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Greg Mottola recommended Modern Times (1936) in Movies (curated)

 
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
1936 | Classics, Comedy
9.0 (6 Ratings)
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"Chaplin’s great satire on the American fantasy of infinite progress. For a movie about the plight of the dispossessed, it is overflowing with hilarity. Perhaps my favorite visual gag in any movie: a flag falls off the back of a passing truck. Chaplin picks it up and waves it exuberantly at the driver—just as a mob of protest marchers come up the street behind him, causing the police to mistake the Little Tramp for a radical leader."

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Andrew Grant recommended In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1) in Books (curated)

 
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
Tana French | 2007 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry
8.2 (10 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I’m a big fan of police procedurals, and when it comes to bringing the steps of a labyrinthine investigation to life, Tana French is up there with the very best. However, in her Dublin Murder Squad series she does so much more than this. Her exquisitely drawn characters combine to peel back the surface of modern Ireland and give us a fascinating and vivid glimpse into the culture—both good aspects and bad—that lies beneath."

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Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) rated Detroit (2017) in Movies

Sep 11, 2017  
Detroit (2017)
Detroit (2017)
2017 | Drama, History, Thriller
9
8.3 (28 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Fantastic Performances (1 more)
Extremely Well Crafted
A Dark Stain On American History
Detroit is a movie that is hard to watch, but should be seen by everyone. It tells the heart breaking story of a violent raid on a hotel by an overly aggressive and racist group of police officers. The movie pulls no punches in telling this unfortunately true story of how a group of evil bigots got away with murder.
The cast are brilliant at bringing this harrowing tale to life and the technical aspects of the movie are spot on as well. The direction is great, the lighting and sound are phenomenal and the believability of the whole thing, makes it feel all too real.
This movie is shocking and difficult to stomach, but it does what it is designed to do - to show us how much outright discrimination the police force and other officials could get away with during this time in history.
This movie deserves to be seen by all and it will leave you thinking about the events that it portrays for days afterwards.
  
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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Broken Monsters in Books

Apr 27, 2018  
Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters
Lauren Beukes | 2014
6
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Broken Monsters was what I call “High Concept, Poor Execution.” There were two major things that caused me to decide not to finish it.

The first reason: The story was written from several different characters perspectives, and it switched almost every chapter. Some books can get away with this (generally there are two or three PoV) but this one had like 5 different voices, and it was just too much to keep track of.

The second and most important reason: The relationship between the police officer and her daughter. Seriously, no police officer is going to pick up her high school daughter and start telling her all about the secret case they haven’t yet allowed the press to get wind of, or tell her details or hunches, or—what really set me off—have her daughter help her use a search engine to find photos from nasty crime scenes. You just don’t do that.

The premise was cool and the bad-guy was amazing (his PoV was my favorite) but I just couldn’t keep going with those two factors.