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Gene Simmons recommended M (Movie) (1931) in Movies (curated)

 
M (Movie) (1931)
M (Movie) (1931)
1931 |
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"It’s German expressionist film directed by Fritz Lang that broached pedophilia. Peter Lorre played a crazed madman who killed and molested children and all kinds of other stuff, and there was a child playing with a ball in one scene when she meets Lorre’s character. Even more horrific than anything else after she disappears, the camera shows the ball rolling down a hill until it finally stops moving. Your mind takes over, and does much more horrific things then the screen can. I think being obvious and throwing blood and guts at the screen is stupid.”

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Patti Smith recommended A Scarcity of Love in Books (curated)

 
A Scarcity of Love
A Scarcity of Love
Anna Kavan | 2009 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
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"Now, I can tell you about some women writers who truly are fantastic. One is Anna Kavan. She writes stories like I approach Land of a Thousand Dances: she’s caught in a haze and then a light, a little teeny light, come through. It could be a leopard, that light, or it could be a spot of blood. It could be anything. But she hooks onto that and spirals out. And she does it within the accessible rhythms of plot, and that’s really exciting. She’s not hung up with being a woman, she just keeps extending herself, keeps telescoping language and plot."

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Chloe (778 KP) rated Heir of Fire in Books

Apr 18, 2021  
Heir of Fire
Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.9 (38 Ratings)
Book Rating
Epic (3 more)
Growing world
Fantastic
Fast paced
Forgiveness (0 more)
Stepped up game
Contains spoilers, click to show
This series has really stepped up now, I am so excited to read the next one it seems like it will be epic.

I loved this installment, the characters were great as was the coming of age angst and final battle. The valgs and continued mystery to the whole plot were really great and pretty scary.

My only criticism is the relationship between Celeana and Rowan, who is suddenly forgiven without much of a lash back from Celeana, which to me goes against her character. I also found the blood oath bit repetitive.
  
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Chloe (778 KP) rated Empire of Storms in Books

May 26, 2021  
Empire of Storms
Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas | 2016 | Children
8
9.4 (22 Ratings)
Book Rating
Stories back! (1 more)
Fantasy
Rowan (0 more)
Contains spoilers, click to show
It's back, I'm so glad I carried on with the series after the Queen of Shadows. The story in this one is excellent and I love how everything ties together. So much fantasy!

I still HATE Rowan, he's so sappy and I hate the romance scenes with him involved. I don't know why but this character writing is wrong for his history and experience.

Plus I think the blood oath is just a farce at this point, used for a plot hole and show how powerful Caleana is but we know that from other things
  
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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Another Round (2020) in Movies

Jun 30, 2021  
Another Round (2020)
Another Round (2020)
2020 | Comedy, Drama
8
7.5 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
When I saw the subtitles by heart dropped and I thought I’d made a huge mistake. But what followed was something completely different, after a few minutes I didn’t even particularly notice that it was subtitled and just enjoyed the movie. It’s about 4 teachers who set out to research whether keeping your blood alcohol level above 0.5% can better your life. We follow them through the whole experiment where they find at first that it makes them more relaxed whilst also being more focused and improving their lives dramatically, to then seeing them when it becomes borderline alcoholism.