Urban Villages in the New China: Case of Shenzhen: 2017
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Focusing on Shenzhen as a representation of the general urban village phenomenon in China, this book...
A Darker Shade of Blue
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John Harvey has been described as the master of British crime and in A Darker Shade of Blue he has...
A Fine Line
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When Judge Larocca is the subject of corruption allegations, Guerrieri goes against his better...
Pillars of the International Economic and Social Organization
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Pillars of the International Economic and Social Organization is a play about the campaign of IESO...
The Gilded Edge
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It's the Swinging Sixties but not all barriers have come down - the aristocrats and financial power...
Lucknow Ransom
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Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol....
Dark Road: A Play
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First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1...
Bleak House
Charles Dickens and David Stuart Davies
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At the court of Chancery, the interminable law suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce rolls on and on,...
Ross (3284 KP) rated Dark Waters (2019) in Movies
Jul 14, 2020
What starts off as a very unpopular case within his own firm, soon develops into outrage and lawyers actually doing the right thing. Tim Robbins' senior partner in the firm is brought round by the evidence unearthed after tireless hours of wading through hundreds of boxes of "discovery" and gets behind the case in the pursuit of justice. In one passionate scene, he shouts down all other partners in the firm in order to make them see what is at stake and what the underlying issue is.
The film does drag a little and could have been sped up to an extent but there were few times where I found myself actually bored or reaching for my phone.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Witness (1985) in Movies
Feb 21, 2021
This is a classic movie, but also one of those films which looks deceptively simple and straightforward: there are no staggering plot twists, no big set pieces (except for the one where some people build a barn) - it's one of those very brave films with the confidence to take its time and let the characters and story grow and breathe. The contrast between the ugliness of the big city and the quiet consolations of the Amish lifestyle is carefully achieved; Harrison Ford seizes the chance to lead the movie and give a proper acting performance (this got him his Oscar nomination). A great film; didn't quite make me want to go and live on a farm, but a close thing.