The Medieval World
Peter Linehan, Janet L. Nelson and Marios Costambeys
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Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors...
Inside the Writers' Room: Conversations with American TV Writers
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Television drama has come to rival cinema in its sophisticated narrative form and high production...
Of Things Gone Astray
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Here is a quirky and fantastical novel about things lost and things found from a startling new voice...
The Same Old Story
Ivan Goncharov and Stephen Pearl
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Filled with dreams of pursuing a career as a poet, the young Alexander Aduev moves from the country...
The Warden
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'It was so hard that the pleasant waters of his little stream should be disturbed and muddied...
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Old Guard (2020) in Movies
Jul 10, 2020
Basically, Highlander for our times: competently put together and not without moments of interest, but basically all a bit dour and calculated when it comes to sending the appropriate messages (bad guys are straight white dudes and vice versa, for instance). Not much sense of romance, fun, or actual fantasy, which just makes the lack of a coherent backstory more noticeable (why do some people attain the film's peculiar state of immortality? They Just Do). Best not to worry too much about the plot, try to ignore the messaging, and just enjoy the production values and fight choreography.
Rick Nielsen recommended The Godfather (1972) in Movies (curated)
Het Getij - Waterstanden voor zee en binnenwater
Reference and Weather
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This is the ultimate Tides app for the Netherlands and the Dutch part of the North Sea. You can...
The Artist As Citizen
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The Artist as Citizen is a compilation of Joseph W. Polisi's articles and speeches from his...
