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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The Hustle (2019) in Movies

Jun 30, 2020  
The Hustle (2019)
The Hustle (2019)
2019 | Comedy
6
5.1 (27 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
I can not state enough that you must harbor expectations for films appropriately. If you go to see a comedy with Rebel Wilson in it, there should be a certain type of film you should expect. This movie fulfills that expectation.

Anne Hathaway performs well in a humorous role for her while feeding off of the hilarious Wilson. The name of the game is Con and the mission is bigger is better.

I don't want to give too much away as there are a few turns (believe it or not) that might catch you off guard. Give it a go if you're looking for a giggle or even if you want to have a movie going in the background while you're doing something else.
  
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Elif Shafak recommended The Arcades Project in Books (curated)

 
The Arcades Project
The Arcades Project
Walter Benjamin | 2002 | Business & Finance, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
(0 Ratings)
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"This book is a house with multiple doors, endless corridors and windows into eternity. No two readings of The Arcades Project can ever be identical. After you finish it, the way you perceive the city you live in won’t be the same again. Streets and arcades, modernity with its illusions and promises, all told through the eyes and wanderings of a flaneur…. It is an unfinished project, but then again, perhaps a book of this magnitude could never have a definite end. Benjamin is an extraordinary thinker, a lonely rebel, an odd revolutionary that doesn’t quite fit into any tribe, a man of immense intellect and hopeful despair, and in the words of Hannah Arendt, a failed mystic. I love all of that about him."

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Maddie (37 KP) rated An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors in Books

Nov 30, 2017  
An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors
An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors
Curtis Craddock | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
9
9.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Thoughtful Characters (2 more)
Unique World
Intelligent Prose
Thoroughly enjoyable and intelligent
I had a sudden craving for sci-fi/fantasy one day and stumbled across this book just days after it had been released. The lead character was a strong, boundary-defying female with her own flaws to overcome - and she was handled very well in terms of development and realistic emotion.

The writing was wonderful, I was sucked in and finished the book in less than a few days (with my busy schedule, that really is a feat!). The villains were not so easy to identify, making the tale of political intrigue that much more interesting.

If you're looking for a story of magic and a rebel heroine, then look no further. I cannot wait for the sequel!
  
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David McK (3550 KP) rated Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail
Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail
Jason Aaron | 2016 | Comics & Graphic Novels
6
7.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Vol 3 in Marvel's new 'main' Star Wars stories (as opposed to those headlined by a single character), which starts with an James Bond style story set on Coruscant before heading back to the main characters of Han, Luke and Leia, who are off on separate missions - Han and Luke to get supplies for the Rebellion (capital 'R'), while Leia (and Sana) transport a high-value prisoner to the maximum security Rebel Jail of the title.

As this is set between Ep IV and V, we know that nothing major is going to happen to any of the main characters (Luke, Leia, Han), although this does - fianlly - provide a reason why Leia calls Hans a 'Scruffy Nerf-herder' in The Empire Strikes Back

In short: not bad, but not brilliant either.