LaBMaC (116 KP) rated Brain on Fire (2016) in Movies
Aug 3, 2019
A healthy young woman in her early 20's suddenly and inexplicably withdraws from life. As her personality is destroyed as is much of her life. The illness begins with sensory sensitivity and confusion and ends in catatonia.
When watching it I found myself trying to figure out what exactly what could make someone act like this. Epilepsy, stress, schizophrenia, mental breakdown. The diagnosis was none of these and it reminds the viewer that the brain is a complex and vulnerable entity that could fail in numerous ways.
Major/Minor
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A vivid and haunting coming of age memoir set in Paris in the 1980s. Originally published to...
Kennel Block Blues
Ryan Ferrier and Daniel Bayliss
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Oliver is a good dog. A family dog. But without warning, he's sentenced to Jackson State Kennel,...
Flight (Voodoo Butterfly, #3)
7.5
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Sophie Nouveau ventures to faraway Malaysia to seek answers about why her true love, Taj, broke up...
Paranormal Romance Mystery
Love Sick
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Here, leading clinical psychologist, Dr Frank Tallis, explores our age-old preoccupation with love...
Larry Eisner (2082 KP) rated Maniac in TV
Oct 3, 2018
Maniac is a beautifully written, beautifully shot and masterfully acted work of art. Taking a 70s-80s retro idea of future technology, and making it real, making it believable and all the while throwing crazy funny oddity at the same time is an insane balancing act and it works! My god, it works!
It is episodic and works as such, but it could also very well have been an excellent 5-6 hour film. Every scene is necessary. Every frame is intentional. The jokes hit, the visual universe is consistent, and the whole thing tugs on you like very little film does these days. In fact I hesitate to call it TV. Because while it is indeed episodic, it’s not serialized. It’s one long and perfectly crafted story. It winds and twists and it jumps at the sky but it always has a reason to do so.
And all I can say is that every damn time I forget how great Sally Field is, she kills it. She absolutely kills it. I wouldn’t have cast her or Jonah Hill, but they are PERFECT. I can not recommend this show enough. Honestly it’s the best original content I’ve seen this year. Hands down.
It’s funny, it’s bizarre, and it’s emotional. It gets, via sideways and transverse angles, what it means to be a broken and fragile human, when everyone around you seems to have it together but you.
Please watch it. You won’t regret it.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Engleby in Books
Aug 20, 2017
There is an element of exploring mental illness and what makes a psychopath, but it is covered up by the self-serving first person narrative. Very cringe-worthy indeed.
The Deep End: A Memoir of Growing Up
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One day, when Mary Rose Callaghan was 13, her mother jumped into the freezing Irish Sea. Knowing...
Human on the Inside: Unlocking the Truth About Canada's Prisons
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"A story of courage and boundless compassion." - Stephen Reid In Human on the Inside , Gary Garrison...
Vincent Van Gogh: Masters of Art
Anna Paola Rapelli and Alfredo Pallavisini
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Tracing the arc of van Gogh's career, this volume presents his portraits and self-portraits,...