• June 8, 2023

THE GALACTIC ZOOKEEPER’S GUIDE TO HEISTS AND HUSBANDRY – rezal404

The author’s debut novels’ title echoes The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but the prose is far more astringent, taking the form of the profanity-filled first-person narration of fiery redhead anti-hero Saffron Savage, an unhappy daughter of “hippie” parents in the far future, whose idealism inspired her to earn a fairly worthless “xeno-zoology” degree.…

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The Schwarzenegger Fan’s Guide to ‘FUBAR’

For the first time in his 50+ year career in Hollywood, Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a fictional TV series. In Netflix’s FUBAR, Schwarzenegger plays Luke Brunner, an elite CIA operative who has kept his professional life secret from his family for decades. Now on the verge of retirement, Luke makes a shocking discovery: His daughter Emma…

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Past and Present Summer Reading Guide favorites – rezal404

Readers, returning to the show today is our Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club community manager, Ginger Horton. Ginger made her What Should I Read Next? debut in 2021 in Episode 283: Don’t save the good stuff, and today she’s back to catch up on what’s changed and what hasn’t in her summer reading life…

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Home Entertainment Guide: May 2023 | TV/Streaming

Now streaming on: “Branded to Kill” (Criterion) Seijun Suzuki’s 1967 hitman flick was such a disaster that it basically led to his exile from filmmaking for a decade. How ironic that it’s become one of the most influential movies of its era, with John Woo, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-wook, and others singing its…

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Behind the Scenes of the Summer Reading Guide – rezal404

Readers, we’re just a few days away from releasing the 12th edition of our Summer Reading Guide, and in today’s episode, we’re taking you with us for a peek behind the scenes of how the guide gets created. Making the guide each year is such a big, FUN project. Our 2023 guide has been…

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Home Entertainment Guide: April 2023

10 NEW TO NETFLIX “American Hustle”“The Bourne Identity”“Holy Spider”“How to Train Your Dragon”“Inception”“Inside Man”“The Last Stand”“The Mustang”“Psycho”“The Raid” 10 NEW TO HBO MAX “Across the Universe”“Blazing Saddles”“Contact”“Coraline”“The Exorcist”“The Goonies”“Office Space”“The Shining”“Twister”“Unforgiven” 6 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD Note: Criterion has also just released Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” films in a box set that will be reviewed individually…

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A Tourist’s Guide to Love movie review (2023)

Director Steven K. Tsuchida, a TV veteran, was also behind 2021’s “Resort to Love,” another Netflix romantic comedy set in a picturesque vacation destination. This is pure formula, but the leads have such a sweet chemistry with each other, and the locations are so enticing, that you may as well just surrender. Cook stars as…

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TRAVEL GUIDE FOR MONSTERS PART TWO – rezal404

Beginning with a ski vacay in British Columbia, with the Vancouver skyline featured prominently in the background, a cast of silly monsters traverses popular Canadian destinations. As the monsters and their diverse crowd of humans travel, they showcase unique natural environments (belugas in Northern Manitoba; lobster trapping in New Brunswick) and recognizable urban landscapes…

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Julian Nagelsmann: The definitive guide to Chelsea and Tottenham managerial target’s career

Julian Nagelsmann was labelled a ‘PR stunt’ at the start of his career. The man who turned down Real Madrid before turning 31, is now wanted by Chelsea and Tottenham. Here’s the definitive guide to the former Bayern Munich manager… ‘Schnapsidee’ – a crackpot idea that could only be fuelled by alcohol – screamed a…

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Harlequin’s 2022 Gift Guide Is Sweeter Than the Sugarplum Fairy

’Tis the season for dancers to be busier than ever: End-of-yearrecitals, competitions, auditions for summer and college programs, and, of course, The Nutcracker are taking center stage in the lives of the movers you know. As their dreams turn from visions of sugarplums to future dance plans, give them holiday gifts they will cherish for…

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