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Primal Nutrition: Paleolithic and Ancestral Diets for Optimal Health

Nora T. Gedgaudas, Ron Schmid and Sally Fallon Morell

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The human body's innate mechanisms for healing and immunity extend beyond the mending of cuts and...

Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated Tag (2018) in Movies

Feb 3, 2019

Tag (2018)

2018 | Comedy

7.4

(68 Ratings)

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This movie started off as a fun, mindless romp but in the second half of the movie, one of the characters pretends to have a miscarriage and it is used as a joke among the other characters. As a woman who endured four traumatic miscarriages, this was a very dark turn for me and I could not focus so much on the movie as my nerves were made raw from their callous treatment of a sensitive, traumatic event that happens to more women than you think. Miscarriage has been a taboo topic in society and women have had to suffer in silence. It should not be used so lightly as a plotline in a freaking comedy. As I said, it ruined the movie for me and I do not recommend it.

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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated Darkest Hour (2017) in Movies

Mar 12, 2018 (Updated Mar 12, 2018)

Darkest Hour (2017)

2017 | Drama, History, War

8.1

(57 Ratings)

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Emotional, dark and guttural

While @Dunkirk (2017) was a cinematic feat, the Darkest Hour was the substance that lacked in Christopher Nolan's work.

Following the month that led to the event in which the entire British army were stranded on the French beach, we see how politics played out and a decision to fight until death was taken. Gary Oldman is a master as Winston Churchill, the raw emotion he brings to the character is spectacular and I found myself becoming increasingly teary as the film went on.

For fans of the @The King's Speech (2010), it has a similar sentiment to it, not only because both characters are involved in each of the films, but each seem to have deep connection to one another. Oldman deserved the Oscar for this.

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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated In Every Moment We Are Still Alive in Books

Aug 13, 2018

This is not a book I would normally pick up to read. But when I started to read it I was engulfed by the raw feelings of the main character (which I later discovered was in fact the author as this is autobiographical).
There are parts throughout the book where it jumps in time, sometimes it is a relevant memory, but other times I found it hard to reason as to why this "tidbit" had been inserted.
I think I would have liked to have known more about the process the main character had to go through for his daughter, as a lot of the book it about how the system doesn't always work, but I was intrigued as to the details of how it all worked out in the end.

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Elli H Burton (1288 KP) rated The Duchess (2008) in Movies

Aug 16, 2019

The Duchess (2008)

2008 | Drama

7.0

(3 Ratings)

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Heartbreaking.

First of all, this is based on the real life of Georgiana Cavendish, the Dutchess of Devonshire. It needed to be raw, a storyline that is hard to swallow. Thankfully Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley are fabulous actors and play the parts so true to the actual people involved.
I don't want to spoil this one as I do think it should be watched, especially as a piece of History. It really makes you appreciate the little things in your relationships. It's honestly so heartbreaking though I cry when the end comes every time (i am a massive softy though admittedly).
All I'll say is, afterwards have a google and see just how accurate this is to the real Dutchess of Devonshire. You'll be shocked.