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Jarvis Cocker recommended track Gut Feeling by Devo in Greatest Hits by Devo in Music (curated)
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Games and Entertainment
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"An intricately-designed masterpiece that constantly throws fresh challenges and situations at you...
Drum Pads Machine 2 - Beat maker app
Music and Utilities
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Drum Pads Machine 2 - virtual drum machine, step sequencer and groovebox for createing music and...
African Rhythm and African Sensibility
Book
"We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and...
Taryn K (441 KP) rated Sing (2016) in Movies
Dec 9, 2017
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It was a bit slow starting out, and I was wondering how we would make it to a good ending; but then after everything, including the theater, fell apart, it all came together.
The music is fun, although there is only one original song, "Set It All Free", which Ash the Porcupine delivers with authority.
Possibly, if I didn't enjoy watching so many musical reality shows, I might not have liked this as much; but I do, and I did, and it's just fun to see how the characters interact and grow over the course of the movie. The running gags don't hurt either.
I'd definitely recommend this movie.
The music is fun, although there is only one original song, "Set It All Free", which Ash the Porcupine delivers with authority.
Possibly, if I didn't enjoy watching so many musical reality shows, I might not have liked this as much; but I do, and I did, and it's just fun to see how the characters interact and grow over the course of the movie. The running gags don't hurt either.
I'd definitely recommend this movie.
Andy K (10821 KP) rated Predator (1987) in Movies
Apr 28, 2018
If a ever go deaf, it will be because of Predator!
I found a used Blu Ray at a local shop for $1.99 so I decided to upgrade my existing DVD and boy was it worth it. The picture and sound quality was amazing (deafening).
Almost everything about the film holds up given this is my 20+ viewing. Has to be in the top 5 action films of all time right along side Die Hard and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
The remote setting, characters, musical score, tension, slow burn reveal and screenplay all lend to the pristine action and compelling storytelling here.
A have to admit a few optical effects and the Predator suit do look a bit dated now, but that does not impact my review.
Such a classic!
Almost everything about the film holds up given this is my 20+ viewing. Has to be in the top 5 action films of all time right along side Die Hard and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
The remote setting, characters, musical score, tension, slow burn reveal and screenplay all lend to the pristine action and compelling storytelling here.
A have to admit a few optical effects and the Predator suit do look a bit dated now, but that does not impact my review.
Such a classic!
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Shape of Water (2017) in Movies
Feb 19, 2018 (Updated Feb 19, 2018)
Guillermo del Toro's stunning fantasy film is either a radical reimagining of Creature from the Black Lagoon, or a grand amour as written by H.P. Lovecraft (or maybe both). Lonely cleaner discovers fish-man creature being mistreated in the installation where she works, bond develops between them.
Manages to work both as a 60s-set genre movie and more topical comment on issues of tolerance and diversity (just for a change). Quite charming and beautiful on the whole, though the strength of the sex and violence might be an issue for some people. The downtrodden-minorities-stick-it-to-The-Man subtext is a bit on the nose, perhaps, and I'm not sure the third act musical number really works, but on the whole this is a brilliant movie.
Manages to work both as a 60s-set genre movie and more topical comment on issues of tolerance and diversity (just for a change). Quite charming and beautiful on the whole, though the strength of the sex and violence might be an issue for some people. The downtrodden-minorities-stick-it-to-The-Man subtext is a bit on the nose, perhaps, and I'm not sure the third act musical number really works, but on the whole this is a brilliant movie.
ClareR (5674 KP) rated Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018) in Movies
Jul 24, 2018
Where can they go after this?!
I love a bit of Abba (who doesn't?! It's my childhood in music!), I love a musical, and here we have the two wrapped up into one! What's not to like!
This is no deep and meaningful film, but I don't want that all the time. I went with the youngest boy (Son #2), and he had a huge smile on his face from beginning to end - as did I. And that, people, is what a summer holiday film should be all about!
We sang Abba songs all the way home (good job Son #1 wasn't with us, he would've been mortified. 14 is a difficult age...). I'm sure there were people joining in as we walked though town to our car!
This is no deep and meaningful film, but I don't want that all the time. I went with the youngest boy (Son #2), and he had a huge smile on his face from beginning to end - as did I. And that, people, is what a summer holiday film should be all about!
We sang Abba songs all the way home (good job Son #1 wasn't with us, he would've been mortified. 14 is a difficult age...). I'm sure there were people joining in as we walked though town to our car!
Awix (3310 KP) rated Ikarie XB-1 (1963) in Movies
Jun 23, 2019 (Updated Jun 23, 2019)
One of those movies which has clearly been influential but remains relatively little-seen, certainly in the original version. XB-1 and its crew (mostly good-looking young people, a few rugged old character actors, and a fairly dreadful robot prop) blast off for Alpha Centauri but must come to terms with the strains of long-haul spaceflight and various dangers (radiation, dangerous derelicts, and so on).
Arguably the missing link between Forbidden Planet and 2001: A Space Odyssey (yes, that's a bold claim), with a strange mixture of pulp SF tropes but also downbeat psychological realism. Notably good and interesting sets, photography, and a memorable avant-garde musical score too. The story is a bit episodic and not exactly pacey, but the rest of the film makes up for this.
Arguably the missing link between Forbidden Planet and 2001: A Space Odyssey (yes, that's a bold claim), with a strange mixture of pulp SF tropes but also downbeat psychological realism. Notably good and interesting sets, photography, and a memorable avant-garde musical score too. The story is a bit episodic and not exactly pacey, but the rest of the film makes up for this.
Allison Knapp (118 KP) rated Mrs. Henderson Presents (2006) in Movies
Jan 20, 2019
Brilliant and witty performances by Judy Dench and Bob Hoskins (4 more)
Full of charm and great character dynamics
Entertaining musical numbers
Plenty of humor balanced perfectly with the seriousness of the time period
Beautiful costumes and cinematography
Historical film about a vaudeville show with live nude girls during the WWII era in London
New widow Laura Henderson decides to use her wealth to purchase an abandoned theater out of boredom. Her sense of entitlement and class related arrogance can prove at times to be annoying and at times rudely persistent, especially when it comes to her relationship with the man who she chose to manage her theater, Vivian Van Dame, but with all her schemes and meddling, it shows that deep down, she always has the best of intentions.