The Reaping (2007)
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Investigative scholar Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a debunker of modern "miracles," bringing...
JLA, Vol. 1: New World Order
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Written by GRANT MORRISON and MARK MILLAR Art by HOWARD PORTER, JOHN DELL, OSCAR JIMENEZ and others...
Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail
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Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished...
The Heart of Everton Inn (Betwixt the Sea and Shore, #2)
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Return to Everton for the story hidden in the shadows of The Secret of Drulea Cottage. . . . In a...
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John Dexter has Borderline Personality Disorder, quite a special case indeed, and he's recently become infatuated with Carla, a young woman working at a local pub. Well, "infatuated" is too light a word; he's fallen head-over-heels in love with her, and upon first sight, no less. See, that's one of his main issues: he falls hard and fast, and when the inevitable happens, he just doesn't have the emotional capabilities to cope. So, this is just going to be another in a string of intense failings, right? Or will his many years of therapy actually come through for him this time?
Coming from a Psychology background, this book really hits the nail on the head. I was greatly appreciative that the author took the time to outline the different requirements for a diagnosis of BPD and how John fits within each one. It's an interesting read from a fictional perspective, and it has its ups and definitely its downs, but the psychological aspect is spot-on, as well. The ways John chooses to cope with his failings, emotional downfalls, etc, are accurately depicted, from self-harm to drinking himself to oblivion, and while it's not something that everyone can identify with, it's made all the more easier to understand through the author's use of explanatory exposition and narration from John himself, discussing his diagnosis with the reader.
This is the first book I've read of this author, and I plan to add him to my list of those to seek out in the future.
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Don't Stop Believin'
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With candor, humor, and warmth, legendary musician, actress, activist, and icon Olivia Newton-John...
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Imray Chart A233: Virgin Islands - Double-Sided Sheet Combining Charts A231 and A232
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A double-sided chart combining charts A231 and A232 St Thomas to Virgin Gorda Plans included:...
A Time of Blood
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Defy the darkness. Defend the light. At the battle of Starstone Lake, Drem and his friends...
The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England: By George Peele
David Bevington, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay and Charles R. Forker
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Forker's critical edition fills the need for a fully annotated, historically contextualised and...
tommylank (31 KP) rated John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) in Movies
May 23, 2019
The story is what is lacking in this movie. John has been left excommunicado (all services removed) and is trying to find a way back and the reason for this is so he can remember his late wife. As you would expect with someone in his line of work he has things in place for this type of scenario but they are things we have already seen in the last 2 movies and it leaves you wanting more from it, the lack of depth is quite frustrating. It almost felt like they set all the action scenes and then tried to decide what story they could put in to link them all together nicely.
The fight scene with Halle Berry and her dogs should have been amazing and was to a degree but I felt like she was almost made the star of the movie for that period, just to show that women can do this too. Feels like everyone is having to show that this isn't just a man thing anymore for fear of being sexist.
Mark Dacascos was a piece of light entertainment to all the action and violence when he meets John and some of their scenes were entertaining if a little out of place.
The movie felt like they are struggling to think of what story they can use to move this forward now and are relying on the action to do that. Due to the choreography and action being so amazing you can get away with it, to a degree.
John Wick 4 feels like it will head in the same vain as this one as we still didn't get to see much about the High Table and I think John will decide that the table needs to be thrown out!!!
Non stop action and amazing fight scenes makes this movie amazing and what you want to see. Just make sure you remember thats what you came to see when watching.