On Artists and Their Making: Selected Writings of Maurice de Sausmarez
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Born in 1915, the painter Maurice de Sausmarez was an important figure among mid-20th century...
A Very Dangerous Woman:: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy
Jeremy Dronfield and Deborah McDonald
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Spy, adventurer, charismatic seductress and mistress of two of the century's greatest writers, the...
Starting Your Own Shop: All You Need to Know to Open a Successful Shop
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This no-nonsense guide to opening a shop offers a fresh approach to a popular subject. This book...
The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman and Other Queer Nineteenth-Century Short Stories
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"Perhaps it is no coincidence that the nineteenth century-the century when, it has been said,...
The Awakening: And Other Stories
Kate Chopin and Pamela Knights
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'She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' Kate Chopin was one of the most...
Ghost Tantras
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Praise for Michael McClure: "Michael McClure shares a place with the great William Blake, with the...
Going Dark
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How far can you see? A mile? A hundred miles? Or to the furthest shores of the universe to a far...
Adam White (32 KP) rated Mean Dreams (2016) in Movies
Jun 22, 2020
This movie is a caring, passionate, modern love story. At some points during the movie It had a Bonnie and Clyde feel to it, which was okay. A lot less killing but you will get the drift if you watch it.
Wayne Caraway (Bill Paxton) plays an over controlling father/policeman with a major hatred towards his daughter Casey Caraway (Sophie Nélisse) new found crush Jonas Ford (Josh Wiggins).
The movie starts off slow but speeds up very quickly, which for me is the only downfall of the movie. You learn about the characters quickly, but I wish we had more backstory and also a future of things to come, by the end you are left wondering what will take place next.
Now with only having about 8 total characters and a dog in the movie, it draws you into each person a lot faster, which I enjoyed too.
All and all it's a good movie, even if you have mixed feelings you should watch it for Bill Paxton, a true legend in the movie world.
Blaise
Goal!: A Cultural and Social History of Modern Football
Fabian Brondle and Christian Koller
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Goal! covers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the...
LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated The Fate of the Furious (2017) in Movies
Sep 20, 2020
A thick protein shake of testosterone, motor oil, concrete, government tech, sweat, and smashed metal - features enough hilariously inflated machismo and mic drop one-liners to fuel at least fifty blockbusters. Obviously when going from James Wan to any other director you're going to see a downtick in visual quality, but Gray still makes this thing a gorgeous splashpad of obvious color signifiers to look at - with some of the most clean vehicle action you'll ever see. I'll always defend an unlimited number of these sequels no matter how little story there is, but it was a genuinely ballsy move to make Dom one of the villains (alongside a ripper Theron) - to which I'll convince every Diesel detractor to look at because this showcases how passionate and committed he is towards this character, every act of betrayal is played like it's physically tearing him apart from the inside. Another thing I love about this series post-fourth-one is how it features some of the coolest action superstars partaking in scenes of prolonged emotion that most other actioners would probably toss aside. Definitely the funniest installment but wtf happened to Luda here? The dude is usually charming but he sleepwalks through every scene in this one. Every gripe I do have is relatively minor considering this has sequences of a giant wrecking ball tearing through vehicles, The Rock and Statham beating their way through an entire prison, and an all-timer setpiece where dozens of cars start driving themselves tearing through the city.