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The Hunt for Red October (1990)

7.9 (18 Ratings) Rate It

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Based on the popular Tom Clancy novel, this suspenseful movie tracks Soviet submarine captain Marko...

William Finnegan recommended Far Tortuga in Books (curated)

Far Tortuga

Peter Matthiessen | 2000

(0 Ratings)

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"The most piercing, most beautiful sea tale I’ve read. Told almost entirely through dialogue—through Caribbean dialect, no less, where “Captain” becomes “Copm”—with the sparest possible narration, as precise as haiku, and pictographs, inkblots, great tracts of white space on the page. Nine working men set sail on an old schooner out of Grand Cayman, hunting green turtles. They talk to fill the ocean silence, their speech unattributed, and the drama circles and tightens. “Green turtle very mysterious, mon.” The characters sharpen into high suspense and tragedy. Matthiessen’s touch, his ear, his eye, his taut presence just outside the story’s frame—all miraculous, mon."

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Dads army in TV

Oct 4, 2019

Dads army

1968 | Comedy

8.1

(19 Ratings)

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Arthur Lowe (3 more)

Clive Dunn

John le mesurier

Theme tune

Don't tell him pike

One of my favourite sitcoms classic comedy gold even after 50 years it hasn't lost any of its charm
Arthur Lowe is perfectly cast as the pompous bank manager captain mainwaring no one else should else could play him so well and the rest of the cast is perfect not forgetting the theme tune sang by Budd Flannigan is just right. For the show one of my favourite episodes has to be the deadly attachment with the classic line don't tell him pike still makes laugh after all these years highly recommend comedy

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David McK (3632 KP) rated Black Panther (2018) in Movies

May 26, 2020

Black Panther (2018)

2018 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

8.3

(282 Ratings)

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Prince, soon-to-be-King, T'Challa's first solo outing, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, in which he returns home to be crowned King of Wakanda and soon finds himself challenged by the sins of his (father's) past.

Very much a movie of two halves (both literally and figuratively), I found the first half to be a wee bit on the slow side, before events - and the pace -picks up in the second.

I'm not enamoured, however, of the now-overused CGI throw-down between T'Challa and Eric Killmonger (who does have a legitimate grievance) in the final third of the movie.