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No Easy Way Out (No Safety in Numbers, #2)

Dayna Lorentz

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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It's Day 7 in the quarantined mall. The riot is over and the senator trapped inside is determined to...

Apocalyptic

Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)

Garth Nix

8.8 (5 Ratings) Rate It

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The long-buried secrets of the Old Kingdom and the Ninth Gate are revealed in the sequel to Sabriel...

In Real Life

Cory Doctorow

8.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Anda loves Coarsegold Online. The massively-multiplayer role playing game is a place where she can...

Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Kiss and cry (2017) in Movies

Jul 24, 2020

Kiss and cry (2017)

2017 | Biography, Drama, Music

6.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

This movie is based on the true life story of carley Allison (whom I'd never heard of until watching the movie) a teen figure skater who is faced with a rare form of throat cancer, but bravely stays positive and continues trying to achieve her dreams whilst also holding down a relationship.
The movie itself was OK, I did feel happy and also sad for her at times. But what was off putting was the constant narration and time jumps, I feel it would have been a better movie without all that and instead focus on the story itself.
I didn't find out until the credits rolled that the person who played carley in the movie, was real life carleys best friend. I found that absolutely amazing that she was able to do that.

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Caitlin Moran recommended Gone with the Wind in Books (curated)

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

7.2

(23 Ratings)

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"Once you put aside the matter of OH MY GOD THE SLAVERY JESUS LOOK AT ALL THE FREAKING SLAVERY STOP WITH THE SLAVERY, MAN, the core conceit of this book is amazing. It the most famous teen literature ever-Scarlett is 16 when the Civil War kicks off, and what keeps her going through the complete destruction of her family, status and life is her unrequited love for Ashley Wilkes. The idea of that kind of demented fantasy-let's face it, Ashley's a drip-keeping you going through awful years is such a key Teenage Girl Thing. The fuel is mad unrequited love, keeping you going. It inspired both the "Fantasy Love Affairs" chapter in How To Be A Woman, and most of the plot of How To Build A Girl, hahaha."

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Not Another Teen Movie (2001) in Movies

Jul 3, 2021

Both Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie have a lot to answer for in regards to avalanche of actual pure shit that followed in terms of parody movies. The 00s were just full of them. It was a dark time.
However, NATM does a pretty decent job in pointing out all the ridiculousness that comes with this particular sub genre, and its brand of offbeat humour ranges from outright slapstick, to subtle throwaway lines. The cast are quite aware at how silly this film is, and the committent to the whole piece is admirable enough.
It might be low brow, but it weirdly works, and as such, NATM reamains an under appreciated, silly comedy, that has been tarnished by the same brush applied to absolute piss like Meet the Spartans.

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) in Movies

Jul 10, 2021

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Seemed a little familiar in more ways than one

The First Karate kid

Loosely Based on Chinese mythology, kung fu legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li Co star in this fun adventure loosely based on Chinese mythology.
Full of stunning visual effects and kung fu moves as only they can do, this punch (and kick) adventure places the two in anchient China, when an everyday teen hooked on Goofy but classic kung fu movies is mysteriously thrown back in time where here meets the drunken master (Chan) and a mysterious Monk (Li).
Together the two must train the boy to fight as the chosen protector of the staff of the Monkey King in a journey to return it to its master.

Then they can kill each other (movie joke).