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Dominique Marie (7 KP) rated Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) in Books

Nov 28, 2018  
Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)
Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)
Laura Esquivel | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
I found this story to be really cute. There is just this innocent feel to it that I really loved about it. I also enjoyed Magical Realism elements very much. My one complaint is that I would have preferred it if she had ended up the man that she didn't end up with in the end.
  
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Bret Easton Ellis recommended The Kid with a Bike (2011) in Movies (curated)

 
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
2011 | Drama, Family
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The Dardenne I had to choose. Their documentary realism was crazily influential and it gave contemporary film language a new urgency—but it can now actually seem mannered compared to how forceful it was when it first appeared. The most accessible Dardenne, about a troubled kid—suspenseful, emotionally overwhelming, and in the end a mystical experience about hope."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Magician's Lie in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
The Magician's Lie
The Magician's Lie
Greer Macallister | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
They have been calling this "Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus." Since I've never read either of those books, I could enjoy it for what it is - historical fiction, woman's murder mystery with a touch of magical realism. You can read my review of this novel here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/03/10/illusions-and-elusions/
  
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James Franco recommended Bicycle Thieves (1948) in Movies (curated)

 
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
1948 | Drama
8.0 (3 Ratings)
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"All of my favourite films are approaching realism in a different way. This is Italian neorealism – obviously there’s a script and a story and everything, but it’s shot in the street and it has the feel of Italy, of being in the streets and, like Idaho, a deceivingly, simply constructed narrative. But there’s so much emotion that’s evoked from these very simple stories."

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