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Miles Teller recommended The Wizard of Oz (1939) in Movies (curated)

 
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1939 | Fantasy, Musical
8.4 (118 Ratings)
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"The Wizard of Oz is really the first movie I ever saw. I remember watching it a lot as a little kid. My mom said I used to watch the VHS tape that I believe we had recorded from TV, and I used to watch it twice a day. I remember in my Power Wheels I used to drive along with the Tin Man and the Lion and Dorothy. I don’t really remember a lot of this, but my mom — your mom is kinda like the history of your life. I also loved the Peter Pan, but with Mary Martin; I remember watching that a lot."

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Nicholas Cage recommended The Wizard of Oz (1939) in Movies (curated)

 
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1939 | Fantasy, Musical
8.4 (118 Ratings)
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"Finally I’m gonna say The Wizard of Oz, because that movie, again, is not like any other film — it’s a completely original experience and it has stood up against the test of time. Children are still enchanted by it, adults are still enchanted by it, and nobody has ever been able to capture that feeling since; and it’s a musical. Plus, that first introduction to color film, that doorway sequence and going in to Munchkin land — it’s just mind-blowingly beautiful. And her performance, her voice, Judy Garland — you know, they don’t make ’em like that anymore. So, I would say those would be the top five."

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Kate (355 KP) rated The Dresden Files in TV

May 18, 2020  
The Dresden Files
The Dresden Files
2007 | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
9
8.1 (14 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
This is probably considered old in visual effects as it was made in 2007, so yes some of the effects are poor but that doesn’t detract from the good series. It is very similar to Grimm but with out the monsters as the main character, instead it evolves around the story of a wizard and his cases. You might also recognise some of the actors as they then went on to act in other well known box sets such as Arrow, Warehouse 13. Recommended to everyone, go and watch it on Amazon. Looks like it was cancelled after the first series but please hope that they bring it back.
  
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Anne (15130 KP) May 18, 2020

I LOVE and own this series and watch and re-watch it all the time! I also have read a lot of the books.
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David McK (3880 KP) rated Rivers of London: The First PC Grant Mystery in Books

Sep 6, 2026 - 3:51 PM  
Rivers of London: The First PC Grant Mystery
Rivers of London: The First PC Grant Mystery
Ben Aaronovitch | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.7 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
The first in what <i>Peter Grant</i> series of novels, which I'd previously heard compared to Jim Butcher's <i>Harry Dresden</i> series of novels.

If I'm honest, that's also a pretty safe comparison: urban fantasy (check), and as such set mainly in and around a city (check - here, London compared to Dresden's Chicago), told in the First person (check), with the central protaganist a wizard (check - even if only a trainee here) working in a world that doesn't believe in magic (check) where there is a whole other other society hidden from view (check), and with the aid of the police (check - here, he's a police officer compared to Dresden's PI), and with doggie help (also check).

That's not to say this doesn't have a flavour of it's own: for instance, as I've already mentioned, Grant has only just discovered the existence of the paranormal, and is only learning, whereas Dresden is already a fully 'qualified' wizard. Grant also has a mentor that provides a larger role than Harry's is given, doesn't have a death sentence hanging over him (like the early Dresden novels), has parents who are still alive (and around) and actually works for the police in his own right as a Police Constable rather than as Dresden's PI for hire.

I have to say, I also found this a little bit hard to get into at first, but also found that - once I did - the pages actually flew by pretty quick.