A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier
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The aim of this book is to inspire a better politics: one that will enable future generations to be...
Joe Jonas recommended track She's Always a Woman by Billy Joel in Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985) by Billy Joel in Music (curated)
Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Gringo (2018) in Movies
Jun 29, 2019 (Updated Sep 25, 2019)
I have to say, the first few minutes of this film were quite possibly my favourite... Harold (David Oyelowo) singing in his car... yep. That's how I start every morning and it just made me smile.
I like the fact that the trailer didn't give away any of the twist for this one. It made for a nice surprise and amusement. It was a nice little film, but I'd put a vote in for more Harold and Mitch (Sharlto Copley) time and less of everyone else. The pair made a great little double act. And while there was at least a good ending for Harold, I'm surprised that they didn't give him a little more romance. When the film ended, while satisfied, I did wonder if they just gave it the ending they did just so they could say they didn't go with the cliché one.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Enter the Dragon (1973) in Movies
May 6, 2020
You do sense the American producers didn't quite understand what they were dealing with in Lee, for it's obvious he had a range and charisma far beyond what's required here. He's also partnered with John Saxon, who's an able leading man but really supernumerary (Saxon may have been a black belt in real life but his fight scenes have a whiff of dressage about them). Sleazy to the point of tackiness in places, and not much more than a live-action comic book, but tremendous action and some iconic sequences (the fight in the mirror-maze, for instance). Terrific entertainment if you're in the right mood.
Good as Hell
Clancy Nacht and Thursday Euclid
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It’s a mysteriously charmed life for orphan Sebastien Harris, but it’s still a shock to be...
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The Things that Last Forever (Vic Lenoski Mystery #3)
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After a house fire hospitalizes his partner and forces him onto medical leave, Pittsburgh Bureau of...
Mystery Police Procedural
Wanted in Paradise
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Wanted in Paradise is a steamy romantic suspense novel filled with the drama of forbidden love, the...
Lindsay (1812 KP) rated Goodness Gracious Golly Gee: I Forgot My Christmas Tree in Books
Apr 29, 2022
The way this book is done is quite cute. I enjoy the poem feel in this book; it is not complicated to read. The pictures did well. Children will enjoy this book and want you to read it repeatedly around the holiday season.
Their Goodness Gracious Golly Gee is hilarious and enjoyable throughout the book. Children will be laughing and enjoying saying these words Goodness Gracious Golly Gee, ever so often. Children can learn to read with this book with the help of a parent.
This book teaches us what is essential in life and that Santa will not be upset or mad because we do not have a tree or decorations or presidents. If you enjoy the love and kindness and are happy, Santa will be just as happy. The real meaning of Christmas lives shown through this whimsical story.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) in Movies
Feb 9, 2018 (Updated Feb 9, 2018)
Well, what ensues is a struggle between the moral but weak Jekyll and his ruthless, psychotic alter-ego, which somehow develops to include the real-life grave-robbers Burke and Hare and a somewhat unlikely solution to the mystery of Jack the Ripper's true identity. It's not exactly the subtlest or most refined piece of work, but neither is it completely sleazy or ridiculous.
The cast, director, and production values give the movie a touch of class (the punishingly low budget is concealed rather well) and the main weakness is that the script often seems to almost be treating the idea as a black joke, and doesn't explore some of the potential of the premise. Still, far from the travesty or spoof it sounds like.
Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang
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Doped is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s....




