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Can I Sit on Your Lap While You're Pooping?: Actual Quotes from an Actual Toddler to Her Actual Dad

Matthew Carroll

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As a single dad, Matthew Carroll didn't always have someone to share in his frequent laughter and...

Awix (3310 KP) rated A Simple Favor (2018) in Movies

Oct 11, 2018

A Simple Favor (2018)

2018 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

7.2

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Competently made and very well-cast suspense drama (kind of). 'Ordinary person' single mother and vlogger Stephanie (Kendrick) ends up becoming besties with dangerously glamorous and enigmatic fellow parent (Lively); when her new pal vanishes, Stephanie decides that something suspicious may have taken place...

Very very much in the same vein as Gone Girl, to the extent that people would probably have been screaming knock-off had this film not also functioned as a rather effective black comedy - you may be wondering what a light comedian like Kendrick is doing fronting a thriller directed by a comedy specialist like Paul Feig; well, this is the reason why. This may also be the reason why the film is cheerily up-front about how far-fetched its own plot is. Not the kind of movie that really lingers in the memory, but nicely put-together and fun while you're watching it.

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Nutrition and the Developing Brain

Victoria Hall Moran and Nicola M. Lowe

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Nutrients play a significant role in brain development throughout fetal and postnatal life. This...

Mike Carlson (115 KP) rated Batman and Robin: Volume 2: Pearl in Books

Mar 18, 2018

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The phrase "Eat to live" gets old. (0 more)

Damian's second step.

Having read Tomasi's Superman Rebirth and now this New 52 title, I am really impressed on his grip and development of the 2 most iconic DC families. Unlike the Kent's, though, this is interesting as a single parent vigilante scenario.

I like Damian as a character. His relationship with his father gets fleshed out throughout this series, with both of their doubts and fears about each other fully realized and explored. This book covers how Damian was raised by Talia al Ghul and has him in a Court of Owls tie-in story. There's a 3 part arc with villain Terminus that deals with sibling rivalry among the Robins. It ends with a 2 parter that seems like a relapse for Damian. The beauty is that these individual stories contain a subtle story arc amongst them...one which culminates in a touching moment at the end.