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Lee (2222 KP) rated The Greatest Showman (2017) in Movies

Jan 18, 2018  
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
2017 | Drama, Musical
9
8.5 (237 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Great songs (1 more)
The hugely talented Mr Jackman
Amazing
A constant stream of powerful, catchy songs all accompanied by fantastic choreography and eye popping visuals. Hugh Jackman is brilliant as showman P T Barnum, as is Zac Efron and everyone else. I really couldn't find fault with this as far as entertainment value goes. My daughter has been playing the soundtrack and singing the songs ever since we saw the movie and that's fine by me (for now!). It's wonderful when a movie comes along with the power to entertain and affect you long after leaving the cinema.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2425 KP) rated Murder for Choir (Glee Club, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
MF
Murder for Choir (Glee Club, #1)
Joelle Charbonneau | 2012
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Paige Marshall has taken a job coaching a show choir until her big break singing opera comes through. But when a rival coach is murdered, she starts trying to clear one of her students of the crime. The book is fun with great characters, fast moving plot, and gentle humor woven in. Paige took a couple more risks than I felt like she should have, but I enjoyed it and definitely plan to read the sequel.

My full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-of-choir-by-joelle.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen in Music

Jul 8, 2020  
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
1975 | Compilation
7
8.4 (7 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 18th greatest album of all time
Decent Springsteen album, vying with Born in the USA to be his best. This listen was poisoned a little for me as some of my neighbours have had occasional parties during lockdown where the title track has been played at full volume with accompanying drunken "singing" at 2am (though this was annoying, it was followed by the sound of utter confusion when they next played the album version of Bat Out of Hell, with the piano solo and several minutes of extra avant garde music and an extra verse they weren't expecting). A decent listen.
  
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Butch Vig recommended Urban Hymns by The Verve in Music (curated)

 
Urban Hymns by The Verve
Urban Hymns by The Verve
1997 | Rock
9.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Bitter Sweet Symphony' is an absolutely gorgeous song. I love 'Sonnet'. 'The Drugs Don't Work' is a beautiful, beautiful song, as is 'Lucky Man'. I love the whole album – it has some classics on it. The production is amazing, it doesn't try too hard to hit you over the head. It's got these beautiful soft layers underneath Richard Ashcroft's singing and I think a lot of that is from Nick McCabe, who adds all these layers with his guitar playing. The album is beautiful and to me it sounds like it'll stand the test of time."

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Genesis P-Orridge recommended H.P. Lovecraft by HP Lovecraft in Music (curated)

 
H.P. Lovecraft by HP Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft by HP Lovecraft
1967 | Folk, Psychedelic, Rock
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Wonderful! Brilliant! It’s very different to everybody else, and it’s all men singing who sound like women. It sounds like Jefferson Airplane at times, and you think, “Who’s that woman?” and then you realise it’s a man. And now that singer does TV commercials and plays accordion in coffee shops. They were quite big. In England, quite a lot of people bought their records. We DJ-ed a lot with our original one, and somebody stole it from a club. We’ll find one again! H.P. Lovecraft were really underrated in terms of the sixties bands from the West Coast."

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Karen Gillan recommended A Clockwork Orange (1971) in Movies (curated)

 
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
1971 | Crime, Sci-Fi
7.8 (59 Ratings)
Movie Favorite Watch

"Okay, so number two, can I choose another Stanley Kubrick? Number two is A Clockwork Orange. I just think it’s just visually an absolute masterpiece. Again, the central performance is incredible. I just love these performances that you get with these lead actors that are so on the brink of madness. They’re violent, they’re unpredictable and scary, and I just love that sequence where it’s operatic in A Clockwork Orange, when they’re beating each other up, and it’s the classical music. I love that. The Singin’ in the Rain, singing that song is deeply disturbing. I think he’s just a complete master."

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