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Zwilling J.A. Henkels Complete Book of Knife Skills: The Essential Guide to Use, Techniques & Care

Jeffrey Elliot, Zwilling J.A. Henckels and James P. DeWan

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Every home chef needs a knife skills book. Cooks who know how to choose a knife, how to maintain it...

Your Personal Paleo Diet: Feel and Look Great by Eating the Foods That are Ideal for Your Body

Chris Kresser

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The idea behind the Paleo, or 'caveman', diet is simple - eat the food we humans were genetically...

LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Humanoids from the Deep (1980) in Movies

Oct 13, 2020

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

1980 | Horror, Sci-Fi

5.7

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I'm completely aware that Humanoids from the Deep (originally titled Monster) is trashy as hell, but dammit I'm just a sucker for this kind of film.

It has a lot of issues - it's pacing is off for a start. A lot of the narrative focuses on a new fishing cannery in the seaside community of Noyo, a plot point that of course turns out to be completely irrelevant. It has some absurdly choppy editing - it has scenes that take place at the same time, in the same location, from different character perspectives, that inexplicably take place at different times of day. The big final scene has a sudden shot of an earlier part of the movie for no apparent reason other than saving money and time.
The same scene also has horrendously obvious looped sound editing. It's incredibly messy.

And yet, its still way more entertaining than it deserves to be. The mutant fish monster things look ridiculous of course, but it's the kind of hammy and gratuitous man-in-a-rubber-suit creature horror you just don't see these days.
There's plenty of gore and the usual Roger Corman endorsed nudity that sold these kind of films.
It has a respectable cast as well, including Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Ann Turkel and Anthony Pena. It's a far cry from the copious amounts of teenagers usually associated with the genre during this era, and lends the film a sense of class amongst all the silliness.

Humanoids from the Deep is a film not to be taken seriously. That way, it's a pretty good time despite it's many flaws, and is an entertaining enough creature feature.

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Jan 17, 2021

Sneak a peek at the contemporary romance novel COMFORT FOODS by Kimberly Fish, Author on my blog. Check out the hilarious top ten interview with the books main characters, and enter the giveaway to win a signed copy of the book as well as the cookbook Modern Comfort Foods by Ina Garten!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/01/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-comfort.html

**BOOK SYNOPIS**
From the award-winning author of Comfort Plans and Comfort Songs comes a story of two rising stars blitzed by social media. Lacy Cavanaugh and single-dad Rudy Delgardo live a hundred miles apart but meet in the worst possible way. Working at a weekly paper and creating social media for area businesses helps Lacy connect with locals who open her mind to a perspective beyond Instagram. In launching a food-and-wine festival to support Comfort’s new event center, she discovers surprising skills bubbling over, much like the food she’s attempting to cook.

Rudy, on the brink of his restaurant’s takeover, struggles to improve time management so he can create a better relationship with his daughter. Distracted by Lacy and her invitation to the festival, he’s tempted by her beauty, wit, and courage, but as a chef, he rarely gets to enjoy life outside the kitchen. Enemies, illness, and exes add unwelcome spice to the dish they’re concocting—one that will teeter with misunderstanding until the very end.

Will Lacy and Rudy embrace their second chances and discover the perfect seasonings of family, resilience, and grace to create a handwritten recipe of love that will stand the test of time?