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Frans Lanting - Jungles

Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom

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This title shows where the wild things are, from South America to Africa, up close with rainforest...

Sons of Sindbad

Alan Villiers, William Facey, Yacoub Al-Hijji and Grace Pundyk

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Alan Villiers (1903-82), the Australian sailor and maritime historian, first made a name for himself...

Luno Bitcoin Wallet

Finance and Lifestyle

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Luno makes it safe and easy to buy, store and learn about Bitcoin. Luno is now available in 40...

Domonique (0 KP) rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood in Books

May 12, 2018

This was really good. I have been a Trevor Noah fan since my sister told me about him a few years ago and I watched one of his specials on Netflix. Then for my 1 year anniversary with my now husband, we saw him live and he was even better than on TV. When I found out he had written a book, I couldn't wait to read it and I am so glad that I did. It was enlightening, insightful, funny and very honest. I loved hearing about his relationship with his mother, how he came to know his father, learning more about apartheid and how that affected him as a mixed child growing up in South Africa and how he came to be where he is today. I actually listened to it as an audiobook, which I really enjoyed because he has such a soothing voice and he is great at doing variations and inflections on his voice to make it sound younger, older or pretty much anything. Bottom line, it was a great read and it makes me respect and love Trevor Noah even more.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Bloodshot (2020) in Movies

Mar 16, 2020

Bloodshot (2020)

2020 | Action, Drama, Fantasy

6.4

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Ding-dong action movie based on an obscure comic book is saddled with a silly name, plus it's a non-Fast & Furious Vin Diesel vehicle, but turns out to be reasonably watchable if you cut it some slack. US special forces soldier is murdered but resurrected by boffins; now he's super-strong, heals really fast, and his blood can connect to the internet. He sets out to get revenge on his killers, but discovers his memories may not be entirely trustworthy...

Whatever his other limitations as a performer, Diesel is fairly well-cast as a relentless human bulldozer of revenge, and the film does have (in theory) a decent plot twist, some interesting ideas (bordering on the existential), and reasonably well-mounted action sequences. With a bigger budget and a more inspired director this could have been an impressively thoughtful piece of SF action, but it feels clunky, not interested in exploring the things that make it distinctive, and there are lots of annoying missteps and short-cuts (a foot chase supposedly around London is clearly really taking place in suburban South Africa). Passes the time in a reasonably diverting way, though.