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Google Maps - GPS Navigation
Navigation, Utilities
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8.7 (141 Ratings)
App Rating
Per The Lonely Island, Google Maps is the best.
While I love the Google Maps app, I have one issue. Mostly, because it automatically recommends toll roads over free roads. Even though I select the option multiple times, to avoid tolls, it still pops up as number one. So irritating.
  
The Island (2005)
The Island (2005)
2005 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Great chase scenes (0 more)
Good Sci-fi Action film
A good action film with a few twists. Largely set with a couple on the run after escaping the island. The lead cast bring a touch of class to the story. Slow to start but a good 2nd half of the film.
  
The Martian (2015)
The Martian (2015)
2015 | Sci-Fi
A retelling of Robinson Crusoe for the modern Era that is well acted and executed.
The struggle is very real given that a deserted island has been substituted for Mars and Matt Damon is the Math genius/astronaut that finds ingenious ways to make food until he can be rescued!
  
Cast Away (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
2000 | Action, Drama
Tom Hanks (0 more)
Dialog, or lack thereof (1 more)
Seafood Buffets
It's a good time for a Fed Ex sponsored vacation to a remote island.
Still a great film, and really well done. Tom Hanks is amazing, and Helen Hunt does a great job with her small part.

Here's an alternate movie poster....
  
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Merissa (11950 KP) created a post

Dec 15, 2023  
"Forced into the life of a fugitive, Nelan hides in London, before he is dramatically pressed into the crew of the Golden Hind."

Tour: The Mark of the Salamander (The Island of Angels, #1) by Justin Newland - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #TudorFiction, #GoldenHind, #HistoricalFiction,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/themarkofthesalamander-theislandofangels-1-byjustinnewland
     
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R2260 (0 KP) rated Papillon (1973) in Movies

Feb 21, 2019  
Papillon (1973)
Papillon (1973)
1973 | Classics, Crime, Drama
good depiction of French penal islands amazing pidgeon island scene shows more of Henri's life than the more up to date version whilst being a prisoner. (0 more)
deviation from key parts in the book, (0 more)
Excellent yet misleading
This movie is great, I am a huge fan of papillon and this film shows a good reflection of the penal islands and various escape attempts. The film is no where near as good as the books and veers away from charrieres account in which can be annoying if you have read the book first as you sit there and think we'll that's not right that never happened. despite this it's still worth a watch especially for the pigeon island scene.
  
Century: Eastern Wonders
Century: Eastern Wonders
2018 | Nautical, Pirates
Multiple direction trading (3 more)
Modular board
Tactical moving
Easy to understand trading
Century spice road in another dimension
Ok finally played this one. If century spice road feels like splendor to you. This will be a better version. Now you move around a board “sailing” island to island setting up markets with trading posts. You have to set up combos in order and also claim them before other people. But moving more than one space costs you resources so it has to be worth it. There is very little blocking so it’s mostly just a racing game. Around making conversions and trades. Working toward a goal and beating the other players to it. I liked it.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) Aug 5, 2018


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Akward (448 KP) Aug 5, 2018

Even though it's nothing like Catan, the art/hexes/water make me feel like it's Catan

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Lenard (726 KP) rated Beast (2017) in Movies

Nov 30, 2020  
Beast (2017)
Beast (2017)
2017 | Thriller
8
6.8 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
One could view this as one of the best Goth romance movies. On a small island, a young winery guide, Moll, meets and falls for the dangerous stranger who may or may not be murdering young women on the island. It is a sexual awakening for the outsider. Moll unearths untold power and strength. Recently, I have been watching a lot of Jessie Buckley performances. I have noticed that she has a huge tic where when she speaks she upturns the right side of her lips. It is far noticeable when she plays American, like in "Fargo" and "I'm Thinking of Ending Things." But she also uses it here to twist herself as she spirals toward an inevitable clash.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) created a post in Solo Gamers

May 9, 2019  
I don't really solo too much since I usually am attempting to design something when I have alone time.... but I love the idea of this group, so I thought I would join... have you tried Palm island Yet, I picked it up and it seems like a solo kind of playing game.
  
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Paul Kellett (118 KP) May 10, 2019

Cool, thanks for taking a look.
I've not played Palm Island yet but it does seem to be getting good reviews in the solo groups.

Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"When I was 12, I spent three weeks isolated on the island of Sardinia with my father and his young family. I found a copy of Clavell on the bookshelf in the home that we were renting and it saved me. Historical fiction became a lifelong love, and James Clavell a guide."

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