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Siri Hustvedt

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REISSUED AS A SCEPTRE 30TH CLASSIC, with a new afterword by the author In 1975 art historian Leo...

Wonder Tales: Six Stories of Enchantment

Marina Warner

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Marina Warner has gathered together a magical collection of fairy tales by the great women...

Approaching Twin Peaks: Critical Essays on the Original Series

Eric Hoffman

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Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now...

David McK (3734 KP) rated Highlander (1986) in Movies

Jul 17, 2020

Highlander (1986)

1986 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

7.5

(79 Ratings)

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Classic 1980s fantasy movie, in which a Frenchman (Christopher Lambert) plays a Scot, a Scot (Sean Connery) plays an Egyptian by way of Spain and an American (Clancy Brown) plays the Russian villain (the Kurgan), all as immortal swordsmen who must duel down through the ages (only being killed when their head is separated from their neck) in search of the mysterious Prize.

Supported by a brilliant soundtrack by Queen - 'Who Wants to Live Forever' has to be amongst their best - and with the immortal line 'There Can Be Only One', leading to 6 sequels and a TV series!

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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Childhood's End in Books

May 16, 2021

This is my first classic science fiction read, and I'm just confused. I am not sure whether that confusion will dissipate when I absorb the story over time, or whether I'm just going to stay confused! This story did not go in the direction i expected at all, and though that's not a bar thing by any means, it's frustrated me, as I kind of feel disoriented by where we got to. Saying all this, sometimes you read something and you understand is greatness, but you just don't think it works for you, or maybe I'm just a bit slow in understanding.