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"Again, a pretty disgusting cover. That wasn't my intention with this collection - I wasn't trying to pick the worst or most ironic sleeves I could. But I suppose a couple I did end up choosing after realising how disgusting they were. This one is horrible. Again, the record has such a magic about it... I think it's best to listen with your eyes shut. The album is really great folk. I first heard the song called 'Summer' on that Jarvis Cocker compilation The Trip. I heard it and thought there's no way the whole album is going to be as good, and it was."

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Last Action Hero (1993)

7.1 (16 Ratings) Rate It

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Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien) takes comfort in watching...

Popeye (1980)

7.7 (7 Ratings) Rate It

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Looking for the father (Ray Walston) who deserted him as a baby, a sailor named Popeye (Robin...

A Big Pile of Blarney

Colin Murphy and Brendan O'Reilly

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The Irish are world masters at talking. The magic behind our silky, colourful (and non-stop) stories...

Xavier Dolan recommended Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (1952) in Movies (curated)

Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (1952)

1952 | International, Classics, Drama

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"In my top three love stories. Narciso Yepes’s legendary score gives this juvenile romance its fame and contributes to its magic, but the movie is an entity of perfection. The artistic direction is meticulous and inspired; there’s a vanguard oneiric look to the film. Brigitte Fossey delivers an endearing and incredibly mature performance, and looks the epitome of femininity despite her—gulp—six years of age. Great opening sequence depicting the 1940s French exodus from Nazi occupation. Genuine and sensible study of youthful mores; creative representation of the children’s universe. Stunning grace and poetry. Heartbreaking departure scene. I love that film. It makes me want to be a pretentious critic."

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Diego Luna recommended Amarcord (1973) in Movies (curated)

Amarcord (1973)

1973 | Comedy, Drama

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"Still with the Italians, I’m sorry! With many things in life you’re there because there’s a cute girl around that you want to go out with and you end up finding magic. You end up not caring about the girl but wanting to stay there because of what you found. That happened with Amarcord to me. I really thought a lot about creating images and the connection that cinema had with theatre in a way. That film feels a little bit like theatre. I lived all my life watching theatre and it’s when I found the connection with what I was watching and could do in my life."

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Jack McBrayer recommended Jaws (1975) in Movies (curated)

Jaws (1975)

1975 | Thriller

8.4

(99 Ratings)

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"Jaws was the first scary movie I ever saw. Even though I did hate it and it made me scared of sharks, it stuck with me. Every time it’s on, I do have to watch it. Especially now that you know the behind the scenes stuff. The shark didn’t work. So then it became a creative choice to just not show the shark until two-thirds in. It was freezing cold and these people had to be in the ocean. Then, the ocean was freezing so these people were freezing cold and raining and all of that kind of stuff. It just made it more movie magic for me."

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Dreams In The Witch House in Books

Jan 16, 2021

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The Dreams in the Witch House
By H.P. Lovecraft

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Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in MiskatonicUniversity's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon, he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. "The Dreams in the Witch House," gathered together here with more than twenty other tales of terror, exemplifies H. P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror writers. greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale. (Stephen King)