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The Mills & Boon Modern Girl's Guide to: Helping Yourself: Life Hacks for Feminists

Ada Adverse

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'This fun and feminist series of humour books celebrates the sisterhood with a wry smile.' - Red...

AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated A Bit Of A Stretch in Books

Feb 20, 2021

A Bit Of A Stretch

Chris Atkins | 2020 | Biography, Crime, Humor & Comedy

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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Diary of a Prisoner

Atkins, a documentary film maker was arrested and imprisoned following a film made through funds gained through tax fraud. After receiving a five year sentence, he was imprisoned at Wandsworth. This book documents excerpts from the diaries that he maintained through out his sentence.

This book is an eye-opener, highlighting the failures in prison reforms, the amount of drugs in the prisons, as well as other internal goings on. Atkins writes with emotion and humour, you feel his despair at the separation from his child, and the frustration of life behind bars. You will also find yourself laughing out loud.

If you like biographical tell alls, you will enjoy this one.

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Demons (1985) in Movies

Apr 23, 2021

Demons (1985)

1985 | Horror

7.2

(9 Ratings)

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In short, Demoni AKA Demons, is fucking wild.
For the most part, it's masquerading as a serious horror trip, with the odd burst of humour, and occasional 80s rock anthem thrown in. It subjects the viewer to nasty gore, disturbing practical effects, trippy cinematography, it's overall strangeness complimented by its slightly off dub work. It's uncomfortable in parts, certainly hypnotic in its execution.
All of this, before diving headfirst into schlock territory where a dude slaughters hordes of monsters with a katana whilst riding a motorcycle, as an Accept song blasts in the background. Pretty damn wonderful.

Rightly considered an essential 80s horror, Demons is still an effective movie today. Well worth any horror fan's time.

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Quentin Tarantino recommended I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs in Music (curated)

"OK, from now on these aren’t in any order. It’s the same with movies: I have my three favourite – Taxi Driver, Blow Out and Rio Bravo – and after that it depends on my mood. This is one of my favourite protest/folk albums. While Dylan was a poet Ochs was a musical journalist: He was a chronicler of his time, filled with humour and compassion. He’d write songs which would seem very black and white, and then , in the last verse, he’d say something which, like, completely shattered you. A song I love very much on this album is ‘Here’s To The State of Mississippi’ – Basically, it’s everything the movie Mississippi Burning should have been."

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) in Movies

Aug 2, 2020

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

2019 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

7.4

(90 Ratings)

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Returning cast with a twist (0 more)

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More and less of the same

Jumanji 2 (or 3 depending on how you look at it) continues where the previous instalment left off.

Bored of the way things are one of the teens decides to return to Jumanji....eventually followed by his friends on a rescue mission, followed by two grumpy, senile old men (Danny devito & danny glover) who's characters not only change the the pace of the movie but add a fresh batch of humour.

The movie was quite solid and was much better than I expected although felt like some plot was missing at times. But plenty of entertainment & laughs.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Stumptown in TV

Aug 31, 2020

Stumptown

2019 | Drama

8.0

(8 Ratings)

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Cobie Smulders (1 more)

Funny

Funny crime series

A cool lighthearted for the most part Drama series. Quite funny and with a good mix of action. The cast make the show and have great chemistry. Cobie Smulders, Maria Hill in the Avengers films, is a great lead character. She becomes a private eye in Portland after hitting rock bottom. Often getting in to danger or trouble with the police but using her military skills to solve her cases. Her clapped out car often choosing a suitable tune for the current scene with the broken player. A good mix of humour, action, good characters and interesting cases make it a fun series. Roll on season 2.