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Motivational Growth (2013)

3.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Ian Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in...

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The First Time I Died

Jo Macgregor

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Book

The first time I died, I didn’t come back alone. When Garnet McGee returns to her small...

Fiction Thriller Paranormal Fantasy Crime Mystery

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

8.5 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she...

Mothergamer (1536 KP) rated Scarlet Nexus in Video Games

Sep 27, 2021

Scarlet Nexus

2020 | Action

8.0

(1 Ratings)

Video Game Rating

The game starts with an interesting premise in the distant future and everyone has brain powers and advanced technology. People have abilities like electrokinesis the ability to control electricity. They can also send messages directly to each other's brains. The story has really cool sci-fi elements in it and you can play as either Kasane or Yuito, the two main protagonists. I went with Kasane and got to see how her story played out. You can do a new game plus playthrough with the other character and you get to see loose ends tied up from their perspective. Combat is fun and the story and characters are great. There's a lot of wild twists and reveals that add to the elements of the storytelling. There are references to global warming and time travel. Scarlet Nexus is really good overall and because it's done so well, it kept me playing until the end. You can see the full review here: http://mg28-mothergamer.blogspot.com/2021/09/mothergamer-plays-scarlet-nexus.html

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Miranda Nights (A Miranda Quinn Legal Twist #2)

Gail Ward Olmsted

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She has a loving husband and a successful career–who says you can’t have it all? Miranda Quinn...

Contemporary Women's Fiction

David McK (3372 KP) rated The Imitation Game (2014) in Movies

Feb 26, 2022

The Imitation Game (2014)

2014 | Biography, Drama, War

8.1

(44 Ratings)

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Drama based on the life and times of Alan Turing, the so-called father of modern computing, who worked in Bletchley Park during World War 2 to break the hitherto-believed-unbreakable enigma machine that the German high command were using to send radio messages to their fleets.

This flits back and forth between three timelines: the 1950s (just before Turing committed society, after being found guilty of Homosexual behaviour, which was outlawed at the time), the late 30s/early 40s (his work at Bletchley) and the 1920s (his childhood at a public boarding school, where he was bullied).

Cumberbatch manages to bring a different aura to his portrayal of Turing than he did previously to Sherlock - even though both are geniuses who struggle with a low EQ (Emotional Quotient) - while Kiera Knightley does her period piece acting as his fellow (perhaps even smarter) codebreaker Joan, who has to also put up with the misogynistic attitudes of the time.

And yes, the Imitation Game of the title is a real philosophical conundrum (which is described during the movie itself).