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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The Best of Enemies (2019) in Movies

Jun 29, 2020 (Updated Jun 29, 2020)  
The Best of Enemies (2019)
The Best of Enemies (2019)
2019 | Biography, Drama, History
9
7.8 (8 Ratings)
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I'm a huge Sam Rockwell fan and I was honestly nervous about seeing him portray this character after he was presented as so vile in the trailer. I'm glad I got over that. One of the best performances of his to date.

Taraji P. Henson is all but unrecognizable in her adaptation of a civil rights activist who's been drawn to the brink after a local school is damaged in a fire. The fire damage threatens to desegregate the schools as there aren't many options for the students, who are caught in the crossfire. What ensues is a mostly peaceful war of attrition that surprises everybody involved.

Stellar acting throughout. Based on fact. Definitely worth a watch. Without understanding our history, we are doomed to repeat it.
  
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Phoebe Robinson recommended U2 By U2 in Books (curated)

 
U2 By U2
U2 By U2
Neil McCormick | 2021
(0 Ratings)
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"I’m a huge fan of U2. I saw them six times last summer. My boyfriend’s like ‘We get it, they’re almost 60, relax.’ The band gives an oral history of their entire career like they’ve never done before. I’m always intrigued by books in which people retrace their steps — this thing didn’t work out and this thing didn’t work out, then this thing sorta did, then we lost our momentum… but it really was cool to see their creative process from before they started as a band in high school. Hopefully I can do even one tenth of the things they do to inspire people. It’s long, so you’ll have to buckle up for a bit. But it’s definitely worth it."

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Sam Fell recommended The Breakfast Club (1985) in Movies (curated)

 
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Drama
8.5 (98 Ratings)
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" Complete faves, yeah. We’ve spent a lot of time together, even before we started the film — that’s how we knew we could work together, by comparing films that we liked and talking about them. And so, our first one’s The Breakfast Club by John Hughes. Obviously, in ParaNorman, we’re picking up on different high school stereotypes, and John Hughes touched on that so beautifully — especially in this movie. I think the most amazing thing about this film when you watch it is that it’s just pure character. There’s no spectacle or anything. When you watch it — you know, it was a mainstream, successful movie and everyone went to see it — but when you watch it, it’s almost like an art movie."

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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in Books

Nov 11, 2020 (Updated Nov 11, 2020)  
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving | 1820 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.2 (9 Ratings)
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So, watching the Disney adaptation of this, you kind of feel bad for Ichabod Crane. From what I can recall, he's kind of a lovable dope, right?
Book? Completely different. Ichabod is kind of an aloof d-bag, the new, local school teacher and scaredy cat. Of course, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the Headless Horseman, thought to be a deceased Hessian soldier.
After being rebuffed by the chick he thinks is into him, at a dance, and terrified of this story that was told to him, he heads home, and was never seen again, Was it the chick's other suitor who killed him? Was he so embarrassed he just moved?
No one knows, and I kind of dug the ending for leaving it open ended.