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A 'A Bit of A Shemozzle': Gaa Quips & Quotes

Martin O'Duffy

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Gaelic football and hurling have a language all of their own. From Micheal O Muircheartaigh and...

Andy K (10826 KP) rated Lady Bird (2017) in Movies

Dec 2, 2017

Lady Bird (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama

7.7

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Saoirse (pronounced Sersha) Ronan (2 more)

Charming screenplay

Slice of life

Sometimes a tad random (0 more)

I took my 16-year-old daughter to this film instead of going to yet another superhero flick and we were both mesmerized with its joy, wit and poignancy. All the acting was top notch especially Saoirse Ronan. She completely delvers on her character in every way. She is also a dialect master as having a thick Irish accent in real life.
The situations Lady Bird finds herself in are real and touch you in your heart especially if you have teenage children. The way she handles things and the way the story winds itself along keep you enthralled the entire time and not wanting it to end.
Highly recommended for those seeking more than just comic book blockbusters.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated A Long Long Way in Books

Mar 22, 2020

A Long Long Way

Sebastian Barry | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

6.0

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Slow beginning (0 more)

I got this nookbook on sale for $1.99. I'm glad I only spent that. I enjoy Great War fiction, and the added dynamic of the Easter Uprising of 1916 made me even more interested in it.
This book started out so slowly, and some of the descriptions felt completely unnecessary. I don't want to read about every time someone let their bowels go when they were scared literally and figuratively sh--less.
The one positive is that I felt like the dynamic of the Irish soldiers coming back to an Ireland they didn't recognize, and that they were considered traitors in some ways because they were fighting with the English.
Never expect a happy ending to a book (or any media) about soldiers in the Great War.