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Merissa (11654 KP) created a post

Apr 16, 2024  
"United by a shared cause and powerful attraction, Rowan and Blanchette embark on a journey of self-discovery and redemption."

Excerpt Showcase - Red Kingdom (Fairy Tale Retellings #2) by Rachel L. Demeter - #Historical, #Fantasy, #FairytaleRetelling, #Medieval, #Romance,

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Demi (22 KP) rated A Christmas Carol in Books

Apr 25, 2018  
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Robert Ingpen | 1843 | Children
9
8.6 (84 Ratings)
Book Rating
A classic
I still love this story after countless readings and about as many reboots. Few are unfamiliar with the story, which lends itself well to contemporary retellings. But I enjoy revisiting the original now and then. It's a very quick read, and one of my favorite ghost stories and tales of redemption. If Scrooge can change, who can't?
  
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Ami Johnson (1 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Red Dead Redemption 2 in Video Games

Nov 22, 2018  
Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2018 | Action/Adventure
Everything this is an epic game (0 more)
Since playing red dead redemption and completing it ive needed more. And they havent let us gamers down. An epic storyline with 90 challenges and a 16 minute horse ride from 1 end of the map to the other. Amazing landscapes with plenty of side missions if you choose to do them.
  
Real Steel (2011)
Real Steel (2011)
2011 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Fun
This movie was recommended to me and I'm glad I watched it. The acting was great and the cinematography was terrific. The story was fun and exciting with some funny and heartwarming moments. A great underdog/father-son/redemption movie for the whole family. If you haven't already seen it, it's definitely worth a watch!
  
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Asif Kapadia recommended Crime and Punishment in Books (curated)

 
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 1866 | Crime
7.5 (13 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I’ve always been fascinated by the psychology of people and trying to understand what motivates ordinary people to do the things they do, as well as the guilt and the redemption of these people afterwards. I cannot think of another book which took me into a character's brain before, during, and after, a crime quite like this one."

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Michael Barker recommended Pickpocket (1959) in Movies (curated)

 
Pickpocket (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
1959 | Crime, Drama
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"A powerful story told simply and with finesse. This movie is all clarity and as lean as a movie can be. A tale of redemption that has inspired and influenced countless other really good movies. The protagonist’s face will haunt your dreams. This one is a real beauty. Paul Schrader’s DVD introduction (once again) provides an ideal context."

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L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire
2011 | Action/Adventure
Cole Phelps (1 more)
LA
Originally played this game on the PS3 never got round to finishing it the first time till now playing again now on the PS4 now looking to finish it this time rockstar can't do no wrong when it comes to games grand theft auto series red dead redemption 2 which I finished last year brilliant gane
  
Bad Santa (2003)
Bad Santa (2003)
2003 | Comedy
By all accounts this is Thornton playing himself.
Another Christmas redemption story disguised as a heist job within a department store, Santa in this instance is a drunk womaniser which leads to all kinds of hilarity, it takes one kids undying love for Santa for him to have an epiphany, and here the story although formulaic has a suitable but somewhat sweet ending.
  
Scrooged (1988)
Scrooged (1988)
1988 | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Bill Murray is always watchable and he seems to have been given free reign here as scrooge in this modern comedic Richard Donner retelling, not only is it laugh out loud, and considerably violent in parts, it never loses its heart and message of redemption, not for everyone I would guess, however, one I very much enjoy as a guilty pleasure.
  
This is a story how a Warrior that has been cursed for 2000 years to have his emotions chained by a God find redemption and strength to feel again through the heart meld of a unlikely source Tiernan a feisty truth seeker reporter. As their story unfold you see that truth and lobe comes out in the most unlikely way. Beautifully titled fits the story well.