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    Owen McCafferty

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    Do you want to know why I'm here? Northern Ireland are playing Poland on the TV. Jimmy and Ian, two...

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Tracey Thorn recommended Lady Sings The Blues in Books (curated)

 
Lady Sings The Blues
Lady Sings The Blues
Billie Holiday | 2021 | Biography, Music & Dance
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"I read this at the same time as I discovered her music. It’s very shocking, full of sexual abuse, drug addiction, violence, and racism, and opened my eyes to a lot of things I hadn’t known about or understood. It made me realize where songs like Strange Fruit had come from. The rawness of those songs had their roots in a devastating history of life experience."

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Moby recommended Fireworks (1997) in Movies (curated)

 
Fireworks (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
1997 | Crime, Drama
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"Number two is Fireworks by Takeshi Kitano. I remember when I saw it, I love the way he marries in that movie… it’s emotional and impressionistic but it still has these amazing outbursts of violence. I can’t think of a single movie [like it] that goes from, in one instance, being very delicate and poetic, to being almost obscenely violent. I think he’s remarkable."

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Child's Play (2019)
Child's Play (2019)
2019 | Horror
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After hearing such mixed reviews, I went in with low expectations but was pleasantly surprised. I thought this reboot really did the original justice, bringing a self-awareness to the conceit that the franchise has always had.
Mark Hamill was great, Aubrey Plaza makes a pretty convincing mom, and Chucky's got jokes. What more did you really want?