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Jessi Bone (48 KP) rated The Bishop's Pawn (Cotton Malone, #13) in Books

Mar 18, 2019

I am really impressed with Steve Berry's new Cotton Malone book. The ability to cover such a deep and controversial story such as Martin Luther King Jr. death and to show the respect to the family and survivors of that terrible day in Mississippi. The book was well written and I felt as if covering it strickly from Cotton's point of view was a good call and allowed us a glimpse of what Cotton thinks and feels about the other characters and how he internally reconciling the events and truths that occur throughout the story line.

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Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (2009)

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Iron Maiden: Flight 666 is a concert documentary film featuring the British heavy metal band Iron...

Battle of the Sexes (2016)

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In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women’s movement, the 1973 tennis match...

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Steve Backshall's Most Poisonous Creatures

Steve Backshall

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TV presenter Steve Backshall needs no introduction following his performances on TV series such as...

Dane Cook recommended Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) in Movies (curated)

"I know three right off the bat. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. How’d it influence me? Big Steve Martin fan. Knew I wanted to be a comedian when I was very young. And my sister brought the Wild and Crazy Guy album home, which I still have in my office. When Planes, Trains came out, that was the first film that really I looked at and said, “I’d love to, someday if I’m lucky enough to have a comedy audience, bring them into film and make that kind of movie.” Big heart, big laughs. And, of course, Steve Martin at the car rental shop, you know, “I want my f–king car right f–king now.” Unbelievably funny movie. Of course, John Hughes, John Candy, one of my favorites ever. Can I take two minutes to tell a story? Awesome f–king John Hughes story. [My Best Friend’s Girl director] Howie [Deutch] was directing Some Kind of Wonderful and the studio wanted a four-page rewrite on a scene. So Howie’s all, “I can’t figure out what to do.” Calls John, says, “Can you come over and help me write these four pages?” For two-and-a-half hours they’re just pacing around, John is just smoking incessantly. Howie says, “I need to lay down. I’m beat. I’m going to sleep a few hours and then we’ll finish it.” Then he says, “Dane, I wake up at about five in the morning and John is scribbling like crazy. He hands it to me and says, ‘Read this. It’s only 50 pages right now, but read it. I’m calling it Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.’"

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