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Michael Jai White recommended Say Anything... (1989) in Movies (curated)

Say Anything... (1989)

1989 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.6

(12 Ratings)

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"Say Anything is just such a sweet coming-of-age movie. I just love everything about it: the romance, the comedy, the time period, the music, and the chemistry between the two lead characters. This movie was the beginning of a lot of great careers. The image of John Cusack and the Peter Gabriel song “In Your Eyes” is just so iconic. And Cameron Crowe is my favorite director of all time. If there were a sixth favorite film, it would have been Almost Famous."

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David Zellner recommended Kes (1969) in Movies (curated)

Kes (1969)

1969 | Drama

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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"I’m a sucker for films of the “boy/girl and his/her dog (lion/bear/whatever)” variety. I love gritty British kitchen-sink dramas of the sixties. I love a good angry-kid coming-of-age film. Kes has it all, minus the sentimentality and anthropomorphism of so many animal films. My heart aches for the kid and his bird—I just want their companionship, his only form of stability, to last forever. Fantastic, bittersweet score by John Cameron. My favorite Ken Loach film. "

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David McK (3233 KP) rated Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) in Movies

Oct 24, 2021

Ok, I get that it's a teen classic.

I get that it's one of John Hughes 1980s movies.

I get that it was Matthew Broderick's break-out role, and that the 4th-wall breaking nature of the movie helped lay the groundwork for 'Deadpool' all those years later.

I DON'T get the appeal of the movie: for me, this was forgettable, with the lead character an annoying jerk (who, admittedly, does have one good line about how life is pretty short) only out for himself, and who pulls his girlfriend and his best friend Cameron along for no reason other than to show off to - he doesn't even have the gumption to check how Cameron is at the tail end of the movie.

I've heard about people saying how it is, essentially, a wish-fulfilment movie. My only wish is that I hadn't wasted my time watching it.

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It Ain’t Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues

Paul Myers

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Long John Baldry is considered the father of the ‘60s British blues movement. Drawing on intimate...

A Dog's Purpose (2017)

8.6 (33 Ratings) Rate It

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A devoted dog (Josh Gad) discovers the meaning of its own existence through the lives of the humans...

Anna Calvi recommended Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) in Movies (curated)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

2001 | Comedy, Drama, Musical

8.0

(2 Ratings)

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"This is about an East German singer who has a botched sex-change operation and is left with an “angry inch” of flesh between her legs. Moving to the US, she gets involved with another singer, who steals her songs and becomes famous, while Hedwig, played by the director John Cameron Mitchell, ends up playing in a chain of seafood restaurants called Bilgewater’s. It’s a beautiful film that touches on Greek mythology and the origins of love, as well as gender identity. It’s a lot of fun too – a comedy with a serious message. And the songs are great."

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