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Mekhi Phifer recommended A Soldier's Story (1984) in Movies (curated)

A Soldier's Story (1984)

1984 | Drama, Mystery

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Another one of my favorite movies in the whole world is A Soldier’s Story. It was originally a play but this one stars Denzel Washington and David Allen Grier and Howard E. Rollins. [It’s set] in World War II, it’s about the racial divide in the army, but it’s also about a murder mystery, but then it also dealt with the social class differences, and so that was another one that — [Norman] Jewison directed that; he really hit the nail on the head. Very well written, very well acted, another movie I could quote from top to bottom."

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David McK (3801 KP) rated Some Like It Hot (1959) in Movies

Jan 8, 2021

Some Like It Hot (1959)

1959 | Classics, Comedy, Drama

7.9

(18 Ratings)

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Classic Billy Wilder comedy farce, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (doing his Carey Grant impersonation), with the latter two playing down on their luck musicians who witness a mafia murder during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and hatch a plan to escape Chicago by joining an all-girl band (enter Monroe) in drag in order to escape.

Full of sizzling one liners/repartee such as:

"Water Polo? Isn't that awfully dangerous? "
"I'll say. I had two horses drown under me..."

(I think it was 2)

and who can forger the final line of the film ("nobody's perfect")!

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Lena Dunham recommended Days of Heaven (1978) in Movies (curated)

"Little Linda Manz’s voice-over is enough of a reason to watch this film. Forget the perfect performances by Richard Gere and Sam Shepard, or Brooke Adams’s twisted damsel in distress, or the way the wheat blows at magic hour making you forget the specter of murder that hangs over it all. I’m obsessed with the fact that production designer Jack Fisk built the farmhouse, which is meant to look as old as time and it really does. Also, while shooting Badlands (the previous Malick), Fisk wooed his future wife, Sissy Spacek, by leaving gifts for her in her character’s drawers. Swoon."

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3) in Books

Sep 2, 2019

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If you read this one in the series first it can be confusing (0 more)

Rizzoli & Isles are Back

A murder investigation based on the the death of a nun, and one in a critical condition, inside the walls of their convent. The nuns were brutally and savagely attacked, and Rizzoli & Isles were called to the scene to figure things out.
In this well written novel you can expect some twists and turns, some surprising moments and an in depth view behind the facades of these two strong females.
The third in the series did not disappoint.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Ao Haru Ride, #6 in Books

Sep 6, 2019

What the...?

You make me happy--I pretty much danced--at the half way point and then by the end I want to strangle Kou! What are you doing to me!?

As you can see I'm getting emotionally involved in this story.

Kou, you really are an arse! Why can't you be nice to Futaba for once! It's obvious she likes you, you dimwit!

At the rate this is going I'll be ready to do murder... And cheer Futaba on if she ever bothers to see the other guy as a romantic interest.

Ugh! Off to start #7