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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated The Cable Guy (1996) in Movies

Jun 21, 2019

That one person everyone avoids

In This dark comedy about an unstable cable installer with a unhealthy addiction to stalking customers is one movie everyone can relate to wether it be a Fan, an Ex, jealous friend or secret admirer, this movie puts a great twist on a strangers friendship.

oddball cable installer Chip Douglas (Jim Carrey) decides to forcefully befriend new customer Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) by offering him free premium cable. When Steven denies Chip his frequent need for companionship, Chip goes from oddball acquaintance to a obsessed psycho stalker. Though it's crystal clear to Steven, that cable guy chip is dangerous, it's convincing everyone close to him before its too late, that isn't going to be easy.

A perfectly dark tone quickly gets you glued in and works great for the movies characters and enhances the edginess for the plot.

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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Crocodile in Books

Jun 21, 2019

Crocodile

Daniel Shand | 2018 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Plot, childhood journey, innocence, characters. (0 more)

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This is a brilliant novel

This is a wonderful novel. The reader is taken on a childhood journey through the eyes of a young girl (or through the lens of the camera she see's herself through). This is a story about a child yearning for her mothers love, about friendship, about innocence and about the burden that abuse - emotional and physical - can have on an individual.
The relationship between the protagonist and the her friends is brilliant. The language, the vernacular, all make this novel as real as if you were right back to your own childhood, with words that I had long forgotten and which came back to me in laughter. I enjoyed the honesty of childhood, the realism of childhood relationships, the subtle way that situations are dealt with. I just loved it.

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Glenn Donnelly (12 KP) rated Casefile True Crime in Podcasts

Dec 3, 2019

Casefile True Crime

Society & Culture

8.9

(9 Ratings)

Podcast Rating

Incredibly researched (3 more)

Told chronologicaly

Easy to understand

No humour simple straight to the point facts

Narrator is kind of monotone (1 more)

Mostly restricted to Australian true crime only

A very seriously executed true crime series

I really enjoy this podcast and whilst they dojt really touch on the most famous of true crime stories they do delve deeply into the lesser known crimes, which in some way's is better l! Whilst the narrator is easy to understand he can come off as very monotone and most stories are restricted to either crimes that took place in Australia or Australian's murdered abroad, now that do still touch on crimes committed elsewhere and one of those include one my favourite true crime stories told anywhere (case 104 Mark and John, a story about friendship, and an online relationship which isnt what it appears to be)