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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated The Rainmaker (1997) in Movies

Apr 21, 2020

The Rainmaker (1997)

1997 | Drama, Mystery

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

As a CJUS major and a future lawyer, this movie made me nerd out. Obviously, Matt Damon is a hottie and the film is worth watching for him alone, but Danny DeVito and Jon Voight too? This cast is phenomenal. The story was so good too! Johnny Whitworth's performance, though short, was super incredible, heartbreaking, and solid. He roped you in so well and just made you feel for him - even though it wasn't that hard.

I could watch this a million times over and even though there were definitely mistakes (the legal ones), it was worth overlooking and still an enjoyable film, no doubt.

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The Big Red Cobcast

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The Big Red Cobcast is an irreverent Nebraska Cornhusker Football podcast hosted by Nebraska bred...

Teen Wolf (1985)

6.9 (13 Ratings) Rate It

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When high school nerd Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) learns from his father, Harold (James Hampton),...

Project Almanac (2015)

6.7 (7 Ratings) Rate It

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David Raskin (Jonny Weston) is a high-school science nerd who dreams of going to MIT. When he and...

Beth Ditto recommended Da Real World by Missy Elliott in Music (curated)

Da Real World by Missy Elliott

1999 | Rock

(0 Ratings)

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"That album! Oh man. Supa Dupa Fly was such a jam but Missy was just a creative fucking force when Da Real World came out. I remember she looked like Lee Bowery and her skin was painted true black, her eyebrows up to her forehead, back when videos could still be incredible videos. It was so top-of-the-line, Timbaland and Missy collaborating, and I felt like it was her time to shine as a writer and as a producer. It set the tone of that time. I was obsessed with it. 'Hot Boyz'? It is hit after hit. 'She's A Bitch'? What a jam? That was the video. She was so innovative and ahead of her fucking time. Everybody was on that, it was a family affair, but she is a genre all of her own. She is her own thing. Nobody is like Missy. She is one of those people where I'm like, sexism is alive, because if she was a man, she would be getting all of these crazy props. She's so incredible, and so underrated. Her harmonies are unbeatable. Un. Beatable. She's a maestro, a genius, a music nerd, an absolute culture nerd. And a style nerd. She's just such an icon. She was cool too. She's powerful. She is performance art, and that wasn't in hip hop at that time. And it certainly wasn't in female hip hop. The thing about Lil' Kim was that she sold sexuality and she did it so well, like no one is Lil' Kim, but Missy wasn't selling conventional sexuality, she wasn't selling female sensuality, that wasn't what she was doing, and I relate to that as a person who is big and a person who isn't attracted to conventional things. I like the weirdness, I like the things that stick out, I like things to look a little clowny, or look a little crazy and that's why she's such an icon. Same with Outkast. I think Southerners are just naturally weirder. Look at Lil' Wayne, Missy, Timberland, Outkast, Neptunes, all of those are Southerners so they're different. A different breed of rapper."

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Sam (74 KP) rated Almost Midnight in Books

Mar 27, 2019

Almost Midnight

Rainbow Rowell, Simini Blocker | 2017 | Romance, Young Adult (YA)

8.3

(3 Ratings)

Book Rating

If you’re a nerd, this is for you! Kindred Spirits is a story about Star Wars fans, and even though Star Wars isn’t my thing, I found the story really cute and I was pulled in right from the start.

This book is worth getting just for the cover! It’s all glittery and gorgeous and you really have to see it in real life to really be able to appreciate it! Mine’s the hardback though – I’m not too sure on whether the paperback is actually glittery.

It is only a tiny book though – I did expect something a bit bigger for the price of it, but I suppose that it does only have two short stories in it.