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Quite a Mountain: A Fable for All Ages

Jim Benton

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A bear and a frog decide to climb a mountain. The bear is determined to reach the top, but the frog...

Paige (428 KP) rated Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010) in Movies

Jul 28, 2017

Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010)

2010 | Comedy, International

8.7

(3 Ratings)

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Fun, Rube Goldberg-esque setups, beautiful (as always with Jeunet) (0 more)

not as hard hitting as some of his other work, somewhat cartoony (0 more)

A fun romp, but not Jeunet's best

This is really good, my expectations for the director are somewhat unfairly high. It is a story about revenge and poetic justice, yet manages to be fun. A little magical, and a lot whimsical. Really good for people who are not put off by zany and stylized things. (Same category, but different flavor to Wes Anderson, say)

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Limericks

Rosemary Gray and Marcus Clapham

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The Limericks packs laughs anatomicalInto space that is quite economical,But the good ones I've...

The Avengers - Season 3

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Third season of The Avengers; the final one made on video-tape. For this series Honor Blackman was...

Burly Men at Sea

Games, Book and Stickers

4.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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One of TIME’s top ten games of the year, Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large,...

The Little Book of Whittling: Passing Time on the Trail, on the Porch, and Under the Stars

Chris Lubkemann

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This new edition of a best-seller shows how to create useful and whimsical objects. Expert guidance...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Mortal Engines in Books

Apr 5, 2019

Mortal Engines

Stanislaw Lem | 1977 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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Mostly whimsical science-fantasy from possibly the world's most widely-read author in the genre. The majority of these stories are cybernetic folk-tales about robot kings, knights, princesses, and so on, having various unlikely experiences: the tales are droll but also highly imaginative and witty. Also included are a couple of longer, more serious stories - one about a man hunting a robot, the other about a robot hunting a man - no prejudice here, to paraphrase the translator. Well-written and entertaining, gives a sense of Lem's range as an author.

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Cassie Osbourne (6 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Books

Nov 9, 2018

I read this for the first time only a month after reading the whimsical romp that was ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’. It was lovely and funny....that is until the World Cup, at which point I thought ‘well that escalated quickly’.

Another reason that I am grateful to my sister for keeping on at me for trying HP again. Funny, exciting and very moving. Loving this series immensely.

Btw Amos Diggory is a p**k and is it bad that I kind of agree with Barty Crouch for what he did to Winky?