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A Wild Swan: And Other Tales

Michael Cunningham and Yuko Shimizu

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Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the...

Unwanted

Kristina Ohlsson

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In the middle of a rainy Swedish summer, a little girl is abducted from a crowded train. Despite...

Gender in the Twenty-First Century: The Stalled Revolution and the Road to Equality

Shannon Davis, Sarah Winslow and David J. Maume

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How far have we really progressed toward gender equality in the United States? The answer is, "not...

Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Feb 2, 2021

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**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
“Everything has to be reconciled eventually.”

Caddo Parish, 1913. On an October morning, a Klansman confronts seventeen-year-old David Walker at a hidden oxbow lake where he has gone to hunt. David accidentally kills the man and hides the crime. His determination to protect his family from reprisal drives him far from home and into manhood.

Shreveport, 1927. Cargie (rhymes with Margie) Barre and Mae Compton are two vastly different young women, but both are defying convention to reach for their dreams. The men in Cargie’s and Mae’s lives help and hinder them in more ways than one. After years in hiding, David Walker finally resurfaces, and we discover the past is never as far from the present as it seems.

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) in Movies

Mar 15, 2021

Ignore the fact that Michael Myers' mask looks a bit silly in this one and there's a lot to love.
It's back-to-basics approach of Myers stalking his way though Haddonfield is a welcome one after the hospital setting of II, and the bonkers acid trip of III.
Danielle Harris displays a damn fine performance as lead kid character Jamie Lloyd, and Donald Pleasance returns again as Loomis (apparently not dead after the almost certainly fatal explosion he was right next to at the end of II), acting suitably crazy as is to be expected by now.
There are some great shots on display, once again, courtesy of the simple, striking, and terrifying look of Michael Myers (from far away this time though, seriously, the mask looks really silly close up) and the general production values are pretty decent.

It's of course not a patch on the original, but as far as sequels go, Halloween 4 is one of the better ones. Also, one character gets impaled with a shotgun, which is just ridiculous and fantastic at the same time.

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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Devil's Advocate (Eddie Flynn #6) in Books

Aug 1, 2021

Yet again, Mr Cavanagh has written a belter ... definitely one of my reads of 2021 so far and one I can't recommend highly enough and even though this is number 6 in the series, don't let that put you off because you can absolutely read and enjoy this delight as a standalone.

I am a fan of Mr Cavanagh's incarnation of Eddie Flynn having read a couple of his previous outings but, I have to say, this is the best one I have read so far - an absolute peach of a story that had me on tenterhooks and devouring the pages as quick as my little eyes could manage.

With excellent characters, fantastic plot and side plots, perfect setting and pace, the right amount of twists and thrills, I have no hesitation in recommending this to anyone who loves a great thriller.

What are you waiting for? Go get it!

Many thanks to The Orion Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.

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Redesigning Fate (The Revive Series, #1)

A.M. Wilson

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When my boyfriend threw me down a flight of stairs, I knew there was only one place left to...

colin... (64 KP) rated Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) in Movies

Sep 30, 2020

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

2019 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

7.4

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This remake of the spinoff of Jumanji is definitely worse than the spinoff of Jumanji.

Yet, the original Jumanji is better than the spinoff of Jumanji and the remake of the spinoff of Jumanji.

I honestly cant believe this film is real. Not an original or authentic bone in its body. The only thing I can give it is that it is shot better than its predecessor, but I cant even remotely see the hype behind this garbage can. The, hey we are other characters but in other bodies, bit can only go so far, and not even that far at that. This is about as shillesque that a blockbuster can possibly get. The high point was Dwayne Johnson as Danny Devito and even that got old halfway through.

I'd love some discourse in the comments. Let me know, if you even liked the film, why you liked it and what you found good about it. Unless I'm convinced otherwise, however, this is a flaming trash can that isn't even an entertaining flaming trash can.