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Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together
Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together
Erin Lowry | 2017 | Business & Finance
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Okay, let’s be honest. Not everyone is thinking about retirement in their 20’s and I didn’t either. I’m steadily approaching my 30’s with minimal debt but no savings or retirement fund set up (i do now!!).

This book will help any 20-something get a head start into taking their financial situation in hand.
  
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Kim Gordon recommended Dissident Gardens in Books (curated)

 
Dissident Gardens
Dissident Gardens
Jonathan Lethem | 2015 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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"“It covers 80 years in New York, and so many different scenes. I hadn’t really known about Sunnyside Gardens as a planned retirement community, and also a Communist stronghold.” -KG"

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Is a killer targeting the residence of a poss retirement home? The plot of this one was too thin, although I did like the characters.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-lone-star-lonely-hearts.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki  (2018)
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2018)
2018 | Documentary
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
An excellent documentary on Hayao Miyazaki, animator/creator of films such as, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, etc. The documentary follows Mr. Miyazaki from shortly after he announced his retirement to when he decided to make one more feature film, which has not been finished yet.
  
Hell or High Water (2016)
Hell or High Water (2016)
2016 | Drama, Mystery
Great lead performances (2 more)
Some tense action scenes
Great script
Had higher hopes after the hype (0 more)
A good modern Western
It's not a classic but it is a very good film. Jeff bridges is great as the old wiley Sheriff coming up to retirement. He has one last case to crack tracking down some bank robbers.
  
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
2013 | Action, Animation
7
7.5 (8 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Part 2
This is still a great part, the ending is really good. I would highly reccordmend the comic book and also this film.


The Plot: Batman comes out of retirement and gets help from a teenage sidekick. He faces off against the Joker and Two-Face before a battle to the death begins against Superman.
  
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
2012 | Action, Animation
8
8.0 (6 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Part 1
Heavy hitting, violent, trauma, and more. This part of the film is really good. Part 2 not so much.


The Plot: Batman comes out of retirement and gets help from a teenage sidekick. He faces off against the Joker and Two-Face before a battle to the death begins against Superman.



It is also pg-13, so that is a plus.
  
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Sarah (82 KP) rated Polar (2019) in Movies

Jan 27, 2019  
Polar (2019)
Polar (2019)
2019 | Action, Crime
Action from start to finish (0 more)
The ending could of been different in my opinion. (0 more)
A must see movie!
Not the film I would normally pick out for myself, but I'm so glad I did!
Brutal from start to finish! The story follows a hitman (Black Kaiser) on the brink of retirement when he works out that his employer (Blut) is trying to get him killed to evade paying out the enormous retirement money he has accumulated! The hitmen hired to kill Black Kaiser defintiely get more than they have bargained for and soon work out age in the hitman game is a pretty good advantage.
Quite a few sex scenes, full on brutality and an underlying story that we don't really find out about until the last part of the movie.
I did kind of find the ending could of been a lot different but wouldn't want to ruin it for those that haven't seen it.
  
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Dean (6926 KP) rated John Wick (2014) in Movies

Jul 29, 2017 (Updated May 21, 2019)  
John Wick (2014)
John Wick (2014)
2014 | Action, Thriller
Great cinematography (1 more)
Awesome shoot outs
A very stylish action packed film
A very good old fashioned action film. Simple plot with a former hitman coming out of retirement on a quest for revenge. This doesn't try to be anything it's not, just action packed with crazy fight and shoot out scenes. The difference is that you can see the attention to detail in every scene. From the lighting, camera angles and fight choreography the film has a very slick visual style to it.
  
Gerry Porter is looking forward to seeing her family for Christmas. But soon that takes a back seat when a friend at the retirement home goes missing, only to reappear as the prime suspect in a murder. Can Gerry clear her name? The pacing was uneven, but I just love Gerry, her family, and the small town she lives in.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-mayhem-in-miniature-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.