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VITALY: The Misadventures of a Ukrainian Orphan
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Be Inspired with This True Story About a Ukrainian Orphan That Did Whatever He Could to Chase His...
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Angela Merkel: A Chancellorship Forged in Crisis
Alan Crawford and Tony Czuczka
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Lee (2222 KP) rated Mary Queen of Scots (2018) in Movies
Jan 20, 2019
There's not very much that I enjoyed about this movie to be honest. An important and intriguing period in history, involving two extremely interesting and strong women, this should have been so much better. It tries to cover so much ground in its two hour runtime, barely focusing on any particular element for very long. Vast numbers of characters are introduced, none of which are given enough time for you to feel any kind of interest or emotional investment in and at times it drastically shifts between varying tones with confusing editing.
What the movie does manage to portray is that all the men are complete bastards. Scheming, plotting and murdering, all for their own gains. It's sad that, aside from the murdering (I hope), not much has changed in modern politics.
Both female leads, especially Saoirse, are actually very good in this, despite everything, and probably the best scene in the movie is when they meet alone towards the end (something which didn't actually happen in real life!). Sadly though, I was fidgeting in my seat up until that point just waiting for it to end.
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Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire
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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved...
Surviving Poverty: Creating Sustainable Ties Among the Poor
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Surviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level,...
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The Development of Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the 1990's: Between Conflict and Accommodation
Fahad M. Alsultan and Pedram Saeid
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Saudi Arabia and Iran have established themselves as the two regional heavyweights in one of the...
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The New Intergovernmentalism: States and Supranational Actors in the Post-Maastricht Era
Christopher J. Bickerton, Dermot Hodson and Uwe Puetter
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The twenty years since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty have been marked by an integration...
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Blake; or, the Huts of America: A Corrected Edition
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Martin R. Delany's Blake (1859, 1861-1862) is one of the most important African American--and indeed...
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In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis
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A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class...
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Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
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On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous...
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