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Sweetbitter

Stephanie Danler

5.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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'A fantastic read - think Girls meets Kitchen Confidential' Stylist 'An adrenalised love song' Mail...

Hayate the Combat Butler

Kenjiro Hata

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Since the tender age of nine, Hayate Ayasaki has busted his behind at various part-time jobs to...

Joe Elliott recommended Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers in Music (curated)

"When I went on my first non parent holiday to Skegness with my mates, this was the soundtrack. We were in a nightclub and 'Go Buddy Go' came on and we were bouncing off the walls. I mean, the Stranglers sounded like the Doors; they were about as punk rock as Genesis, they jumped on the bandwagon. I saw pictures of them from six months before and they were wearing flares, for gods sake! But they were a great band, it didn't matter. They outlived punk. They were making outrageously different music - sometimes limitations create great music. 'Down In The Sewer' - it was great, the bass sound was insane. It did the same thing to my heart as Ian Drury 'New Boots and Panties'; it was just bloody brilliant. I loved it all. That Stranglers record is dark and exciting and weird. A lot of my choices here are a bit off kilter, actually. Indie movies as opposed to Hollywood blockbusters."

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Terry Crews recommended Aliens (1986) in Movies (curated)

Aliens (1986)

1986 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

9.0

(90 Ratings)

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"And then I’ll go to my next one. Aliens. Jim Cameron, Sigourney Weaver. Dude, again, I am a “big movie” guy. I like the small, poignant indie, but you know, give me a Summer flick all day long. That’s what I grew up on, that’s my era. I mean, I remember seeing Star Wars at the drive-in; I’m that guy. But Aliens really upped the game for what the horror genre could be, you know what I mean? Because it was this weird mix of action and horror. You know, the first one was like straight horror, like oh my god, the creepiness, the ickiness of this thing. But then in Aliens, you’re like, “Yo, they got Marines! It’s like that? This is nuts!” It just created this frenzy in me that was like, oh, this is how it’s supposed to be done. I’ll never forget it. Any time Aliens is playing, I can’t turn away. I cannot."

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Keane (2005) in Movies

Apr 10, 2021 (Updated Jul 4, 2021)

Keane (2005)

2005 | Drama, Mystery

4.0

(1 Ratings)

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If this serves as nothing more than a vehicle for Damian Lewis' ticking-time-bomb performance, then in all honesty there are worse ways to go than this I guess. Always engrossing but very much of-its-time, when these sorts of minimalist indie character studies mistook being jittery and off-kilter for being profound (whereas nowadays they mistake being robotic and dull for being profound... I kinda want these ones back lmfao). It seems concerned with shocking in the moment but doesn't leave much left over to chew on. It's not that there's no emotion, there's some - it just feels like there should be more. Though Lewis' Earth-shattering acting brings this character to resounding life amidst the sea of beaten-path elements on display - 99% of the positives I can give to this movie are because of him. Nearly worth it if you're into showy performances like I am, you're free to ditch the rest of it.

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Pete Wareham recommended White Chalk by PJ Harvey in Music (curated)

White Chalk by PJ Harvey

2007 | Singer-Songwriter

6.7

(3 Ratings)

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"Now that we're talking about it, I realise that a lot of these albums are trying to merge those two worlds: the classical or jazz aesthetic with the trashy, rock & roll, electric kind of thing. Obviously PJ Harvey would normally fall on that rock & roll/indie rock side of things but this album is different from all her other albums. It's a real step between those two worlds. It feels really ghostly. It's funny because I was obsessed with this album for a long time, and I didn't listen to it again for ages. Then I started listening to it again earlier this year and I've become obsessed with it again with the same intensity as before. It's just so incredibly evocative of colours and textures and sounds. It's just so delicate but heavy as well. She hasn't been explicit on the meanings of the song from this album but I know that the subject matter is extremely dark."

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