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Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558

Alison Weir

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When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to...

The Hunger Games (2012)

7.2 (56 Ratings) Rate It

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In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts and the...

Brandon Routh recommended Back to the Future (1985) in Movies (curated)

Back to the Future (1985)

1985 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

8.8

(133 Ratings)

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"This is the movie, above all others, that I can watch time and time again and have the same fun as the first time. It’s the sense of wonder and heightened stakes that make this work so well. Michael J. Fox, of course, makes this work: I as a viewer can see the struggle, fun, joy, and pain Marty experiences without doing anything; [Fox] fully embraces and embodies the journey. I like movies that save the day…go figure, and this one delivers. Also, my parents didn’t let me see this in the theaters when it first came out. My older sister got to go see it with my older brother and I was forced to watch Cocoon with my parents. I had nightmares for months of the the cocoons opening and the old people crawling out of them."

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ClareR (6081 KP) rated The Other Boleyn Girl in Books

Jun 24, 2019

The Other Boleyn Girl

Philippa Gregory | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance

7.6

(23 Ratings)

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I read this quite a long time ago, but I have to say that I do read all of Philippa Gregory’s books because they’re just really good stories. I do have a bit of a thing about the Tudor period, and I’ve read a fair bit of both fiction and non-fiction around the period. I’m aware that this (and her others) may be heavily fictionalised, but part of reading is entertainment, no? But I do like how I feel immersed in these stories.
And who knew that Anne Boleyn’s sister had an affair with Henry VIII before Anne married him (well, when the book came out, not many people seemed to know - unless they were very heavily into their history!)? And honestly, I wouldn’t be overly surprised if a lot of goes on in the book actually happened!

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Lenard (726 KP) rated Crawl (2019) in Movies

Aug 26, 2019

Crawl (2019)

2019 | Horror, Thriller

6.5

(38 Ratings)

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Trying to pigeonhole Crawl is difficult. Kaya S. plays a collegiate swimmer who receives a call from her sister worried about their father, a martinet swimming coach. Florida is facing a Category 5 hurricane and everyone is supposed to evacuate. However, their father went back to their childhood home and is now trapped in the crawlspace with shock from an alligator bite. Now father and daughter must battle farm-raised alligators. I am pretty sure that building a drain pipe near an alligator farm in storm-threatened Florida was boneheaded as was having both male and female gators. The movie never really addresses the eggs Kaya finds except for one scene with a baby gsator that possibly nips her. One doesn't go to a creature feature expected highly intelligent characters or plot so overall the film entertains and leaves the audience joyfilled.

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) Aug 26, 2019

Thank you for your review. I really want to see this!!

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Kim Pook (101 KP) rated To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018) in Movies

Aug 25, 2020

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Imagine writing down your deepest darkest thoughts about your crush, and those thoughts get out to your crush. Well that's exactly what happens to Lara Jean, not once, not twice bit five times! You see, growing up Lara Jean wrote letters to any boy she developed a crush on and kept them hidden away for her eyes only. That is until her sister finds them and decides to mail them to the boys, the horror!
One of her ex crushes, Peter, uses this to his advantage and they both agree to pretend to date to make Peters ex girlfriend jealous. If like me, you're mad for romance films then you can pretty much guess where it goes from there. It is a feel good movie though and one that can be watched over and over again.