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    Matilda

    Mary Shelley

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    'I gained his secret and we were both lost for ever' Mary Shelley's dark story of a bereaved man's...

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Michael Jai White recommended Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) in Movies (curated)

 
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
1975 | Comedy
8.9 (48 Ratings)
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"To me, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the funniest movie ever made. There are influences in this film that caused me to write Black Dynamite. I’m such a Monty Python Fan. I think that the layers of humor go from absurdly silly to very intellectual and then you have the physical humor on top of that. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie as physically and mentally funny with the brilliance of satire and political humor underneath it. This movie is just so layered, and again it is what influenced me in writing Black Dynamite."

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Darren Fisher (2447 KP) rated A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away in Books

Jan 2, 2021 (Updated Jan 2, 2021)  
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away
Christopher Brookmyre | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Those familiar with Brookmyer's books can expect the usual dark, witty, satirical themes. Solid characters, dark comical humour, savage satire. Good plot which reaches a worthy conclusion. My only gripe is that it tends to wander off point, a lot of back story padding. Don't let that put you off if you are a fan of the author though as there is plenty to sink your teeth into.
This is the first book in a trilogy featuring Angelique de Xavia (and my favourite of the three). The other two books are The Sacred Art of Stealing, and A Snowball in Hell respectively.
  
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Zac Clark recommended Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) in Movies (curated)

 
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
1975 | Drama
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"I first saw this movie on a third-generation bootleg without subtitles while I was making my first real movie, Modern Love Is Automatic. It changed the way I made that movie (there were pickup shots in Modern Love that were slated “Jeanne Dielman, take 1”) and the way I thought about movies, art, and time in general. This movie never gets enough credit for how funny and tense it is—it’s equal parts scathing satire and deconstruction/reinvention of the Hitchcockian thriller. Film financiers of the world, give all your money to twentysomething Belgian women."

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