Ash by Ibeyi
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French-Cuban twins Ibeyi are back with their second album Ash, a record that tackles subjects as...
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I Must Have You
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The year is 1999, and thirteen-year-old Elliot is a self-appointed "diet coach" who teaches her...
Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey
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Without a map, navigate by the stars. Susan Tweit began learning this lesson as a young woman...
Politics, Poetics, and Gender in Late Qing China: Xue Shaohui and the Era of Reform
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In 1898, Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the political,...
The Underground Railroad
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Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora...
Mother Daughter Widow Wife
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From the author of Girls on Fire comes a psychologically riveting novel centered around a woman with...
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and columnist comes a "fiercely funny, powerfully...
Gareth von Kallenbach (980 KP) rated Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) in Movies
Jul 11, 2019
The film sets up and explains the rules of the world of Jumanji, every step of the way. It does not take itself too serious. It realizes the audience is there to have a laugh and it surprisingly tells a coherent story. As a result, are able to enjoy ourselves through the spectacle, without questions or consequence…because hey, it’s a family fun movie after all and it is not trying to be anything else.
Each of the high school characters grow as they get an opportunity to walk in the shoes of someone that is the complete opposite of themselves. Whether it’s the “nerd” (Alex Wolff) gaining confidence by becoming the “physical specimen explorer with no weakness” (Dwayne Johnson), the “jock” (Ser’Darius Blain) becoming the “puny zoologist with no strengths” (Kevin Heart) and thus learning what it is like to be weak, the “self-centered popular girl stuck on her phone” (Madison Iseman) learning to judge less and like physical activity by becoming an “overweight middle aged man,” (Jack Black) and the “loner nerd girl” (Morgan Turner) gaining confidence in her womanhood by becoming the “hot girl,” (Karen Gillan). Each of these roles is acted well by both sets of actors, which helps create jokes, humorous experiences and makes them likeable.
Overall, Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle delivers exactly what it is trying to be. Fun!
Brixton Beach
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Opening dramatically with the horrors of the 2005 London bombings, this is the profoundly moving...
The Gospel of Trees: A Memoir
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In this compelling, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Apricot Irving recounts her childhood as...