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Lenard (726 KP) rated Black Panther (2018) in Movies

Feb 20, 2018

Black Panther (2018)

2018 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

8.3

(283 Ratings)

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Conquered or conqueror

Does a nation or peoples with ability have a responsibility? That seems to be one of the central questions. There is a long history of nonwhite civilizations that developed more advanced technology that became conquered by the white nations (more through their disease, but that is another story, than their weaponry although they had that too.) Wakanda and its king have remained hidden in an effort to prevent such a tragedy.
China gave us gunpowder, Japan feudalism, Arabs medicine and math, Africa astronomy, and Mayans soccer. Yet all of these people became conquered and enslaved over time. T'Chaka seems to attempt to prevent this eventuality, but T'Challa soon faces his own dilemma. When an African-African cousin wants to expose Wakandan ability to his oppressed "others," Black Panther, king of Wakanda, must come out of hiding to assist the world and possibly expose their many secrets.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated Kitty Kitty Bang Bang (Pampered Pets Mystery #3) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Caro’s neighbor, Kitty, is a publicist to the stars, but her cats are also becoming clients. You see, Kitty’s cats are artists, and Caro is spending her evening at a showing for some of their paintings along with other animal artists. The evening ends in tragedy, however, when Kitty dies in a car crash. Except the crash isn’t what killed her. Caro doesn’t want to get dragged into another mystery, but when she does, can she find the truth?

This book is a ton of fun. We get some absurd situations and delightfully funny characters as we go along. The plot could be a little stronger, but I was having so much fun, I didn’t care too much. We do get some good twists and suspects before reaching the end.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/01/book-review-kitty-kitty-bang-bang-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Sue (5 KP) rated Rescue Team (Grace Medical, #2) in Books

Aug 13, 2018

Tired of running from her past, nurse Kate Callison intends to become Austin Grace Hospital’s permanent ER director and make Texas her home. Despite staff friction, she’s moving ahead. Then unthinkable tragedy wraps the ER in crime tape, bringing swarms of media, legal chaos—and a search-and-rescue hero who seems determined to meddle in her life.

For Wes Tanner, nothing beats finding someone who’s lost; he’s known that helpless terror firsthand. So he’ll expand his team’s lifeline of hope: K9 tracking, swift water rescue, even horse-mounted searches. He’s ready for anything—except Austin Grace’s prickly and dismissive ER director.

As Kate and Wes discover more about each other, new respect becomes something deeper. Kate wonders if her heart might have finally found a home. Then an unsolved missing persons case—and a startling new one—become catalysts that threaten the loss of all she and Wes have found.

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Kirsty Marie Allen (0 KP) rated The Haunting of Hill House in TV

Jan 5, 2019

Plot is twisting and turning and provides for a consistent and ever guessing tale of tragedy and despair (0 more)

Cast can be wooden at times and on occassion the story lines do not intertwine as consistently as in the book. (0 more)

Amazing Whirlwind Ride From Start to End

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This is one of the most honestly thrill seeking adaptations I have seen for a long time. I am a big lover of original novel based stories and when these stories are made into on screen adaptations, it is easy for things to go terribly wrong and the story to become lost within flashy CGI ect. This is one of the best TV shows I have watched for a long time, to be honest I binged watch it within 3 days. The crew and cast of 'The Haunting of Hill House' created a modern day masterpiece whilst staying true to the original paper back.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Bambi (1942) in Movies

Dec 30, 2019 (Updated Dec 30, 2019)

Bambi (1942)

1942 | Animation, Classics, Family

7.7

(44 Ratings)

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Run Bambi Run

Bambi- everyone remembers when Bambi mom got shot, well their didnt show that, that would be very dark and disney doesnt want to do that. Cough cough smoking, drinking, and more in other disney films. Anyways

The Plot: In this Disney classic a young deer named Bambi joins his new friends, a rabbit named Thumper and a skunk named Flower, in exploring his forest home. As a boy, he learns from his doting mother and his father, The Great Prince of the Forest, that there are dangers in the open meadows where hunters can spot the animals, and he meets a beautiful young doe named Faline. As Bambi grows up, he learns that there is tragedy as well as beauty and joy in his forest world and on the path to adulthood.

Remember Thumper and Flower classic charcters.

A classic film.