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Kate (355 KP) rated Sully (2016) in Movies

Jan 19, 2019  
Sully (2016)
Sully (2016)
2016 | Action, Drama
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It is not a very long film but brilliant. It starts with the crash (sorry water landing) and concentrates on the aftermath and where to lay the blame. Sully really was a hero and it was lovely to see how during the investigation he showed them not to rely on computers as everyone does now but to incorporate the human factor.
  
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Anna Sui recommended Lola Montès (1955) in Movies (curated)

 
Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montès (1955)
1955 | Drama
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"My favorite Max Ophuls film. I love the swirling camera that mirrors the circus ring, and the ring of life. The story of Lola Montès (Martine Carol) and her many conquests, reenacted as a circus performance, narrated by ringmaster Peter Ustinov. It concludes with a death-defying plunge into a tub of water to symbolize her ultimate fall from grace."

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Maggie Nelson recommended To the Lighthouse in Books (curated)

 
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
6.4 (5 Ratings)
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"As far as the modernists go, this is neck and neck with Beckett for number ten (that’s cheating, I know), but Woolf must win. Like Baldwin, Woolf has made many a top 10 list, but again, there’s a reason: I know of no more gut-wrenching, soaring prose about shared consciousness, mortality and water. Truly a book for the cradle to the grave."

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Dirty Deeds (Dirty Deeds, #1)
Dirty Deeds (Dirty Deeds, #1)
S.E. Jakes | 2014
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I think reading this before I read the second book in the <i>Hell or High Water</i> series wasn't the best idea as the characters were talking about things I had no idea about.

That being said I did like the IM messages between Mal and Cillian and that ending has definitely got me wanting to read a second book about them.