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Adam & Evil (Halloween Camp 2) (2004)

5.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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A group of high school graduates are ready for a weekend of serious partying at a remote campsite....

Legends of the Fall (1994)

8.0 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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Based on the novella by Jim Harrison, this sweeping romantic epic is about the Ludlow brothers--two...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Persuasion (Curse of the Gods, #2) in Books

Jan 7, 2021

I'm still liking this but the romance aspect is taking a little too long to get there now. I guess it can be hard to have a relationship with five brothers but come on! As for the whole Sol/Dweller/God thing. I kinda want everyone to get what they deserve right now. Dweller's to get rights, Sol's to stop being so horrible to the Dweller's and the God's to stop meddling.

Off to start book 3!

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Steve Buscemi recommended Salesman (1969) in Movies (curated)

Salesman (1969)

1969 | Documentary

(0 Ratings)

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"Okay, back to black and white, a (real) documentary from the talented Maysles Brothers and Charlotte Zwerin about door-to-door Bible sellers. I probably shouldn’t say this, but Richard Linklater sent me a bootleg copy he made when he screened it at the Austin Film Society in the late eighties. I loved the handheld camera work and how each salesman is depicted as a nuanced, dramatic character. Deeply moving, but not without a sense of humor."

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Debra Granik recommended I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) in Movies (curated)

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)

1932 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

7.0

(2 Ratings)

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"These are two of the ripped-from-the-headlines social realist films that Warner Brothers made in the 1930s. I Am a Fugitive is like a classical tragedy, majestic and horrifying, and very thorough in its presentation of systematic injustice. Heroes For Sale is more melodramatic, covering a mixed bag of problems – drug addiction, displacement of workers through automation, and violent labor struggles. Wellman used real workers and homeless people in some of these scenes, which increases the impact."

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The French Confection

Anthony Horowitz

7.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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When the hard-up Diamond brothers win a weekend in Paris, it looks as if their luck is in. But looks...

Debbiereadsbook (1669 KP) rated Shouting Match (Amore Matchmaking #1) in Books

Apr 17, 2022

Shouting Match (Amore Matchmaking #1)

Pandora Pine | 2022 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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so much with the warm and fuzzies AND too stinking cute! Loved It!

Independent reviewer for Gay Romance Reviews, I was gifted my copy of this book.

Capone has been the head of the family since his father passed away. His youngest brother has decided to start a matchmaking scheme, and Capone is target one! But did it have to be Fuller, the hot cop who got him all hot and bovvered under the collar after a traffic stop?

This book, right? Is as pure a warm and fuzzies slash too stinking cute book as you're gonna get! Or at least, the purest I've had in such a long ass time, and I loved it!

Capone is a restauranteur, and Fuller the local cop, in a small town where everyone knows everything about everyone else. Brando, the youngest brother of 4, and his matchmaking scheme needs a poster couple and who better than Fuller and Capone, eh?

What follows is a delightfully easy read (a really REALLY good thing!) with lots of misunderstandings, no real break-up but wonderful make-ups after those misunderstandings!

Both men are scared: Fuller after his last relationship, and what happens here because of that. Capone because of Fuller's job and because he has to look after his brothers and his mum. Capone had a wonderful upbringing, but Fuller not so much. They love the small town they live in, just wishing everyone wasn't so in-yer-face about everything. But when something happens, that in-yer-face-ness is vital!

It's funny, it's sweet, some smexy times, but not too many, just the right amount for this book. Some nosy brothers, all with a secret they've been hanging on for so long.

Said brothers are fabulous, and mum is awesome! And that goat is hilarious and nasty to all the brothers except Fio, who feeds him!

Fio is next, I have Grudge Match on my list to read shortly.

First I've read of Pine, so guess what? Wish list just got longer!

5 full and shiny stars (but I did write 4 first!)

*same worded review will appear elsewhere

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Nick Friesen (96 KP) rated Stranger Things - Season 1 in TV

Jul 12, 2017

David Harbour (4 more)

All of the kids

That theme music

The pitch-perfect retro atmosphere

Barb!

I can't rate it Eleven (0 more)

Nostalgia Perfected

Stranger Things is everything I wanted J.J. Abrams' Super 8 to be, and more. The atmosphere of the show is pitch-perfect and well established from the very first episode. The creeping tension builds until it touches the viewer's core and finally "resolves" in a full-on creature feature of a final episode. Like any good mystery/thriller TV show, it saves plenty of mysteries for future seasons. Here's to hoping the Duffer brothers don't bungle it up like Hemlock Grove after the interesting mysteries in its first season. Stranger Things is a much better show, however, and the Duffer brothers seem to have a much better idea of where this story is going. The child actors are all fantastic, and of the few notable adults/teens, David Harbour is my favorite. I cannot wait for season two in October (the kids have Ghostbusters Halloween costumes!).