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Did You Miss Me?
Did You Miss Me?
Karen Rose | 2012 | Crime
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Plot twists (2 more)
Story depth
Characters
Gripping
State Attorney Daphne Montgomery has a past that is about to come back to haunt her.

This story is fantastic, lots of plot twists, excellent characters. I definitely couldnt put it down.

I hope there are more with these characters in it. The story was very clever and really kept you on your toes.
  
Black Sabbath  by Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
1970 | Metal, Rock
Rolling Stone's 243rd greatest album of all time
Superb hard rock/blues album. Whether or not they were the first heavy metal band is irrelevant, the songs here are fantastic. Includes the self-titled song, the brilliant NIB and my favourite Sabbath song - Warning - as close to a heavy version of The Beach Boys' God Only Knows as we're likely to see.
  
SMiLE Sessions by The Beach Boys
SMiLE Sessions by The Beach Boys
2011 | Compilation
7
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 381st greatest album of all time
The album that never was, but then it was. Not a great collection of songs here, but the superb "Heroes and Villains" (which embarrassingly I only know from the Fantastic Mr Fox film) steals the show and brings this up to being a worthwhile listen. What remains is a little hit or miss (mainly miss).
  
Top of the Lake  - Season 1
Top of the Lake - Season 1
2013 | Crime
Build up of the story (3 more)
Setting
Elizabeth Moss
Brilliant support cast
While the slow build up is good sometimes it feels like nothing is happening (0 more)
A slow burner
A fantastic but disturbing story about a small town in New Zealand, following Robin Griffin as she returns home to visit her ill mother but is pulled onto a case when a 12-year-old girl is found (alive) in a lake. There are plenty of twists and turns throughout and there's an intensity that's slowly bubbling away.

At times it does get a bit slow and at the beginning it can be hard to get into, but the brilliant cast of actors - led by the absolutely fantastic Elizabeth Moss - keep it going and turn it into something brilliant. Some of the characters are disturbing but believable and it winds up to an eventful finale.
  
Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019)
2019 | Action, Adventure
The CG in this movie looks really good for the most part. There are a few parts where it looks really fake but the de-aging CGI was extremely well done. (0 more)
Brie Larson felt a bit flat in this movie when she was with the more dull parts of the cast. When she was with the more major parts of the cast tho she was fantastic. (0 more)
Not my favorite marvel movie but not my least favorite.
I went into this movie with lowered expectations because of the critic reviews. And I was plesently suprised by it. It's a fun movie with a strong female lead. The CGI is grwat and about 90% of the acting is fantastic. The beginning of the movie before they get to earth is a bit slow and boring, but after that it picks up and is very enjoyable.
  
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Heart of a Bad Boy (Destiny #3)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
this is the third book in the series and what a fantastic read. this author is becoming one of my favourites as the stories just keep getting better and better the more you read. these book can be read as stand alones or part of the series, id say read them all just because they are really good. this author has a fab way of writing that just sucks you in and keeps a hold of you till the last page. the author always writes such good epilogues, you can help but be sad when the books have finished. the characters are fantastic and very well written and the hot steamy scenes definitely set the pages alight. I cant wait to read more from this author in the future.


highly recommended

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Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019)
2019 | Action, Adventure
Stan Lee tribute (3 more)
Brie Larson as Captain Marvel
Young Nick Fury
GOOSE
Forget what the review bombers say. This movie was fantastic, an excellent and well planned out entry to the MCU. First off, excellent tribute to Stan Lee at the beginning, well done. Brie Larson was absolutely stunning as Carol Danvers, managing to capture and show the brooding and serious side of Captain Marvel, as well as the witty and humourous side to her. I loved young Nick Fury way more than I do the present day Nick Fury. Ben Menhdolsen, Jude Law, and Annette Bening were absolutely fantastic as their characters. The real star of the show though: GOOSE THE CAT. OH MY WORD, GOOSE. STOLE EVERY SCENE HE WAS IN. The Agents of SHIELD fan in me wanted more Coulson, but I was okay with his screentime.
  
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Anika Noni Rose recommended My Fair Lady (1964) in Movies (curated)

 
My Fair Lady (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
1964 | Comedy, Family, Musical
8.7 (7 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"That’s something I always wanted to do, damn that Keira Knightley! The costumes are phenomenal in that movie, the message is fantastic and there’s just a grandeur and beauty in the scope. We don’t even make movies with that kind of scope anymore; I don’t think anybody would sit there for that long for that movie anymore. It’s about being yourself, and not forgetting yourself really. Even though you move forward or you move up, you still are you. When they’re at that racetrack she’s talking to the horse and she’s going, “Go Clover,” and then she goes crazy shouting, “Move your arse, Clover!” And she’s got that phenomenal hat, fantastic dress on, but she’s Eliza Doolittle you know? I love that movie, and why can’t a woman be more like a man? I love that song; I love his confusion with that."

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Lisa (41 KP) rated The Other Hand in Books

Nov 12, 2017  
The Other Hand
The Other Hand
Chris Cleave | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Fantastic!
This is by far 1 of the best books I've read, it is a book I recommended to everyone especially as it's not 'normally' to my taste.
The style in which it it's written is also brilliant not many writers can pull it off especially at this level!
You will feel that you really know the characters by the end.
A gripping read!