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Lisa Ling recommended Corelli's Mandolin in Books (curated)

"This delicious novel is part war story, part love story. Set in the beginning of World War II, it tells the story of Italian Captain Antonio Corelli of Mussolini’s Army as they invaded Greece. On the island lives Pelagia, the daughter of a Greek doctor with whom Captain Corelli begins an affair, despite her engagement to a fisherman who is headed to join Greek forces. It is one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read."

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) in Movies

Jun 11, 2019

Captain America: world police

Hold on to your shields, cos cap is back and he didn't skip leg day!
Wth a new less campy outfit and an ever growing addiction to kick someone's ass,
Captain America returns to take on the also returning Hydra, he must form a team to take on the oncoming threat which has a secret weapon....the winter soldier!
With awesome cameos, plenty of action and a twist you didn't see coming (unless you read the comics) Captain America: the winter soldier is a must see for all comic book nerds and geeks alike and to anyone in seek of a great action movie
Starring chris evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L Jackson, Sebastian stan, Bath Mackie, Cobie Smulders.

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Le Secret de la Licorne (The Secret of the Unicorn) (Tintin #11)

Herge

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

While looking around the Old Street Market, Tintin stumbles across a model ship and buys it as a...

Thrawn Ascendancy Book II: Greater Good

Timothy Zahn

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

"Come now, Captain. Everyone in the near reaches of the Chaos has legends of the Chiss.” The...

Avenue 5

6.0 (7 Ratings) Rate It

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Space captain Ryan Clark of the Avenue 5 tries to get along with others in the space tourism...

Black Sails - Season 1

7.2 (5 Ratings) Rate It

TV Season

Captain Flint and his pirates, twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure...

Kaz (232 KP) rated Captain Marvel (2019) in Movies

Jun 8, 2019

Captain Marvel (2019)

2019 | Action, Adventure

7.7

(166 Ratings)

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Strong, but likable female lead, Great action, Funny moments, 90's references (0 more)

The beginning is a little slow (0 more)

I'm a fan of the Marvel films (I've never read any of the comics), but I have felt that of late, they have been a bit formulaic. Although 'Captain Marvel' does deliver on some of those things that you expect from a Marvel film, it gives the viewer something different.

Captain Marvel portrayed a strong, but also likable woman and I really liked the empowering message this film sends across.

I really enjoyed the twists and unexpected turns this film has. Captain Marvel's origin story wasn't told in a linear way and I think that this made a refreshing change from how Marvel uses an entire film to explore this. We were drip fed some of the details within the action itself, which left you trying to work everything out for yourself.

There are some great action sequences in this and generally, this was very exciting. I loved the interactions between Captain Marvel, Nick Fury and particularly, the cat!

I also enjoyed the 90's references, it reminded me of my teenage years ( but it also made me feel a bit old too!).

My only negative observations would be that, although I liked that Captain Marvel's origin story was told in a different way, I found it to be a little confusing at times. I also thought that the first half an hour was a little bit slow.

However, this picked up and ended up being a really enjoyable film. I look forward to seeing 'Captain Marvel' in future Marvel films.

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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) in Movies

Jan 2, 2018

MCU

The second Installment of Cap. This introduces us to the winter solider who will play a part in later films. We learn a lot of fun facts about the people surrounding our favorite Captain.