Hearthstone
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8.6
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Blizzard’s award-winning card battler – experience the magic, mischief and mayhem with your...
Supermarket Management 2 HD
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Have you played the prequel to this fascinating game? Don’t miss Supermarket Management - on iPad...
Winegarden
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Winegarden recounts episodes in the life of Jacob Winegarden, an agnostic Jewish professor of...
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) in Movies
Oct 8, 2020
We see his birth where his mother, Clara Copperfield (Morfydd Clark, playing a double role, later as Dora Spenlow) a slight, fantastical woman, and the steadfast housekeeper, Peggotty (Daisy May Cooper) go through the hectic confusion while people mill about, entering and exiting during the process of birth. His Aunt, Betsy (Tilda Swinton) goes about, adding to the calamity insistent that the child of her late brother would be a girl, who would carry her legacy as a Trotwood. Her eccentricity noted immediately as she storms out once learning the child is a boy.
The film progresses, with the same quick tempo, through his brief, idyllic childhood with his mother, then his trip to Yarmouth summering with Peggotty’s family where his imagination begins its bloom in the house that is a boat, by the sea. Once David returns home, he is informed that his mother had married, and his stepfather sends him to London. He is sent to live with Mr. & Mrs. Micawber (Peter Capaldi and Bronagh Gallagher) while he works at the bottle factory.
David’s life goes from famine to feast, bear to bull. However, he has learned resilience through his encounters with people of all classes and situations. As Copperfield makes his way through life, the tempo slows down, and the frenzy subsides.
Yes, it’s a remake, the film is beautifully made, the cast is an incredibly talented international group. Hugh Laurie and Tilda Swinton provide an endearing portrait of eclectic personalities. The film is just a charming and whimsical piece of storytelling.
MoBu - Adventure Begins
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Meet MoBu, the laziest ape in the jungle, who has the appetite of 5 elephants. One day MoBu meets a...
Supermarket Management 2 HD (Full)
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Have you played the prequel to this fascinating game? Don’t miss Supermarket Management - on iPad...
The Secret Life of Mac
8.0
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Inspired by the true story of a kleptomaniac cat who stole his way into America’s heart . . . ...
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Louise (64 KP) rated Goth Girl: and the Ghost of a Mouse in Books
Jul 2, 2018
The book had a lot of characters in it, all shapes and sizes all very whimsical but none have much depth to them, you don’t get to find out an awful lot. I wish Ishmael could have been in the book a bit more than he was. He was introduced in chapter 1 and then didn’t have much involvement. The story is very slow to start off with and only really starts to get going in the second half.
This book definitely had its quirks, I loved the use of the footnotes that were written by ‘The foot’ which made me chuckle. There is also literary references such as Von Hellsung and Hebe Poppins. The Comic book at the back was an added bonus! I didn’t realise this was included when I picked it up.
This book is beautiful, it has a purple ribbon and metallic page edges, inside the cover is decorated in a silver/gold foil and also there is an additional pocket with a miniature comic book called ‘Memoirs of Mouse’. Not only did Chris Riddell Illustrate this book but he also wrote it. I love his artwork, it’s so detailed and definitely stunning to look at all in black and white. Everything was on point regarding presentation.
Overall I rated this 3.5 stars out of 5.
123 Draw! FULL
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"""Learning numbers!"" has great potential to revitalise your child's natural curiosity. This...
Frozen Free Fall: Icy Shot
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From the makers of Disney’s #1 mobile games comes the breathtaking puzzle game – Frozen Free...