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Dakota Morrill (17 KP) rated Lady Bird (2017) in Movies

Mar 2, 2018

Lady Bird (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama

7.7

(53 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Saoirse Ronan, relatability, story flow (0 more)

Questionable student casting (0 more)

Simple, relatable, beautiful.

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Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Is truly a spectacular one. Lady Bird is a masterpiece of simplicity. The simply story of a typical teenage girl trying to find who she is and what she wants. The love-hate relationship of Christine and her mother showcasing their struggle to demonstrate of perhaps understand their feelings added a much welcome layer of interesting plot on top of the typical struggles of an awkward high schooler.

If anything, I believe you can learn a few things from this film about forming and maintaining relationships with your parents or child(ren) in hope that when your time with them comes to a close you’ll have no regrets.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2460 KP) rated NYPD Puzzle (Puzzle Lady #15) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

When lawyer Becky Baldwin gets a new client in NYC she doesn't feel comfortable with, she asks famed Puzzle Lady Cora Felton to act as her body guard. But when they arrive for the meeting, the client is dead with a crossword puzzle on his body. Then Cora is arrested for the murder. What is going on?

This books are always fun and quick witted, and this is no exception. The plot is a little weak, but the characters get frustrated by my frustrations, too, so it was on purpose. Still, fun overall and definitely one fans of the series will enjoy.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/02/book-review-nypd-puzzle-by-parnell-hall.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Shayde (75 KP) rated Yahtzee in Tabletop Games

Jun 18, 2018 (Updated Jun 19, 2018)

Yahtzee

1956 | Dice Game

7.6

(36 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Easy to play (3 more)

Quick set up

Small amount of pieces

Fun

Mostly based of luck (1 more)

Can get boring

A Game of Chance

Yahtzee is fun game that you can take with you on vacation, or easily take to a friends house. It consists of just a cup, 5 dice, and a score pad. You could honestly just buy at the parts separately to play this game and print out a score sheet. There isn't too much skill involved though, you are mostly at the mercy of Lady Luck and a literal handful of dice. It's something fun to break out every now and then, but not something that can really hold a groups attention for too long in my experience.

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AT (1676 KP) rated Lady and the Tramp (2019) in Movies

Jan 4, 2020

Overall, the new Lady and the Tramp movie was cute. However, I didn't love that they completely recreated the Siamese cats. The were so classic to the old Disney animated version that it was sad to see them be so changed, assuming due to modern social issues. I wasn't nuts about the new cats or their new song. I also missed the puppies at the end of the animated movie! They also didn't have the Bloodhound get hit by the horses at the end of the live-action version. So some scenes were watered-down a bit, but all in all, the dogs were still cute and it was fun to see. I'm just personally still a bigger fan of the Disney animated version, I guess.

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Ducklady (1174 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Little Nightmares in Video Games

Mar 22, 2020

Little Nightmares

Action/Adventure

8.5

(4 Ratings)

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This game was so incredibly dark and disturbing while at the same time being mesmerising and beautiful. It is about a little girl called Six who seems to have been kidnapped and has to escape a ship filled with what appear to be monsters and creatures. The imagery is downright creepy, from the suicide connotations and the cannibalism. The "enemies" that Six must avoid to get out include a long armed "janitor", Vile looking "Twin Chefs", obese monstrous "guests" and a humming geisha lady who is the most threatening of all.
I highly recommend this game, its fun and quirky to play for a quick play through but has lots of interesting hidden content to explore and fun achievements to unlock.