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Pigs & Pork: River Cottage Handbook No.14

Gill Meller

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Keeping a herd of pigs brings a lot of enjoyment - they are curious, intelligent and (often) lovable...

Covered in Ink: Tattoos, Women and the Politics of the Body

Beverly Yuen Thompson

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A small dolphin on the ankle, a black line on the lower back, a flower on the hip, or a child's name...

Rickey A. Mossow Jr. (689 KP) rated Bumblebee (2018) in Movies

May 21, 2019

Bumblebee (2018)

2018 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

7.8

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This was a good film (except for the scenes I couldn't see that included a certain wrestler.)

The Transformer movies have steadily slid into convoluted messes of CGI and plot holes. So, heading into this one I didn't know what to expect. This still had the robot fighting action you expect but seemed to take a step back from the other films and focus on a well-written story. Hailee Steinfeld is good in her role. She along with the ET-esque Bumblebee carry the heart of the film and force the audience to care about the "Robots in Disguise," something earlier films in the series seemed to have forgotten about. John Cena is also decent in his role. Overall, it's a cute and fun story of loss and rising from the ashes of that loss to return to life again. In my opinion the best one in the series.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Carry On Girls (1973) in Movies

Mar 24, 2020

Couldn't watch that film about angry feminists sabotaging Miss World as the cinemas are all shut, so I settled for this as it has basically the same plot. Moneygrubbing lecher Sid organises a beauty contest in the seaside town of Fircombe (dearie, dearie me); various hijinks ensue.

I know it's not very acceptable to like the Carry On films nowadays, but some of them are still consistently and irresistibly funny. Not this one, however. Most of the A-team hasn't turned up (no Kenneth Williams, no Charles Hawtrey, no Hattie Jacques, no Jim Dale) and most of the actors who are present are unable to lift the duff script they've been given. A heroic performance from Sid James does draw some laughs, but these films shouldn't be a one-man show. The consistent chauvinism and clumsy salaciousness becomes genuinely wearing as well. Grisly stuff, and quite hard going.