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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) in Movies

Jun 25, 2020  
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
2018 | Biography, Drama, War
9
8.0 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Very interesting (and excellent) cast. Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, and Guy Pierce all step outside their general wheel houses and bring together a wonderful performance about a true chain of events that unfolded during World War II.

As a Red Sox fan I had a general idea of the story surrounding Moe Berg, but I was enlightened about several different elements of the story by the movie and even more so I was driven to do additional research and found out even more information about this unheralded American Hero.

If you're looking for an action romp this isn't where you'll find it. This is a movie that will capture your imagination and you will almost forget that this is all based on a true story.
  
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Emma (229 KP) rated The Dark Circle in Books

Jul 2, 2020  
The Dark Circle
The Dark Circle
Linda Grant | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
4
4.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
We read this book for the third month of my book club, when I read the blurb, I thought it sounded great and wanted to get stuck in straight away. My excitement was short lived, lasting only a few pages, i found it boring and dull, too long winded and by halfway through i was tired of the book. By the time i had 50 pages left i was ready to give up. If i had bought this book myself i would have put it down straight away. It was only the fact that it was for book club that i carried on with it I was so disappointed by this book that sounded like it had so much potential.
  
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PhoebeLV (147 KP) rated Hemlock Grove in TV

Jul 22, 2020 (Updated Jul 24, 2020)  
Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grove
2013 | Horror, Thriller
9
6.9 (35 Ratings)
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The Story (2 more)
The Acting
Likeable Characters
Excellent TV Series
Contains spoilers, click to show
Hemlock Grove is about a family of Upirs (vampires), a werewolves and witches, all trying to keep their identities hidden from the rest of the town. Each season has a different ‘story’: mainly murders.
I watched Hemlock Grove not really knowing what is was about, therefore, it didn’t have my full attention to begin with. However, after the first couple of episodes, I was completely hooked and loved it so much.
My only problem is that they kill off all the best characters; a couple of my favourites were killed off.
Overall, I 100% recommend this show to anyone with access to it.*

*It can be found on Netflix (UK, don’t know about other countries).
  
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Billy Gibbons recommended Zeta Reticuli Blues by Lecherous Gaze in Music (curated)

 
Zeta Reticuli Blues by Lecherous Gaze
Zeta Reticuli Blues by Lecherous Gaze
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I want the fortunate readers to know that contemporary sounds are not restricted to lighthearted pop. There's as much heaviness available as well. The celebration of punk might be bad in the grand scheme of things but what I'm saying is, you wouldn't catch me digging into my parents’ record collection. You wouldn't want to dare go there. 

The fact that I treasure my friendship, for instance, with Depeche Mode really catches people off guard. But under thorough analysis, Depeche Mode was super-heavy, particularly live. That bottom end, that can only be found through synthesisers. It's earth-shaking. At one point back in the States Depeche Mode was wrongfully tagged and people said, ""Oh, you like that disco-sounding stuff?"" Well it wasn't. It was heavy."

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James Anderson recommended The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Books (curated)

 
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain | 1876 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
7.9 (16 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"On my eighth birthday my mother gave me a hardcover copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The inscription read: ‘Here is the brother you said you wanted.’ I was having trouble in school—particularly reading—and a psychologist had recently tested me and informed my mother and the school that I was, in the parlance of the day, ‘retarded.’ My mother steadfastly refused to accept this, saying, ‘You just haven’t found anything you care enough about to read.’ It turned out I was dyslexic and perhaps mildly autistic. It took me months, and when I was done, I could read, and I had indeed been given a brother—two, in fact, and I have visited with them every year since my eighth birthday."

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories in Books

Mar 9, 2021  
Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories
Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss | 2014 | Children
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Four Great Seuss Tales
This book contains four stories that Dr. Seuss had published in magazines early in his career but were never released in book form. One features Horton, while two others take us to Mulberry Street. The final, which is just two pages, features a very slick salesman.

I was leery of this book since it was released after Dr. Seuss’s death, but I found I enjoyed all four stories. By themselves, they are short, but together, they are quite fun. It certainly helps that these were polished and released by Dr. Seuss himself instead of cobbled together from abandoned notes after his death. The illustrations and rhyme are classic Seuss. Kids and their parents will be glad they gave this collection a chance.