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Cabral Concept: Wellness | Weight Loss | Anti Aging I Detox l Functional Medicine

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The Cabral Concept by Dr. Cabral was created for you, the health conscious individual looking to...

Sword of Chaos

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Sword of Chaos, one of the most cutting-edge Mobile Action MMORPG ever produced. Sword of Chaos...

Sacred Balance

Suzuki David

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In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on...

Sustainability and the Art of Long Term Thinking

Bernd Klauer, Reiner Manstetten, Thomas Petersen and Johannes Schiller

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Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because sustainability, at its core,...

The Adventures of Basil and Moebius: Volume 4: The Fate of All Fools

Ryan Schifrin and Richard Lee Byers

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This is it -- the culmination of dozens upon dozens of hair-raising, pulse-pounding, globe-trotting...

Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

Robert Reich

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'A very good guide to the state we're in' Paul Krugman, New York Review of Books 'A well-written,...

Jeremiah Zagar recommended Time Bandits (1981) in Movies (curated)

Time Bandits (1981)

1981 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

7.7

(33 Ratings)

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"I love Time Bandits, and it obviously fits into the kids’-adventure-fantasy stuff that I’m into. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was actually the first film I ever saw in a theater when I was eight years old, and I was euphoric. After that I rented every Terry Gilliam movie. In Time Bandits, he mixes animation and live action, which is an important aesthetic element in the movies I make. When I was twenty I had a short at the London Film Festival, and I was there with my friend so we were traveling from party to party, drinking and eating, because we didn’t have any money. At one party we saw Terry Gilliam, and I started talking to this woman about seeing Baron Munchausen and how it made me want to make movies, and she said, “Well, my husband is Terry Gilliam, you should go say hello to him.” So I went over to him and said, “I just need you to know that I’m here because you made me want to make movies,” and he said, “I’m so sorry.”"

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Lenard (726 KP) rated Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) in Movies

Jun 27, 2019

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

2019 | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

7.9

(108 Ratings)

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First, I confess I had no interest in Pokemon, the cards, the games, the plush toys, or anything related to the Pocket Monsters and Gotta Catch Em All Fever. I thought Bulbasaur was a Squirtle and Cubone was a member of the Mewtwo phenomenon. However, unlike the animated film, I was slightly impressed by the live action/animated hybrid. While the central mystery Detective Pikachu is on the trail of is a red herring, the story is heartwarming and almost made me miss my dad. Tim, after his mom died, spends a lot of time alone and dreams of being a Pokemon trainer, but as we see his emotionlessness inhibits his ability to connect to the little monsters. HIs dad, a world famous detective, tries to connect with him, but he is a constantly absent presence in his life. When Harry is reported dead from a car accident, Tim comes to Ryme City and meets Harry's Pokemon Pikachu who believes Harry didn't die. The true story is very incisive about the lengths we go to protect the things and people we love.