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Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Doctor Who: Renaissance of the Daleks in Books

Jan 12, 2018

Ambitious, but over reaching. The story can't really make up it's mind tonally what it's going for. One minute there are cute wind up Daleks over running the console room (which felt like it would have been great comedy) the next are horrible implications of preventing the Dalek invasion of Earth from happening (which aren't as serious as the story makes out). The result is a bit of a muddled mess. Enjoyable, but swinging the pendulum either way toward spoof or full blown Dalek mayhem would have helped immensely.

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Tiny Epic Zombies

7.3 (7 Ratings) Rate It

Tabletop Game

In Tiny Epic Zombies, survivors are always on the run, collecting weapons, killing Zombies and...

Britt Daniel recommended Moon Pix by Cat Power in Music (curated)

Moon Pix by Cat Power

1998 | Rock, Singer-Songwriter

8.5

(2 Ratings)

Album Favorite

"As often happens the first record you really get into by an artist, sometimes it's hard to replace that one. She's had great records since but this is the first one that I was blown away by. This record came out in the summer of '98 and my band had been dropped by Elektra. Right after that I moved into the guest room of my best friend's house. I had nowhere to go, I didn't have any money and now I certainly had nothing to do. My relationship with my girlfriend was on the rocks and this was the record I had on in this very bleak moment. Constantly on. It was a thing where it hurts to put it on. It hurts to listen to 'No Sense' and 'Metal Heart'. It's too raw almost. But again, I like being able to feel something in music. I still love it and play it and I still feel like I'm sitting in my friend's extra room in October with the window open and the rain is coming down. It still gives me that feeling."

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Billy Gibbons recommended E.S.P by Erick Sermon in Music (curated)

E.S.P by Erick Sermon

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"I rekindled a fondness for hip-hop having spent so much time in Houston, Texas, which lately has been revealed as the unexpected destination to make rap and hip-hop records. That's due largely to the presence of the Geto Boys and Bushwick Bill, Scarface and even Destiny's Child. When ZZ Top were recording the album Rhythmeen our studio was undergoing a facelift so we went into an alternate studio, John Moran's Digital Services, where many rap records have been made. There was the left room and the right room, adjoined with the shared group lounge area. I was trying to figure out how the hip-hop guys and rappers got such great-sounding backbeats. And of course what they didn't have was this kinda bluesy guitar. To this day ZZ Top aspires to keep some crunch and grit as part of the fabric. What started the ball rolling back in that direction was the movie Straight Outta Compton. All of a sudden I'm watching the genesis of NWA and what really started such a robust scene. I'd watch that movie ten times. And I probably will [again]!"

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Sketch

Pierre Gagnaire and Mourad Mazouz

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Book

sketch is a unique meeting place in the centre of London created by Mourad Mazouz and Pierre...

Jewels (684 KP) rated Downsizing (2017) in Movies

Jan 27, 2019

Downsizing (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

6.0

(47 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The idea of downsizing (1 more)

Matt Damon

Slow at times (1 more)

Terrible ending

So this started out interesting, and had it's funny points. Some parts got fairly slow by the middle of the film, but it was still entertaining. However, the last 30 -45 minutes were pretty bad. The ending was horrible- it just stops, like the main part of the ending was left on the cutting room floor, or the writers just gave up on trying. I would recommend watching it just to entertain the idea of downsizing. It made for a good thought provoking conversation afterwards.

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MusicCritics (472 KP) rated From a Room, Vol. 1 by Chris Stapleton in Music

Jul 7, 2017

Each track is charming and sturdy and well put together, evidence of an artist who is at the very top of his game and ready to reach even higher. Here’s looking forward to Volume 2.

Critic- Ben Salmon
Original Score: 81 out of 100

Read Review: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/chris-stapleton-from-a-room-vol-1-review.html