Sign up
Search
Advanced search settings

Search only in certain items:

Search results
All (3799)
Content
People
Apps
Books
Orbs
Movies
Music
Podcasts
Shows
Tabletop Games
Tech
TV
Video Games
YouTube Channels
Videos
40x40

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated When in Paris... (Language of Love, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
When in Paris... (Language of Love, #1)
When in Paris... (Language of Love, #1)
Beverley Kendall | 2012
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was expecting for their to be more time spent in Paris--what with the title and all--but it lasted from 49% to 61% which isn't that long and then they were back in the States and their relationship was full steam ahead.

It's a fairly long book and though something seems to be happening all the time I found myself a little...dare I say it, bored? in some places.

I did enjoy it though and the characters were interesting. I'm dying to find out what happens with the other two couples too so I think I'll be buying the next two books when they're available.
  
40x40

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
SF
Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons, #1)
Christina Lauren | 2014
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
I finally finished it!

That makes it sound bad, but it wasn't, it was actually pretty good--it just took me 11 days to read. I just have to be in a particular mood to read erotica.

3 star for the erotica/sex scenes/dirty talk/play acting
5 star for the romance/trips around Paris/sexual tension

Eventual 4 star rating

It still has the usual hot and heavy Christina Lauren style to it but I didn't enjoy this as much as Beautiful Bastard. Maybe it was the wedding. I wasn't expecting that to happen and it threw me for a loop completely.
  
40x40

Steve Buscemi recommended Brute Force (1947) in Movies (curated)

 
Brute Force (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
1947 | Classics, Drama, Film-Noir
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I watched this 1947 stark, black and white, noirish prison drama as part of research for a film I directed called Animal Factory, written by novelist and ex-convict Eddie Bunker. For years I thought director Jules Dassin was a Frenchman working in the U.S. I was surprised to learn he was an American (Russian Jew) from Connecticut who fled the U.S. during the red scare of the fifties. He ended up in Paris and made the wonderful French film Rififi, which added to my confusion. The Naked City (1948) by Dassin is also a classic, shot on gloriously gritty locations in New York City."

Source
  
40x40

Gaspar Noe recommended Inaguration of The Pleasure Dome (1954) in Movies (curated)

 
Inaguration of The Pleasure Dome (1954)
Inaguration of The Pleasure Dome (1954)
1954 | Fantasy, Horror
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The other one that I did not talk about at the time, that’s also among the movies that I can replay over and over because it supports me, is The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome by Kenneth Anger that he shot after trying LSD with Aldous Huxley in Paris. It’s the first, and one of the most psychotic movies ever, and it’s just a movie that puts you in a different state of mind. The movie itself is like a drug to the viewer, and it’s not narrative. And there’s not many movies that are trips, shamanic trips; this is an absolute shamanic trip from beginning to end."

Source
  
40x40

Joe Swanberg recommended Straw Dogs (1971) in Movies (curated)

 
Straw Dogs (1971)
Straw Dogs (1971)
1971 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.6 (14 Ratings)
Movie Favorite Watch

"I watched this film at a small theater in Paris, with an audience of mostly French people in their sixties. In that environment, it actually managed to resensitize me to cinema violence, something I assumed was impossible. Hearing the gasps from the audience allowed me to see the film as intended. These poor old French people were being assaulted by the film. It was rocking their world! When the lights came up, I was both upset by the film and delighted by the expressions on the faces around me. We were all just looking at each other in silence. After that, I better understood the power of a collective cinema experience."

Source