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David McK (3372 KP) rated Angels & Demons (2009) in Movies

Mar 20, 2019  
Angels & Demons (2009)
Angels & Demons (2009)
2009 | Drama, Mystery
6
6.8 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Ron Howard's take on the Dan Brown book of the same name, with that book actually being the first (albeit less famous) of his Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon mystery novels (The Da Vinci code being the more famous).

Like the book, this takes place almost entirely in Rome, with Langdon (Tom Hanks) in a race against time and through the city to unravel the mysteries of the Illumunati during the period immediately after the death of the Pope but before the choosing/ordination of the next.

Also starring Ewan McGregor playing an Irish priest, I have to say that this - unfortunately - didn't really had my attention all that much (although I did have fun playing 'been there! seen that!)
  
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Rufus Wainwright recommended The Platinum Collection by Mina in Music (curated)

 
The Platinum Collection by Mina
The Platinum Collection by Mina
2004 | Compilation
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"She's a later discovery. She's still alive – an amazing, iconic Italian pop singer from the late 1960s through the 70s and 80s, whom I discovered when I was dating a very handsome Italian man in Rome, driving around on the back of a scooter and listening to her recordings. I always identify her as the Bette Midler of Italy, she had a very similar fashion and look, this crazy curly red hair and amazing make-up. She also had this wild voice, and there's this glamorous European quality to her that she brings me right to when I need to get there, especially living in the United States. Mina, take me away!"

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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Tribune of Rome in Books

May 6, 2021  
Tribune of Rome
Tribune of Rome
Robert Fabbri | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
8
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I had never heard of Vespasian below starting this book, and assumed that he was a fictitious character in the same vein as Sharpe or Hornblower, just in the Roman era. Obviously I was wrong, for he in fact became Emporer of Rome after Nero (kinda).

This added a level of intrigue to the story for me, obviously this book is only the beginnings of his story, as there are another 9 books in the series. But it's definitely got me hooked.

At times I got a little exasperated with stone of the tropes and plot conveniences used, but I'm giving Fabbri the benefit of the doubt, after all this was his debut novel.
  
    Europiana by Jack Savoretti

    Europiana by Jack Savoretti

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    ‘Europiana’ is the follow-up to Jack’s breakthrough 2019 album ‘Singing to Strangers’, his...

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David McK (3372 KP) rated Ravenheart (Rigante #3) in Books

May 5, 2024  
Ravenheart (Rigante #3)
Ravenheart (Rigante #3)
David Gemmell | 2001 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Book 3 (of 4) in the Rigante series, moving the events on some centuries after those of "Sword in the Storm" and "Midnight Falcon".

I think it's generally accepted that the Rigante are Gemmell's equivalent of the Scots, and that this book and its subsequent sequel are his interpretation of the wars fought by the Scottish Highlanders against the invading English (whereas the earlier two books were more like their wars against Rome).

As in most of his works, the novel deals with the notions of redemption and the nature of both good and evil, and has a strong central protagonist plagued by doubt. Worth reading? Assuredly yes (though I'd say that about nearly all his novels)