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Everything Must Go (2011)

5.5 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Longtime salesman Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) has seen better days. No longer at the top of his game,...

The Living Daylights (1987)

7.2 (12 Ratings) Rate It

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Fifteenth film in Eon's James Bond series and Timothy Dalton's first in the role. (Pierce Brosnan...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Finder in Books

Jan 7, 2021

3.25 stars

The beginning of this seemed really stilted, just giving a short sentence here and there with information that didn't seem relevent and bored me. But then the author seemed to get into their stride and i was sucked into the story.

I liked the plot. It was different. The identity of the killer didn't shock me as much as it probably could have but i was still kind of taken aback at the lengths they were willing to go

I was a little disappointed with the romance aspect though. I wanted more page time for the characters romantic progression. It seemed a little sudden despite the years they'd been working together.

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Cate Blanchett recommended The True History Of The Kelly Gang in Books (curated)

The True History Of The Kelly Gang

Peter Carey | 2001 | Biography, Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

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"Carey is one of my favorite writers. The first book of his I ever read was a collection of short stories called The Fat Man In History. He also wrote Oscar And Lucinda — a beautiful story — which was turned into a film that I made. In Kelly Gang, the narrative voice is so unique. We Australians all know that outlaw Ned Kelly was hung after the famous shoot-out in 1880. But what Carey does is get inside his character's mind in such an illuminating and heartrending way. And there's not a trace of sentimentality in it. I so admire that as an actor, because I realize how difficult it is to do."

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Karley Sciortino recommended Bad Behavior in Books (curated)

"Bad Behavior is largely about sex, but it’s not cheesy or cheap. In this book of short stories, Gaitskill writes about women in the sex industry, people in power play relationships, S&M, and the general psychology of people who engage in so-called “bad behaviors” in a way that’s honest, sometimes brutal, and always beautiful. (For example, the darkly erotic film Secretary was adapted from a story in the book.) I first read this book around the time that I started Slutever, my blog about sexuality that still exists today, and it gave me confidence that writing about sex was a legitimate pursuit, and could be seen as intelligent, meaningful, and maybe even poetic."

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness in TV

Jul 17, 2021

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness

2021 | Animation, Horror

6.0

(3 Ratings)

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Very short story (1 more)

It's very similar to the previous animated films

A big disappointment

I was really looking forward to this when I saw Netflix had a Resident Evil anime series coming out. It's such a shame though and a missed opportunity. Only 4 episodes long and around 22 minutes each episode. You have no real idea where this fits in timeline wise with the games, anywhere after the 2nd game basically. The storyline feels very similar to one of the extended anime films of Resident Evil, so not that original either. The animation is OK, close up scenes have a lot of detail. Other times it just looks like cut scenes from the games. Really hoped for better.

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated I, Eliza Hamilton in Books

Oct 6, 2020

Alexander Hamilton was an integral part of the early history of the United States, both in its war of independence and later in the early days of its government. However, to look at his relatively short life and ignore his wife who survived him by 50 years, is as much a disservice to the man he was as it is to the woman who stood by his side, both in life and long after his death. Author, Susan Holloway Scott saw this lack of focus and answered this need in her latest novel "I, Eliza Hamilton." Read what I thought of this book in my review here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/09/03/a-founding-mothers-story/