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Lee (2222 KP) rated A Star Is Born (2018) in Movies

Oct 6, 2018 (Updated Oct 6, 2018)  
A Star Is Born (2018)
A Star Is Born (2018)
2018 | Drama, Romance
Bradley Cooper (1 more)
Lady Gaga
Disappointing
Last night I took Mrs B along to see this, much anticipated, much hyped movie. And to say we came away disappointed is an understatement.

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are both amazing in this, particularly in the early parts of the movie as we're introduced to both characters - music legend Jackson Maine and aspiring singer/songwriter Ally. The songs they sing, the story of them meeting up, falling in love and touring together, it's all good. But then things begin to go downhill for Jackson, while Ally gradually becomes more and more like Lady Gaga. There are some great moments in the latter half of the movie, but it's mostly Jackson slurring his words while you try and work out what he's saying and Ally doing choreography with her dancers and playing big gigs. And it drags, it really drags.

I actually heard some people behind me in the cinema complaining how boring it was. That's a little unfair, but there are certainly a lot of boring moments and I didn't feel it was worthy of all the hype.
  

"I liked My Fair Lady, though I thought Dr. Strangelove was a much more adventurous, subversive film that year, and should have won the Academy Award — listen to me talking like a Hollywood insider — but I loved that musical. So it beat Dr. Strangelove which is one of the most important films ever to me."

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Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
2017 | Animation, Comedy, Family
Movies for kids have come a long way from the old damsel in distress blueprint. But this lapis little lady of the forest doesn’t get to color outside the lines.
Critic Review: Ariel Scotti - NY Daily News
Original Score: 4 out of 5

Read review: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/smurfs-lost-village-stuck-stereotypes-review-article-1.3029126
  
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent
Marie Brennan | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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9.2 (6 Ratings)
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The world building is fantastic, as is the man character (0 more)
One of the best fantasy series
This is one of the best fantasy series to come around for a very long time. Having just read the last book in the series, I appreciate even more just how brilliant this one is as the starting point for Lady Trent's story.
  
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MusicCritics (472 KP) rated Rainbow by Kesha in Music

Aug 24, 2017  
Rainbow by Kesha
Rainbow by Kesha
2017 | Pop
Rainbow is also a transmutation of Kesha’s own persona — the dollar sign now revealed for the profanity it always was. We began to see this Kesha, a lady of sorrow and of joy, on the gorgeous, show-stopping, melancholy
Critic: Rowan Savage
Original Score : 80 out of 100

Read Review: https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kesha-rainbow
  
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ig Oliver (1 KP) created a post

Feb 25, 2018  
Hi ?. My name is ig. Ig Oliver, I’m an author of children’s books. I have a beautiful new fairytale book for children. The Butterfly Bee Lady and the Bee. It’s a wonderful story about the first Butterfly ?. It’s alread published and out there doing really well, it’s part one of a trilogy... So many lovely reviews.
     
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Kevin Phillipson (9955 KP) rated Selfie - Season 1 in TV

May 29, 2018 (Updated May 29, 2018)  
Selfie  - Season 1
Selfie - Season 1
2014 | Comedy
Karen gillan (1 more)
John cho
Ended too soon (0 more)
They should have never cancelled this show loved it it works as a modern day verision of my fair lady pygmalion karen gillan is perfect as eliza dooley with john cho as her co star this one show that should have gone on longer thats my only critism of selfie
  
A Star Is Born (2018)
A Star Is Born (2018)
2018 | Drama, Romance
OMG what can i say, absolutely loved this movie, gave me goosebumps, never watched the earlier movies but going to have to now.

The performance of Lady Gaga and Bradley was brilliant and the music great, had a good love story to it.

Will have to watch this again at some point such a great movie.
  
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
2019 | Horror
Being a fan of horror and Ewan McGregor I was very interested. Bare in mind Stephen King only released the novel a few years back I was a but skeptical but it shines through. Pardon the pun. (0 more)
A bit on the long side and would of liked a bit more background on the flower lady and her community. (0 more)
  
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Meg Cabot recommended You Had Me at Hola in Books (curated)

 
You Had Me at Hola
You Had Me at Hola
Alexis Daria | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy
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Book Favorite

"I’m a sucker for any book set on a film or television set and Alexis Daria does those so well. This one features an ex-telenovela hero who is yearning to go mainstream (but not at the risk of exposing his secret) and a Latina heroine who wants only one thing—to be a leading lady. Deliciously satisfying"

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