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Jeremy Renner recommended The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in Movies (curated)

"Simple storytelling at its best, character driven, beautiful and cinematic. The ending of that movie, if you’re not feeling good and your heart’s not twisted up and then melted back together then, I mean, I dunno, you don’t have a heartbeat. It’s one of the best feelings walking away from a piece of cinema. It’s all chalked up to really great characters. A really simple story, really. And that’s why I really enjoy it. It’s a beautifully… it’s a masterpiece. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking in its simplicity. Its characters are lovely and tormented and flawed and beautiful and heroic. And I, again, love the themes of it."

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Dunkirk (2017)

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In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under...

Ari Augustine (10 KP) rated Innocence Tainted: Epidemic of Lies in Books

May 4, 2020

Innocence Tainted: Epidemic of Lies

Chiemeka Nicely | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)

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Reminiscent of FLASH, Innocence Tainted is about Dr. Oralia, who wakes from a coma after being struck by lightening only to find she has gained supernatural powers. I highly enjoyed this story. It was easy to like Oralia, especially with the main theme of the book being self-discovery/transformation. Her traumatic past was what I emphasized with the most, and I love that this part of who she is wasn't overdone. She is strong and vulnerable, decisive and thoughtful. I love how empowering she is as not only as a heroic figure, but as a black woman. Stories like this are so needed in the world!