who love you have your back. Loyalty, compassion, standing up for what is right and love is what you will take away from this book!!!
All We Ever Wanted is about the complications modern life can bring in a society with cell phones mixed will the old school story of privileged high society and the pay check to paycheck society and how even the wealthy struggle with morals, values, and what love for a child means. It is told is told from the perspectives of Nina (Finch's mother, who is the boy accused of taking a picture of Lyla at a party where she is passed out, in a provocative pose, and a racially charged blurb written on it that got sent to kids at the prestigious Windsor high school), Tom (the single carpenter dad of Lyla, who is the girl in the photo) and Lyla. It was so well written and fascinating to read from each of their perspectives.
So what happens to these characters and others in the book when this photo gets leaked? Will there be justice for Lyla? How do the parents handle their kids? Is there a love story in the mix?
Read the book to find out!!!! You will not be disappointed!!! The books summary does a perfect job of explaining without giving away the many twists and turns and events that occur in this book!
Connor Sheffield (293 KP) rated Peaky Blinders - Season 1 in TV
May 20, 2017
This series a brilliantly written, with some great humour in places but more importantly, it has great Tension and drama between it's characters.
The Shelby family has a great on screen presence with a great cast to portray it. Alongside the other groups of criminals, policemen, businessmen and of course the strong female characters that put some of the men in line and create drama within the families.
There are so many characters within this show. Some you love, others you just want to punch in the face, but all are brilliantly portrayed. My problem however, is that the show seems to ignore some of the characters and simply focuses nearly all of our attention to only Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and Chester Campbell (Sam Neill). Now, don't get me wrong, I still love the show and love both of these characters, but there are other characters I would love to see more of, and know more about.
At the time of writing this I have just started season 2 so my season two review may change this opinion, but for season 1 that is what I have to say.
Overall though, great cast, brilliantly written and directed with beautiful cinematography and without a doubt the highlight will always be the incredible performance, as always, by Cillian Murphy.