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Kathleen Turner recommended The Music Lovers (1971) in Movies (curated)

The Music Lovers (1971)

1971 | Drama, Musical

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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"One of the reasons I did Crimes of Passion was because I saw The Music Lovers, Ken Russell’s film, with Richard Chamberlain. It was, and I still think it is, one of the most extraordinary films I have ever seen. Amazing. So when Ken came to talk to me about [Crimes], you know, I was thrilled. I got a wonderful note once from Isabella Rossellini and she told me that she did Blue Velvet because she saw Crimes of Passion. I thought that was a really nice compliment, because I think she’s quite wonderful. So that’s a movie."

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Kristina (502 KP) rated Broken (Will Trent, #4) in Books

Dec 7, 2020

Broken (Will Trent, #4)

Karin Slaughter | 2010 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

7.0

(4 Ratings)

Book Rating

Broken isn't my favorite Slaughter book, nor is it my favorite Trent book. However, I enjoyed it much more than Undone. It didn't feel quite as long or tedious. The murderer and circumstances of the events were a little hard to accept, but all-in-all, it was enjoyable. I like the fact I can focus on a few different plot lines: Will and Angie's relationship, Faith with her baby girl, and now the true history between Sara and Lena. Broken wasn't very gruesome and it felt more oriented around the characters' lives instead of their case - that was a nice change.

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David McK (3425 KP) rated Pitch Black (2000) in Movies

Oct 27, 2020

Pitch Black (2000)

2000 | Horror, Sci-Fi

7.6

(27 Ratings)

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Creature feature from the year 2000, starring a then up-and-coming Vin Diesel as the anti-hero Riddick, one of the survivors (that includes Farscape's Claudia Black!) of a crashed spaceship on a planet that has a unique day/night cycle: no nights, except for an eclipse once every 22 years. Which is when the rather nasty nocturnal creatures come out...

Much better than the direct sequel (there's a reason the third film in the mid 2010s went back to this version of the character), with an interesting colour palette and even a nice character arc for Riddick!

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Russ Troutt (291 KP) rated The Old Man and the Gun (2018) in Movies

Jun 28, 2019

The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

2018 | Biography, Comedy, Crime

7.9

(8 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The Old Man & the Gun was a beautifully shot and fun movie that was a nice tip of the hat to Robert Redford's career. Robert is surrounded by an all-star cast including Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, and Tom Waits, so what more do you need to know? Well, I can tell you that is also mostly a true story. If this is indeed Robert Redford's last movie he went out in style, and I don't think it's just because he looked sharp over the years in all of his movies, I think he actually knew what he was doing.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Into The Still Blue in Books

Sep 5, 2019

It had been a while (8 months) since I read books 1 and 2 in the series and had forgotten some of what went on but I remembered more and more as I read this, though not everything.

It's a nice conclusion to the series, though a pity that we had to lose more characters that we'd gotten to know over the three books. Nobody too major!

Perry and Aria and Roar and the rest of the Tides deserve a happy ending after going through what they have in the trilogy and I enjoyed reading their story.

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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