Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism
10.0
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In this letter to his teenage daughter, one of the world's most famous economists uses vivid stories...
Book Divas (227 KP) rated Sublime Karma in Books
Dec 12, 2017
There's so much I want to say about this book but it will lead me to sharing way too muh with you and spoiling this fantastic read. Don't pass up reading this and don't just take me at my word; get your copy today and see for yourself.
Uncle Buck (1989)
7.7
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John Candy stars in this John Hughes comedy as an idle, good-natured bachelor who's left in charge...
Young Rock
7.0
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As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life...
The President's Daughter
James Patterson and Bill Clinton
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Every detail is accurate because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton. The drama and...
A-Force Presents: Volume 1
Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nathan Edmondson and G. Willow Wilson
8.0
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Marvel's most amazing heroes step into the spotlight in this all action book packed with adventure,...
Cape Fear (1991)
7.5
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Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese brings heart-pounding suspense to one of the most acclaimed...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Eighth Grade (2018) in Movies
Apr 30, 2019 (Updated Apr 30, 2019)
Very, very impressive performance from Elsie Fisher, who's in virtually every scene, and a witty and thoughtful script (Burnham again). May be of interest to future anthropologists in its detailing of the way that social media exacerbate generation gaps and generally prevent people from communicating with each other; one of several ironies the film points out. Manages to be bleak to the point of depressing for most of its duration but still turns it around for a credibly warm and quite moving conclusion. Very relatable no matter what year you were born in.
Awix (3310 KP) rated 3 Faces (2018) in Movies
May 19, 2019 (Updated May 19, 2019)
I went to see this with a friend of Iranian extraction and at the end I asked him if there was some kind of subtle cultural subtext going on I wasn't picking up on. And he said no, this is just a film with not much going on in it. The pace is ambling, at best, the tone curiously laid-back (the closest thing to a plot twist comes when a prize stud bull hurts its leg); there may be something going on about cultural and generational divides within Iran, but if so it's very obliquely presented. Not unpleasant to watch, but the entertainment value is ambient.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Moxie (2021) in Movies
Mar 28, 2021
Sounds like another crashingly didactic piece of post-Weinstein agitprop, but director Amy Poehler is smart enough to mix a little more grit and nuance into the formula. There are still things about the movie which grate slightly - the female principal of the school is almost comically indifferent, there's a rather-too-glib piece of plotting about a rape, and the demonisation of white men is surely problematic - but this is subtle and funny and occasionally sweet and tender, and you do care about the characters and their situations. The film is insightful enough to imply that even if an injustice is brazen and obvious, it doesn't necessarily follow that the solution to it is straightforward. This is an openly feminist film with an axe to grind, but still an accessible piece of entertainment.