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Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated And the Mountains Echoed in Books

Apr 29, 2021

And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

7.8

(9 Ratings)

Book Rating

I loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns and was not disappointed with And The Mountains Echoed. Hosseini is a masterful writer whose storytelling is arresting, captivating and spellbinding. Each of the stories in this book are beautiful. It is a particularly admirable skill to write stories that are so thought-provoking, but are still gripping and compelling. The themes of family, what makes us human, the beautiful personal perspectives and the evocative locations of the stories all combine to make this book immensely rich and hugely enjoyable. Just brilliant!

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Jeff Bridges recommended The Last Picture Show (1971) in Movies (curated)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

1971 | Classics, Drama

7.0

(3 Ratings)

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"Let me talk about Last Picture Show… that’s just popped into my mind. For me, that’s a movie that is kind of like no other movie, and no other movie is like it. It just kind of sits there by itself. I guess Peter Bogdonovich is to blame for that, and of course Larry McMurtry, the great writer. We had a chance, like Tron, where we got to do the sequel to Picture Show; twenty years later we shot Texasville. There are three more installments that Larry wrote, that I’m hoping will get made."

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Kelly Reichardt recommended Walkabout (1971) in Movies (curated)

Walkabout (1971)

1971 |

(0 Ratings)

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"I have such a linear brain, so I admire filmmakers like Nicolas Roeg who can make these incredible montages that tell a story more associatively. It doesn’t seem like a huge effort for him; that’s just the way his mind works. There’s this feeling throughout the movie that there were many different ways that it could have been put together. When we were making Meek’s Cutoff, there was a scene we shot in which a Native American goes on a dream quest, and the writer Jon Raymond and I rewatched this for inspiration."

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William Finnegan recommended Liebling Abroad in Books (curated)

Liebling Abroad

A.J. Liebling | 1981

(0 Ratings)

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"This is cheating because it’s four books in one. But Liebling wrote so well about so much, a compendium is merited. Two of these are reporting from World War II, where no other writer, in my opinion, could touch him. “The Road Back to Paris” is an epic dispatch full of hard times and the finest lyricism. The other two books are about France, food, wine, memory, boxing. I wouldn’t argue if you insisted that Liebling’s greatest subject was actually New York City, or even Louisiana. It’s too bad there’s not a twelve-pack."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Bohemia in Books

Oct 7, 2020

Okay, so I didn't actually finish reading this one, but that's because I just couldn't. Now, it could be that my preview copy was an earlier version than what will be published. There were certainly far too many typos and problems with the text for what I got to ever go to press. I do hope that I've gotten the wrong impression, since I did see flashes of brilliance in what I did read, and the writer does seem to have potential. She just needs a really, Really, REALLY good editor.

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Shall We Kiss (2007)

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking,...

Rickey A. Mossow Jr. (689 KP) rated Survive The Night (2020) in Movies

May 24, 2020

Survive The Night (2020)

2020 | Action, Thriller

5.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

SO many plot holes in this one and characters making idiotic decisions. A family dynamic and a strange backstory to make is care (maybe) about the villians? Willis and Murray do the best they can but this movie be is so B it makes Lifetime movies look like Oscar bait. And can we talk about the constant tying up, get loose or untie, get tied up again? Does the writer have a rope fetish? Will watch anything with Bruce Willis in it, but this was tough at times.