The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World’s Wild Places
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Bernie Krause is the world's leading expert in natural sound. Beginning by recording the sound of...
The Inventors: And Other Poems
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One of the foremost poets of the French Resistance, Rene Char has been hailed by Donald Revell as...
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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) in Movies
Sep 20, 2017
As sequels go, it's still pretty good. The action scenes were great, the plot was interesting and Julianne Moore makes for an interesting baddie. Even the addition of the Statesman was a smart move & added something different, and it's always good to see Colin Firth back
The problem however is that this film has a far more serious tone than the first. There's humour, just not as much. And the action scenes although good (especially those with Whiskey), none of them could live up to that epic church scene from the first film. Theres also the issue that a lot of the film had been shown in the various trailers, and finally, it could've done with a little more Channing Tatum and a little less Elton John.
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Named A Best Book of 2016 by Wall Street Journal, Vulture, Refinery29, Financial Times, and The...
Andrea D (21 KP) rated Six of Crows in Books
Mar 6, 2019
There are very few morals in this book and money is king, don't expect to go into this book liking all the characters as it seems to take a while to truly understand them.
I love the way Leigh Bardurgo has refused to make her characters pure and innocent people who can do no wrong. Every single person in this book is deeply flawed but that's what makes it all so good.
The Grishaverse has a huge following and it is certainly well deserved. You do not need to have read the original trilogy to read this one but I did find myself overly excited every time I recognised a character from the originals.
Russell Evans (179 KP) rated The Mandalorian in TV
Feb 22, 2020
As a massive Star Wars fan and being old enough to have experienced the originals, I really enjoyed season 1. While I have liked the new Disney Star Wars films to varying degrees, I haven’t loved them entirely. I didn’t have great hopes for Disney’s series - I found my own lack of faith disturbing.
I happy to admit I was wrong. It feels so much more authentic and more star warsy than the recent films, the filming feels nostalgic. With the absence of the politicised content that has pervaded the Star Wars universe recently, The Mandalorian is darker, grittier, great effects, action packed and (perhaps most importantly) just a simpler story – told well. Also worth mentioning is the awesomeness of The child aka ‘baby yoda’.
My only minor criticism would be that the episodes got to be a bit formulaic – Mandalorian turns up at new location, makes a new ally, defeats that episode enemy, moves on … reminded me a little of the weekly A-Team episodes. Just me?
Highly recommended - A must see for Star Wars Fans!
The Night Fountain: Selected Early Poems
Gerald Dawe, Salvatore Quasimodo and Marco Sonzogni
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'Salvatore Quasimodo was born-and lived-through historical tragedies which impressed his mind for...
