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Daniel Lopatin recommended Robocop (1987) in Movies (curated)

 
Robocop  (1987)
Robocop (1987)
1987 | Action, Sci-Fi

"Paul Verhoeven’s masterstroke, and one of society’s ultimate post-human lores—a cyborg cop in search of the criminal who ended his emotional existence . . . or did he? Forget that it’s one of the best cyborg-related films ever (second only to T2)—it would make my list on the strength of its satirical depiction of American TV news. It’s a classic"

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F. Gary Gray recommended Casablanca (1942) in Movies (curated)

 
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
1942 | Drama, Romance, War

"I’d say Casablanca. I love that it was a combination of political… It had a great love story, and it was unpredictable. It didn’t have the classic Hollywood ending, and that was what was great about it. Also, I love Humphrey Bogart, because he had the great ability to be masculine, yet vulnerable, and that was the perfect role to display that."

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They Were Expendable (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
1945 | Classics, Drama
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I’m in a total John Ford mood. I saw The Searchers again on Turner Classic Movies the other night and I just said, “Oh, I gotta go and see John Ford’s movies, like all over again.” The Searchers is such an obvious choice because everyone knows that one. I’m gonna put down They Were Expendable, which was a John Ford Movie…"

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Christiane Amanpour recommended Black Beauty in Books (curated)

 
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
7.8 (22 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"This was the first real classic I remember reading. It occupied my heart from page one. It’s still with me. The whole panorama of life (yes our human experience too!) can be told through the experience of this magnificent noble beast. Riding was my first sport, horses were my first love. Black Beauty and Ginger were then my favorite fictional characters."

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A$ap Rocky recommended Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent in Music (curated)

 
Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent
Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent
2003 | Hip-hop, Rap
8.0 (6 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"His shit influenced everybody, because he came out and he was proclaimed the greatest rapper at the time. Everybody was 50 Cent happy and shit, and I think he did a lot. He lived up to his name at that time. He was putting out endless classic shit. Shout out to Fif. That album was the soundtrack to the hood at that time."

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Great Expectations (2013)
Great Expectations (2013)
2013 | Classics, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"David Lean again, in perhaps the best translation of a Dickens novel to the screen, and surely the greatest of Dickens’s novels too. Crisp, brilliantly cast, a flawless rendition of the period, and amazingly faithful to the novel, Great Expectations is the model that every Masterpiece Theater rendition of an English classic strives to emulate, only better, far better than that."

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Greg Kinnear recommended The Godfather (1972) in Movies (curated)

 
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
1972 | Crime, Drama

"For obvious reasons. It’s just painted on a giant canvas – it’s larger than life. There’s a reason it’s a classic, and I don’t know what else to say about it that hasn’t already been said. It’s just one of the greats. There’s not a character in it that I don’t like, and there’s not a performance in it that’s flawed. It’s incredible."

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Jerry Cantrell recommended Animal Magnetism by Scorpions in Music (curated)

 
Animal Magnetism by Scorpions
Animal Magnetism by Scorpions
1980 | Rock
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"You may have noticed a pattern here with most of these bands having a dual guitar attack. Same story for the Schenker brothers, throwing down together... Besides, I've always loved the artwork. The guy who did that cover, Storm Thorgerson, just passed away. He did all those classic records. He did that cover, with the bubblegum on the tit [The Scorpions’ Lovedrive.]"

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Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold
Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold
Anne Tyler | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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6.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Few writers can resist the temptation to revamp a beloved classic. Many find the best fodder in Shakespeare. In Tyler's latest novel, she takes on the Bard's "Taming of the Shrew," with mixed results. Find out more about what I thought of this book in my review here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/12/03/elizabethian-fury-in-a-modern-female/