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Peru's Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash - The Hiking & Biking Guide: Practical Guide with 50 Detailed Route Maps & Descriptions Covering 20 Hiking Trails & 30 Days of Paved & Dirt Road Cycle Touring

Harriet Pike and Neil Pike

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As mountain adventure destinations, the Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash in central Peru are...

Awix (3310 KP) rated The Admirable Crichton (1957) in Movies

Feb 23, 2019 (Updated Feb 23, 2019)

Well-made but somewhat odd British comedy. Status-obsessed Lord Loam (Parker) and his entourage wind up shipwrecked on a desert island; in order to survive some drastic steps have to be taken, and redoubtable butler Crichton (More) - yes, there is a Red Dwarf character named after him - rises to the occasion. Soon, the traditional hierarchy is upended But what will happen if they ever get rescued?

The Admirable Crichton seems incredibly dated nowadays, but it probably did so back in 1957 as well. Its preoccupation with the class system perhaps feels a bit quaint, but the story predicated on it is still involving - Lord Loam's daughter and Crichton fall in love, but can only be together in the class-inverted society they create on the island; there are similar subplots. It's fairly amusing in a broad sort of way, but the moments that stick with you are the ones of sadness and regret. It's hard to imagine a modern rom-com having the bravery to serve up an ending as downbeat as this one. Probably works better as a comedy-drama, to be honest; does so rather well.

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Mayhawke (97 KP) rated 12 Monkeys (1995) in Movies

Feb 9, 2018

12 Monkeys (1995)

1995 | Drama, Sci-Fi

8.3

(35 Ratings)

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I'll have a Monkey on the rocks, with a twist...

The time is the future; The world has been ravaged by a bio-engineered plague,and the powers-that-be have decided it's time to do something about it.

Their decision? Put the half-nelson on a poor, unhappy convict (Willis) and tell him he's going back in time to hunt down the source, and kill the lunatic that released the bug before he can do it, thus changing history. Armed with just the knowledge that he's looking for a group called 'The 12 Monkeys', he is dispatched, only to find himself in an unforseen conflict with the local law and a Section 8.

Great performance from Willis, but it was while watching this film that I realised that Brad Pitt is actually more than a pretty face.

One of the best twists in the end of a tale I have ever seen.

This is definitley one of my desert island films, so I'm not really good at objectivity when discussing it but if you like slighty off-the-wall film entertainment I'd say this is a must.