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Susie Bright recommended Je Tu Il Elle (1974) in Movies (curated)

 
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
1974 | Drama
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I remember going to my first “gay” film festival in the ’70s, with its tiny newsprint program, folding chairs for the audience, a complete underground experience. I asked my companion, “When do we see a lesbian movie?” Chantal Akerman’s avant-garde jewel was my first. My God, talk about ahead of her time. A proto-punk dyke protagonist, a butch, a whore, an outlaw, the unrepentant seize-fiend of all she sees . . . We still fight for glimpses of such antiheroines in the movies. Julie/Chantal is, regretfully, still a woman on the edge of antipatriarchal time."

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Anna Steele (111 KP) rated Warcross in Books

May 26, 2018  
Warcross
Warcross
Marie Lu | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.3 (17 Ratings)
Book Rating
Not your Grandma’s sci-fi novel
The tech future has made the biggest game in the world a red vs blue expirence akin to esports and March Madness. The world of the game is highly realized, the augmented reality in real life serves as an addictivly immersive expirence. The young billionaire who created the program has layers upon layers that our heroine, Emika, peels back as she gets to know him. She is a hacker, a coder, a bounty hunter, and an all around badass, whose past is difficult but precious to her once her life gets turned upside down and she joins the annual Warcross tournament.
A great, fast paced read.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated Dracul in Books

Oct 1, 2018 (Updated Oct 1, 2018)  
Dracul
Dracul
J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker | 2018 | Horror
9
8.7 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received an copy of Dracul from the Penguin, First to Read program.
****
Dracul is a nice prequel to Stoker's Dracula. It did take a little while for me to get into the book, but once I reached part 2, I was hooked. The format was the same as Dracula, written in the form of journals and letters, which was effective. It makes me want to go back and read Dracula again. The material for this novel was source from Bram Stoker's own journals, and by far, that was the most terrifying thing to realize after reading this story. The Author's Note goes into detail, and shows some of the handwritten notes of Stoker.
  
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) Oct 1, 2018

I received a copy of the book from goodreads but haven't read it yet. Thanks for sharing your remarks.

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AT (1676 KP) rated Chronin, Vol. 1: The Knife at Your Back in Books

Apr 14, 2019 (Updated Apr 14, 2019)  
Chronin, Vol. 1: The Knife at Your Back
Chronin, Vol. 1: The Knife at Your Back
Alison Wilgus | 2019 | Comics & Graphic Novels
8
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
An undergrad takes part in a time-traveling program. Mirai ends up stuck in 1864 when she loses her way back to the present. She poses as a man to make her survival easier, and gets hired to be a bodyguard for a tea mistress. She tries to learn to fit in, but isn't very successful. Then she has a run-in with someone that she used to know.
  
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1939 | Fantasy, Musical
Offers everything-- comedy, drama, suspense without the gore and lewdness of today's movies. (0 more)
Today's version cuts out parts of the original film cut. (0 more)
Timeless classic
Tried to mark it as 10 out of 10, but program wouldn't let me. At 50 years old, I still enjoy watching this movie almost as much as I did when I was a kid. I really hope no producer or movie studio tries to remake this movie with CG as they will ruin it!
  
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Sparks!
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a cute little kids' comic that is both fun and has some good messages. It has some surprisingly deep concepts, such as animal testing, PTSD, and agoraphobia, but touches on them in a light way so not to disturb children (hopefully). I abhor animal testing so this probably bothers me more than it would a child, although it is aliens doing the testing in the book. Besides that, the characters are cute and well-represented, the drawings are nice and clear, and the colors are vibrant and fun. A very cute book that could be expanded into a series.

Received free to review through the Amazon Vine program.
  
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
2018 | Documentary, History, War
Wow. This documentary was amazing. The restoration work, and the care that was taken with the footage is awe-inspiring. The Fathom Event showing had a short 30 minute program afterwards where Peter Jackson gave more insight into what all was done.
At first, it's all in black and white, when the colorization portion started, there was a collective gasp in the full theater. It was definitely reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz, in terms of the overall reveal.
The use of the actual veterans talking about life during the Great War were really interesting to hear, and though they used dozens of people, they were blended together seamlessly. I absolutely loved it, and can't wait until I can purchase it.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) Dec 22, 2018

Definitely stay to watch the 30 minute documentary afterwards, it was really cool.

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Andy K (10821 KP) Dec 22, 2018

Ok thanks I will. Very excited to see this.

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Jackjack (877 KP) rated Hollywood in TV

May 7, 2020  
Hollywood
Hollywood
2020 | Drama, History
Amazing
Absolute brilliant T.V program!!

This old fashioned Netflix original couldn't be more perfect showing every ounce of natural everyday life and problems and how life was for everyone with a secret or goals that were frowned apon.

This starts out following a man and his wife after the war and he is home she falls pregnant but with him not working they are desperate for money and his acting career is yet to start. He manages to get a job at a gas station where he takes his customers to 'dreamland' the program is very cleaver how it introduces the rest of the cast. With people being gay and black it's a struggle for people trying to make it in the big city! It does focus in the gay side quite a bit and gets every side of how life was with the secret parties and how people snuck around. With everyone's dreams coming true they all battle with the real world to get a movie released with a black gay writer and main actress also being black they have alot of people fighting to stop that happening. Brilliant show on how hard it was for people back in the day, very good acting! This is a must see for people who are into a bit of romance and drama!
  
Cozy Up to Death
Cozy Up to Death
Colin Conway | 2020 | Mystery
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Debut that Grew on Me
Today is Brody Steele’s first day running The Red Herring, a mystery bookstore in Pleasant Valley, Maine. However, he’s not a reader. So what is he doing here? It’s a cover since Brody has just entered the Witness Protection Program after turning on his former motorcycle gang. Brody is sure he will find his new life too quiet. However, as he tries to settle into town, he begins to find questions. Is there danger lurking just below the surface?

I’m always looking for something different, so I was intrigued by the premise of this book when I first heard about it. It took a while for the story to get going, but once Brody started to realize something was wrong, I was hooked all the way until the climax. I enjoyed the character growth we saw in Brody, and I liked several other characters as well. I did think the writing could be a bit more polished. I also found a few things about the Witness Protection Program, as described here, a little hard to swallow. Then again, I haven’t done any research on it and instead learned everything I know about it from the TV show In Plain Sight, so I decided to sit back and enjoy the story, which I most certainly did. Despite the series name and book title, we do get more violence than in a typical cozy. Overall, I’m glad I gave the book a chance, and I’m curious to see where the series will go from here.
  
Archer  - Season 1
Archer - Season 1
2009 | Comedy
Good Voice Acting (0 more)
Script Feels clunky (0 more)
I Just Don't Think I Get It
Don't know if it's just me, but I did not rate this program. Maybe the humour is too subtle/ dark/ deadpan, not sure, but try as I might, I just could not get into it. I did not laugh at the jokes, and found the dialogue very one dimensional (Not sure what I mean by that, just flat, I guess). I know a lot of people like it, so it must just be me, but was not into it. It's no Rick & Morty.