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Diablo Cody recommended Sid and Nancy (1986) in Movies (curated)

 
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
1986 | Drama, Musical
7.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I first saw this in 1995, when I was seventeen. My boyfriend actually left the room because it was too intense; he apparently couldn’t stomach the potent cocktail of Chloe Webb’s screeching and Gary Oldman’s rheumy-eyed menace. Even though the movie was set in a time we couldn’t remember, it mirrored our teen zeitgeist in a lot of ways. We’d just made it through the second wave of punk."

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John Irving recommended Giovanni's Room in Books (curated)

 
Giovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin | 2007 | Essays
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I was still too young to drive a car when I read James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. The concept of a devastating and doomed love story - one that was also modern ' hadn't occurred to me. I thought nothing would ever compare to Romeo and Juliet, but Baldwin's story of "the night that is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life" became the saddest love story I know."

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LukeRMcLaughlin (16 KP) rated The Platform (2019) in Movies

Jun 7, 2020 (Updated Jun 7, 2020)  
The Platform (2019)
The Platform (2019)
2019 | Sci-Fi, Thriller
6
6.9 (11 Ratings)
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Skewed Capitalistic Message
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The Platform manages to make a room with a hole interesting for two hours, but its downfall is in its blatant moral dilemma. It assumes that all people start at the same level when we know damn well, that is not the case. Overall, it's well put together, but I found the message hard to believe. 6/10
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2357 KP) rated Hearse and Gardens (Hamptons Home & Garden Mysteries #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Hearse and Gardens (Hamptons Home & Garden Mysteries #2)
Kathleen Bridge | 2016
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Meg and her friend Elle are cleaning out a cottage when they stumble upon a skeleton sealed in a forgotten room. While the identity of the skeleton isn’t really a mystery, it does give rise to a lot of questions. Who sealed the man in the room? Where is the woman he supposed ran off with? Or is she the killer? Where is the painting the pair supposedly stole?

As you can see, there is plenty of compelling stuff here for a good mystery. Sadly, the book is slowed way down by Meg living her life, including things she finds for her decorating business. Ironically, I found two sub-plots that doesn’t tie into the mystery to be more compelling than the mystery for much of the book. We do get some great twists before the end, and the characters are great. Sadly, it isn’t enough to raise the book above average.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/01/book-review-hearse-and-gardens-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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MusicCritics (472 KP) rated In*ter*a*li*a by At The Drive-In in Music

Sep 21, 2017  
In*ter*a*li*a by At The Drive-In
In*ter*a*li*a by At The Drive-In
2017 | Punk
7
7.3 (4 Ratings)
Album Rating Watch
At the Drive In made the most responsible call when they put their legacy on hold in 2001. Now older and wiser, they're much better prepared to nurture their blaze than before. All it needed was a little room to breathe.
Critic- Suzy Exposito
Original Score: 7 out of 10

Read Review: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-at-the-drive-ins-inter-alia-w481358