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Rememberances of Things Past
Rememberances of Things Past
Marcel Proust | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"This is another book I read in high school when I could not have possibly understood it. I read the whole thing, too, all seven volumes of it. I don’t know who I was trying to impress. At the time, I felt very sophisticated in figuring out that Charlus was gay and the first thing I did when I went to Paris was to go to a bakery and eat a madeleine. I’m still determined to read Proust’s epic depiction of society again. The newest translation sits on my desk but I think I’ll stick with my old Moncrieff. I’ve had a date with it since high school."

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MsKris1031 (8 KP) rated Rose Madder in Books

Jul 30, 2018  
Rose Madder
Rose Madder
Stephen King | 1995 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror
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7.7 (25 Ratings)
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This was my second read of this book. I read it the first time when I was in high school and obviously didn't catch on to all that was happening. It is a good and horrifying book at times. I also like the tie-in to Cynthia from Desperation.
  
Nisekoi False Love
Nisekoi False Love
Naoshi Komi | 2011 | Comics & Graphic Novels
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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A high school boy hopes to someday find the girl that he made a promise with when they were little. However, his gang leader father decides to fix him up with the rival gang leader's daughter to avoid a war. On top of that, they can't stand each other!
  
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Alton Brown recommended All That Jazz (1979) in Movies (curated)

 
All That Jazz (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
1979 | Drama, Musical, Sci-Fi
8.5 (4 Ratings)
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"Bob Fosse’s long, dark look in the mirror is a perfect bookend to 8½. Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career and an all-new meaning to the phrase “It’s showtime, folks!” This came out the year I graduated from high school, and it literally changed my life."

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TRAILER | Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman

Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman, known for his spellbinding films about complex institutions such as the police, high school, and the Paris Opera Ballet, turns his attention to New York Public Library for his latest film, Ex Libris.

  
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Adam DeVine recommended 2001 by Dr Dre in Music (curated)

 
2001 by Dr Dre
2001 by Dr Dre
1999 | Hip-hop, Rock
8.5 (10 Ratings)
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"I loved every song on that CD and that was right when I first started partying and drinking and girls were huge in my life. That was the CD that you could put on at a party in high school and put it on spin and convince girls to show you their boobs. There’s just a lot of getting high and trying to figure out exactly what Nate Dogg would say. ‘Smoke weed every day."

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Allan Arkush recommended If.... (1968) in Movies (curated)

 
If.... (1968)
If.... (1968)
1968 | Drama
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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"I was at NYU film school when I first saw If…. The second time was the very next day, when I brought friends and classmates to share this extraordinary movie experience. I have always harbored fantasies of blowing up my high school, but until If…. I never realized that I was not the only one. Obviously If…. was a huge influence on Rock ’n’ Roll High School. In the mid-1980s, I wrote an article about high school movies for American Film magazine in which I opined that If…. was the greatest of them all. A month later, I received a lovely letter from Lindsay Anderson, my hero (I also love O Lucky Man!). We corresponded for several years, finally meeting at the Telluride Film Festival. He called me “a movie brat typical of my generation” for preferring The Searchers to She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. (I treasure his criticism.) Wrapped in a scarf, Malcolm McDowell is as riveting and charismatic as ever in his screen debut. I showed the movie to my teenage daughters, who only know Malcolm as Linderman on Heroes, and it impressed a whole new generation of rebellious teens. If….’s DVD extras, especially “O Lucky Malcolm,” really capture the spirit of the man and the movie."

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
2013 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
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6.8 (19 Ratings)
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Again. I love it.
I watched film in my early years of high school not knowing it was based on a book.
So, now I am going to read the book and I am scared it won't be the same as the film, but will be even better! Fingers crossed ?
  
Candide: or, Optimism
Candide: or, Optimism
Voltaire | 1970 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Candide still makes me laugh every time I re-read it. Optimism is the theme, and it persists, often hilariously throughout the book. The satire is spot on, and relevant to today. It's definitely the best book I've ever been assigned to read multiple times throughout high school and university.
  
Cabin Fever (2002)
Cabin Fever (2002)
2002 | Horror
Beware of what you catch while your in the woods
Paul (Rider Strong) is part of a group of high school kids who rent a cabin in the woods for a little getaway. They all begin to fall victim to a flesh eating virus.

Bad movie, Bad acting stupid idea