Smashbomb

"In Argentina’s ‘dirty war’ in the ’70s, the military government had thousands of activists and political opponents ‘disappeared.’ This novel is about a mother and father dealing with the disappearance of their son. It’s a moving book that also has a lot of dark comedy in it. For instance, the parents accept free nose jobs in exchange for a debt. It also captures the comic absurdity of the bureaucracy of a dictatorship. What’s most interesting to me is, as one character makes clear, the truth tellers in life are so often written off as crazy."

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Wild Wild Country - Season 1 in TV

Oct 12, 2019

Wild Wild Country - Season 1

2018 | Crime, Documentary

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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This is a pretty interesting documentary about a religious (?) sect that followed Indian Guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, 'invading' a small town in the middle of nowhere in Oregon. It showed both parties, interviewing the original residents, and the members of the sect. This made the documentary watchable, at least for me.
The most entertaining and slightly deranged person interview was Sheela, who served as Bhagwan's personal secretary. This lady was convicted of poisoning a town, and arming the sect like a military.
Worth a watch, and it's relatively short.

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DOOM

8.5 (24 Ratings) Rate It

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Doom is a first-person shooter presented with early 3D graphics. The player controls an unnamed...

InfernalNinja (49 KP) rated Pacific Rim (2013) in Movies

Jun 10, 2020

Pacific Rim (2013)

2013 | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

7.3

(98 Ratings)

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Great effects and editing (2 more)

Characters are fleshed out

Giant robots fighting giant monsters!

A few slow moments (0 more)

One of my absolute favorite Sci-fi movies!

Everything you want in both a summer blockbuster and a Del Toro movie. Love the idea of escalation. Humanity felt so defenseless, the only way fight giant monsters was to create giant robots. The military approach is done well. Just enough human emotion to ground the story, but IMO not enough to get in the way of what you really want to see.