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Sharp Objects - A Jagged Book That Takes Me Back
I knew it before it was a show; as a book. A story as bittersweet as a razor's cut tucked between the pages. I too took knives to my skin; cut words like "Worthless" into my flesh... I felt kinship.
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Critique
Jane Eyre - the great book about terrible person
Main heroine is actually selfish and haughty person who agrees love only after her beloved man became depended on her. She was not able to accept relationship with Rochester while he was richer, prettier, socially superior to her. And such relationship is generally toxic as they depend on partner's status.
By Olga Moyseyenko3 years ago in Critique
Every Reality Show Ever
Season after endless grueling season, groups of self-important, horny arrogant brats fight to stay alive in dumbass competitions for the love of money. Yes, money. They don’t really give a damn about the bachelor/bachelorette. They just want to get laid - and to win.
By Cathy holmes3 years ago in Critique
The Lord of the Rings
When Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, art changed forever. Her transcendent smile's profoundness, ingenuity, and hitherto unseen qualities captivated humanity, from the greatest kings of Europe to her ten million yearly guests. Only one other popular work could rival her cultural and artistic impact — a tale concerning hobbits.
By Matthew J. Fromm3 years ago in Critique
Trolls Band Together
Poppy discovers that Branch and his four brothers were once part of her favorite boy band. Floyd, gets kidnapped by a pair of nefarious villains, and Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop culture obscurity.
By kathy rich3 years ago in Critique
THE HUNGER GAMES Suzanne Collins saw it Coming
Parallel the now. Food prices soar. People are tracked and traced everywhere. 15-minute cities loom segregating cities into zones. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Psychological manipulation divides We the People.
By jacki fleet3 years ago in Critique
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 2024
The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
By kathy rich3 years ago in Critique
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Cal Weaver is a middle-aged man whose wife Emily asks for a divorce after she reveals an affair she had with co-worker David Lindhagen. After moving into his own apartment, Cal begins frequenting an upscale bar, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer.
By Judith Akabs3 years ago in Critique
Pretty Woman
Edward Lewis, a powerful corporate raider hailing from New York, acquires and dismantles struggling companies, selling their assets for profit. He invites his girlfriend, Jessica, to join him on a business trip, but she grows weary of being at his constant beck and call and decides to end their relationship. One night, while leaving a business party in the Hollywood Hills, Edward takes his lawyer's Lotus Esprit sports car and unintentionally finds himself in the city's red-light district on Hollywood Boulevard. It is here where he meets Vivian Ward, a prostitute. Struggling to operate the manual transmission car, Edward pays Vivian to drive him to the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Impulsively, Edward hires Vivian for the night and, despite initial awkwardness, finds her charming and ultimately has sex with her.
By Judith Akabs3 years ago in Critique
The Shape Of Water
Elisa Esposito, who was found abandoned by the side of a river as an infant with scars on her neck, is mute and communicates through sign language. In 1962, during the Cold War, Elisa works as a custodian at a secret government laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland, and lives a very routine life in an apartment above a movie theater. Her only friends are her closeted gay next-door neighbor Giles, a struggling middle-aged advertising illustrator, and her co-worker Zelda Fuller.
By Judith Akabs3 years ago in Critique
