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Lore Segal recommended Pale Fire in Books (curated)

 
Pale Fire
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov, Mary McCarthy | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"The sheer moxie of situating the story of the story in the end notes. This is the eternal tale of the heartbreak of the homely girl’s humiliation in love, and her parents who have to watch. All seen from the best of all unreliable narrators who may or may not be nuts or a Russian royal."

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Meg Baird recommended Alexander Nevsky (1938) in Movies (curated)

 
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
1938 | Action, Biography, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"You see this film underneath so many other films—it’s incredible to see it just by itself, with that Prokofiev score (and those battle helmets)! Current events have really been making me feel that it’s time to revisit World War II with fresh, even more unflinching eyes. This is a great film to watch from that headspace."

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
2015 | Mystery
Everything (1 more)
The 'Land of Hope & Glory' Genuinely
One of my favourite films of all time. Perfect mix of action and British humour. The good guys win, the bad guys get their comeuppance in the best ways possible and the script is peppered with stunning one-liners and visual humour. I can watch this again and again - love it!
  
American Horror Story  - Season 3
American Horror Story - Season 3
2013 | Horror
Although witches have been well covered it's well worth a watch.
When I discovered what this series is about I did eye roll and think how original but Sarah's acting in this varies it for me and makes it less Sabrina the grown up witch and allows more of the characters development to shine through and the story develop.
  
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
2017 | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
6
6.0 (8 Ratings)
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The maze (0 more)
Watched last night probably the weirdest movie I've seen this year probably won't watch again there were parts of the movie like the maze itself and the part where they all became cardboard versions of themselves and did manage to laugh at some of the jokes that were funny. Just wished it was a better movie
  
American Sniper (2015)
American Sniper (2015)
2015 | Action, Drama, War
Excellent
This movie was very intense-emotionally speaking. The acting was spot on and the cinematography was great. If you're into military stories about what soldiers go through between home life and combat life you'll love this one. A great story about an American hero dealing with both. Sadly it ends in truly tragic way. REALLY worth a watch.
  
Criminal (2016)
Criminal (2016)
2016 | Action, Drama, Mystery
7
5.6 (8 Ratings)
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Not bad
This spy-thriller turned out pretty decent. Not the greatest movie ever but it was better than expected. The acting was good and the cinematography was, too. The story was ok. The science part not so believable, but when is it, usually? Anyway it made the story interesting. This one is worth a watch.
  
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
2019 | Action, Drama, Thriller
Good action scenes (0 more)
Pretty much the same as the first movie. (0 more)
Better than expected
I enjoyed it, I don't want to read too much into it as I liked the first film, but it's pretty much the same thing. I'd recommend it and would watch it again but it's not in the top 10 action films.
  
Hustlers (2019)
Hustlers (2019)
2019 | Drama
Jennifer Lopez (1 more)
Constance Wu
Just watched it's a okay movie not the kinda movie I would usually watch but as it stars Jennifer Lopez and I'm a fan of both of her music and her acting there haven't been many good movies starring jlo but her and constance Wu steal it shame about the rest of the movie
  
Doom: Annihilation (2019)
Doom: Annihilation (2019)
2019 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
It was ok in short bursts. The format they should have use was short webisodes instead of a movie. As a movie it was not my thing. I rather watch the orginal Doom with the Rock. I have been playing Doom since the days of id Software in 93. Just should not have the DOOM name tagged to it.