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Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013)

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A boy with five fathers who is attached to the criminal underworld. A sinister past is about to be...

Tim Booth recommended 1992-2002 by Underworld in Music (curated)

1992-2002 by Underworld

2003 | Electronic, Pop

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"With the compilation albums, I am cheating. It meant I didn't know which album to choose. I sometimes DJ. When I DJ, I use a system to take people into an ecstatic trance through music. I might start with Brian Eno and some ambient music and then move to other genres. I might use classical music or Indian music. But, invariably, when I get to the third rhythm of trance and when I really want to take people into that state, I am almost forced to go to Underworld again and again. Underworld brought together song and dance in a way that I have not heard anyone match. The Chemical Brothers are great and New Order are obviously great, but Underworld take me to a tribal edge that is so ferocious and yet, simultaneously, so intelligent. 'Rez' is one of my favourite songs – even though that is not one of their most tribal. 'Moaner' and 'Born Slippy' are their more tribal tunes. I find their textures and landscapes and vocals – which don't get in the way and help you lose yourself when you are dancing – make Underworld difficult to surpass. I was so proud of them when they got to do the Olympics in 2012. I felt that was their due. I contacted them before the Olympics and had a lovely communication with them. I told them that I thought they were the most revolutionary and iconoclastic band of the last 20 years. Then, about a year later, Danny Boyle used them during the opening ceremony. I saw them play recently at the Hollywood Bowl and I danced so much that I badly twisted my ankle and couldn't walk for about two weeks. It was still worth it. Dancing injuries are to be worn like medals of honour."

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Dean (6925 KP) rated Blood and Chocolate (2007) in Movies

Jul 21, 2018 (Updated Nov 7, 2018)

Blood and Chocolate (2007)

2007 | Action, Drama, Horror

5.5

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One of those films where the trailer makes it look so much better than it is. I was hoping for something close to Underworld as it was done by the same producers. However it is more a tale of romance. They are not really werewolves either but humans who turn into wolves....not something in between. Ok for a watch but could have been so much better.

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The Monstrous Child

Francesca Simon

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'Before you reject me, before you hate me, remember: I never asked to be Hel's queen.' But being a...

Brighton Rock

J.M. Coetzee and Graham Greene

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton....

Jo Nesbo recommended Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven in Books (curated)

"Beside Knausgård, Harstad is perhaps the best Norwegian writer right now. It’s about a young boy moving with his family from Norway to the USA, growing up there in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and so it’s an outsider’s look at American society, written with clinical precision and desperate humor. If you like thick, epic books like DeLillos' “Underworld,” this is probably up your alley."

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