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The Help (2011)

8.1 (27 Ratings) Rate It

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In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of...

Sixteen Candles (1984)

7.6 (34 Ratings) Rate It

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Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday ... if...

William Finnegan recommended The Waves in Books (curated)

The Waves

Virginia Woolf, Kate Flint | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

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"'The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.” Woolf’s strangest book by far, a cascade of gorgeous monologues, six friends meeting over the course of their lives. The characters emerge through their voices, through the eyes of the others. Each suffers separately. Loss, loneliness, depression vibrate on the page, among the indelible images, all within a frame of stunning brief descriptions of the sun’s passage and the sea’s pounding. It’s partly the twilight of the British Empire, but mostly a brooding meditation on language and love. Bernard, the writer, delivers the great summation. Nothing happens except life."

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Sjon recommended Last Stories and Other Stories in Books (curated)

"I don’t hesitate to state that no one becomes a great writer without drinking from the spring of fables. Sometimes their influence shows on the surface and at other times it remains hidden inside the story like bones in a body. In this magnificent collection of dark stories, Vollmann — who many consider having written the Great American Novel more than once — proves himself a master storyteller whose pitcher of that fabled water never runs dry. Drawing on sources from the North, The South, The East and the West he takes us on a journey through many last nights on earth and in the worlds beyond."

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) in Movies

Oct 8, 2019

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

1978 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

8.2

(17 Ratings)

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The Invasion

Invasion of the Body Snatchers- is one of the best remakes of all time. Its horrorfying, terrorfying, spooky, creepy and excellent.

The Plot: This remake of the classic horror film is set in San Francisco. Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) assumes that when a friend (Brooke Adams) complains of her husband's strange mood, it's a marital issue. However, he begins to worry as more people report similar observations. His concern is confirmed when writer Jack Bellicec (Jeff Goldblum) and his wife (Veronica Cartwright) discover a mutated corpse. Besieged by an invisible enemy, Bennell must work quickly before the city is consumed.

I would highly reccordmend this film.

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) in Movies

Oct 10, 2019

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Charlie played by Logan Lerman is a wallflower, your atypical socially awkward teen watching life pass him by from the sidelines. That is until he starts a new year of school when he meets Sam played by Emma Watson and Patrick (Ezra Miller) two very free spirited older students and their friends. They help Charlie discover love, friendship and music, encourage him to be the writer he can be, and give him life. But then it's time for them to move on for college, and the thoughts that Charlie has been keeping inside about his aunt threaten to spill over and take away his newfound confidence

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Truth or Dare

Non Pratt

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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A powerful and moving novel about bravery from the Guardian's "writer to watch" Non Pratt, perfect...

Nicole Fall (34 KP) rated Bossypants in Books

Jun 2, 2020

Bossypants

Tina Fey | 2012 | Biography

7.7

(7 Ratings)

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I was so excited to read this book! I LOVE Tina Fey in 30 Rock and on SNL, I found her absolutely hilarious! This book however, was not. I laughed through the Introduction and the Growing Up and Liking It chapters but that was it. I thought this book would be filled with funny stories and zinging one liners - it was not. I still love Tina Fey as an actress but as a writer, she kind-of sucks. Her writing is very choppy, the chapters don't flow together and I wasn't too impressed with all the (actual!) scripts within the pages. It took me forever to finish reading!