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Wentworth Miller recommended Time Bandits (1981) in Movies (curated)

Time Bandits (1981)

1981 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

7.7

(33 Ratings)

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"I think there’s something anarchic about it, which appealed to me as a kid, and appeals to me now. It’s Terry Gilliam, a phenomenal imagination, some brilliant performances. I think there’s something, obviously, very enticing and compelling about the story of a little boy swept up into a foreign land, having an extraordinary experience. I think that journey is kind of at the root of a lot of sci-fi narratives, and it’s easy to see the appeal. That kind of vicarious journey that you get to go on, but not actually experience, like the jaws of the dragon. It’s a thrill."

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Seren (0 KP) Aug 18, 2025

I enjoyed this, Good movie!

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Merissa (14150 KP) created a post

Sep 25, 2025

🌿 Amid love, loss, and literary triumph, Charlotte Brontë uncovers the haunting secret of Emily’s mysterious shepherd on the Yorkshire moors.

Stephanie Cowell’s The Man in the Stone Cottage beautifully weaves history and imagination, bringing the Brontës to life in a tale steeped in atmosphere, literature, and secrets.

📖 Read the fascinating Guest Post about the long-lost “Little Books” as part of the #BlogTour with #TheCoffeePotBookClub: 👉 https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/the-man-in-the-stone-cottage-by-stephanie-cowell

💬 Do you love historical fiction that reimagines the lives of great writers like the Brontës?

#Brontë #Yorkshire #Victorian #HistoricalFiction #WomenWriters #EnglishLiterature

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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated Time Travel Dinosaur in Books

Jun 18, 2018

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I received Time Travel: Dinosaur by Matt Youngmark for free in exchange for a review. When I found out I won this book I was excited. I grew up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books and I felt that this book would have the opportunity to throw me back to sitting on the floor in the library with my friends reading for hours on end. This book most definitely did except this time I was sitting in my bathtub soaking my soak body after a long day at work.

The book is witty yet it causes the reader to think beyond the story, it causes the readers imagination to run wild and imagine as if they are in a jungle somewhere, to running for their life from a dinosaur to being an actual dinosaur to spending time on the moon with cops. The goal is to save the original timeline and you are able to do this through time travel.

There is some profanity used in this book, so while it appears to be perfect for children I believe it is aimed more for readers who are teenagers because of language use. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I hope teenagers and other adults who want a revamped choose your own adventure book to spark their imagination and entertain them for several hours.

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Andy K (10827 KP) rated The Babadook (2014) in Movies

Dec 11, 2019

Minimalist Creep

Wow was I surprised by this. My daughters have been after me for a while to watch, but I have to not being a big fan of modern CGI horror like The Conjuring, Insidious, etc. I made the mistake of including this film in that group and I was wrong.

Modern audiences have grown short attention spans even having film studios get rid of opening film credits, so it is refreshing these days when a film takes its time and leaves something to our imagination. I have written in several reviews the last few years that just because modern filmmakers can do something, doesn't mean they should. Modern CGI effects leave virtually nothing a movie maker can accomplish with enough imagination are computer work done to it; however, I still maintain the "Jaws" theory of the less you show the audience the more they have to used their own imaginations and therefore the film's "Babadook" becomes even more scary.

I loved the way the creature was shown mostly in shadow and not really given a good glimpse most of the way through. Even when it presents itself, you don't really get a good look at it and a lot of the scare is also through creepy, haunting sound effects.

I guess I will have to listen to my daughters from now on!