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Elijah Wood recommended Harvey (1950) in Movies (curated)

Harvey (1950)

1950 | Classics, Comedy, Drama

8.3

(4 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"Harvey is one of my all-time favorite films. This movie I saw when I was younger and I feel like it struck a chord with me, then, probably primarily because of Jimmy Stewart’s performance and the kind of magic that is this character that he refers to that we don’t see as an audience. But I think… I loved it and I’ve watched it many times since, and it’s a movie that has gotten more profound for me as I’ve gotten older, and I feel I’ve gotten different things out of it every time. It’s a movie whose construct is kind of up for interpretation, I think. You could easily make an argument that his character of Elwood Dowd is a drunk, for instance, and, you know, Harvey is a manifestation of that. You could say he’s a man who has given up on reality and, therefore, he’s happier, and Harvey is a manifestation of that. It’s such a beautiful film and there’s such humanity in the film and there’s something so enlightened — regardless of what is actually genuinely going on with Elwood’s character — there’s something so enlightened about him that everyone else is actually more insane than he is, and that always really struck a chord with me."

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The Secret Life

Andrew O’Hagan

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Book

The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in...

Technology

The Hunters A.D. 2114

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Tabletop Game

The Hunters is a cooperative miniatures board game for 1-4 players. Become a machine hunter and face...

Hadrian's Wall

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Tabletop Game

When visiting the North of Britannia in 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian Augustus witnessed the...

Santorini

7.5 (19 Ratings) Rate It

Tabletop Game

Santorini is a re-imagining of the purely abstract 2004 edition. Since its original inception over...

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Snowdonia

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Tabletop Game

The peaks of Snowdonia rise before you, encased in mist, their summits barely visible. The highest...

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Rhino Hero

6.2 (5 Ratings) Rate It

Tabletop Game

Super Rhino! presents players with an incredibly heroic – and regrettably heavy – rhinoceros who...

K-Li (5 KP) rated Betrayal at House on the Hill in Tabletop Games

May 25, 2018

Betrayal at House on the Hill

2004 | Adventure, Exploration, Horror, Miniatures

8.3

(56 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

So many variables - you'll never play the same game twice (0 more)

Lots of rules to remember. (1 more)

Depending on a couple factors, the game can last for minutes or hours

Quit following me with that monkey

We recently played this with some friends and loved it. It's a tile game with an RPG element, during which the players construct a creepy mansion, then once activating the Haunt (the mission) one player is turned against everyone else, and the game shifts from tile exploration to a mission.

Each room added to the house has an event to play out, item to pick up or leave there, or omen that may behave like an event or item but also may trigger The Haunt, depending on die rolls.

The part I enjoyed was strategizing once The Haunt was triggered - once it happens, the scenario you play depends on the room you were in, and the cards drawn. The enemy has their own rule book, and everyone else shares another rule book. It really is great fun.

*We were preyed upon by aliens intent on taking us back to the mothership.*

I think the biggest downside to this game is the amount of things to remember, but I've heard the 2nd edition greatly improved on the first, which is what we played.