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BhopalBhopal, DVDA Prayer for Rain
DVD - 2015DVD, 2015
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 18, 2024
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- Anderson (Union Carbide Chairman) was declared the main defendant om 1992. He remains a fugitive from justice in Indian Court, He now lives in Florida. Seven Indian Carbide staff were convicted of "death by negligence" in 2010. They were fined $2000 each. In 1982, Carbide's auditor warned of the potential of a runaway reaction. The journalist has been recognised with numerous awards. Carbide refused an antidote and maintained that MIC was harmless. Carbide insisted the accident was an act of sabotage by an employee. Around 10,000 bodies were counted the morning after. Compensation: Exxon Valdez Spill -$4 billion estimated. BP Oil Spill - $42 billion estimated. Union Carbide - $470 million. It paid $300 per corpse. Approximately 450 victims visit the local hospital everyday. Union Carbide was taken over by DOW Chemical in 2001. Doe refuses any liability. Union Carbide Corporation never apologised. Anderson (Union Carbide Chairman) was declared the main defendant om 1992. He remains a fugitive from justice in Indian Court, He now lives in Florida. Seven Indian Carbide staff were convicted of "death by negligence" in 2010. They were fined…
Expend4blesExpend4bles, DVD
DVD - 2023DVD, 2023
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 17, 2024
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Only the 4th installment of this franchise that features geriatric but honorable mercenaries, portrayed by favorite action drama stars, in neutralizing villains around the world. Not the best but entertaining enough. On the other hand, think that Arnold made a good decision to sit this one out.
Franchise recap:
The Expendables (2010):
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C302986
Super action film featuring a bunch of tough skilled mercenaries played by the hardest of the bunch: Stalone, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Jet Li, with cameos from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. With just a bit of small talks here and there, end to end of bam pow wham slap boom pop crack kapow kaboom ...
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The Expendables 2 (2012):
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C358138
Once Arnold and Chuck showed up in the movie unexpectedly, the audience knew the plot was just going to be a fun ride ... so forget the plot lines and just enjoy those all-time anti-heroes of the big screen. Too bad Van Damme was picked to be the bad apple.
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The Expendables 3 (2014):
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C426568
Decent addition to The Expendables action franchise ... new old guys kept surfacing as friends or foes. Good entertainment.Only the 4th installment of this franchise that features geriatric but honorable mercenaries, portrayed by favorite action drama stars, in neutralizing villains around the world. Not the best but entertaining enough. On the other hand, think that…
BayonettaBayonetta, Blu-ray Discbloody fate
Blu-ray Disc - 2014 | JapaneseBlu-ray Disc, 2014. Language: Japanese
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 15, 2024
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Added Aug 17, 2015 for DVD version:
Didn't know it was an anime adaptation of the game by Gonz. from the description. Anyway, a legend of vixen witch Bayonetta presented with subpar animation and graphic designs. Story was nothing substantial and sound was hohum as well. Nonetheless IMDb gave it 5.9/10 ratingAdded Aug 17, 2015 for DVD version:
Didn't know it was an anime adaptation of the game by Gonz. from the description. Anyway, a legend of vixen witch Bayonetta presented with subpar animation and graphic designs. Story was nothing substantial and…
PriscillaPriscilla, DVD
DVD - 2024 | English versionDVD, 2024. English version
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 15, 2024
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Biopic that confirms the predictable troubling relationship between the "King of Rock and Roll" Elvis and a small town schoolgirl Priscilla. They first met in 1960 (Elvis at 24 - Priscilla at 14,) married in 1967, separated in 1972, (and divorced on October 9, 1973.) Based on the milestones and experiences in Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir "Elvis and Me." Intriguing coming-of-age story.Biopic that confirms the predictable troubling relationship between the "King of Rock and Roll" Elvis and a small town schoolgirl Priscilla. They first met in 1960 (Elvis at 24 - Priscilla at 14,) married in 1967, separated in 1972, (and divorced on…
ThanksgivingThanksgiving, DVD
DVD - 2024DVD, 2024
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 14, 2024
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After a lengthy intro about a tight knit group of characters doing what they are to do on Thanksgiving, the horror show begins and persists with nonstop over the top gory scenes. Another franchise in the making, believe it.
Silent NightSilent Night, DVD
DVD - 2024 | EnglishSpanish versionDVD, 2024. EnglishSpanish version
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 13, 2024
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A big disappointment for an action revenge film directed by the legendary John Woo. Agree 100% with Dex_A's Feb 29, 2024 comment. Not that it is not worth a watch for Woo, Swedish star Joel Kinnaman (The Informer 2019,) and Columbian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace 2004, for which nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the 77th Academy Awards.)A big disappointment for an action revenge film directed by the legendary John Woo. Agree 100% with Dex_A's Feb 29, 2024 comment. Not that it is not worth a watch for Woo, Swedish star Joel Kinnaman (The Informer 2019,) and Columbian actress…
LionessLioness, DVD
DVD - 2008DVD, 2008
Added Mar 12, 2024
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Low budget, without captions/subtitles, documentary that is told through interviews, hand written journal excerpts and a few short archival footage. The five profiled Lioness are also wives, mothers and daughters, and who have long coped with the demands of military life, especially the sacrifices involved in leaving behind spouses and young children.
Notes:
A. The 5 Lioness
1. Specialist Shannon Morgan, a mechanic from rural Arkansas;
2. Specialist Rebecca Nava, a Hispanic supply clerk with a family history of military service;
3. Major Kate Guttormsen, a graduate of West Point and the group's highest-ranking officer;
4. Captain Anastasia Breslow, a signalwoman whose father's military service influenced her career path; and
5. Staff Sergeant Ranie Ruthig, a Midwestern mechanic, mother and non-commissioned officer.
B. "bonus footage" in Extras worthwhile a watch
-Women in the Military 5min
-Marine Lionesses 4min
-Team Lioness on Capitol Hill 8minLow budget, without captions/subtitles, documentary that is told through interviews, hand written journal excerpts and a few short archival footage. The five profiled Lioness are also wives, mothers and daughters, and who have long coped with the…
ScrapperScrapper, DVD
DVD - 2023DVD, 2023
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 12, 2024
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The man child is a compelling reason that people should pass a parenting test before being a parent. With that said, the twelve years-old Lola Campbell puts on an amazing performance in one of a kind and hope for the best daughter-father dramedy.
PixiePixie, DVD
DVD - 2021DVD, 2021
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 11, 2024
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Jul 28, 2021
Barely watchable crime comedy about a local drug dealer's step daughter, Pixie, who will do anything as a young woman to escape her small Irish town life to attend an Art school in San Francisco. I am with the pundit at RogerEbert:
Rotten Tomatoes 76%
Metacritic 45%
RogertEbert: 1 of 4 starsJul 28, 2021
Barely watchable crime comedy about a local drug dealer's step daughter, Pixie, who will do anything as a young woman to escape her small Irish town life to attend an Art school in San Francisco. I am with the pundit at…
The Snake PitThe Snake Pit, DVD
DVD - 2004DVD, 2004
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 11, 2024
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Sep 19, 2015
Watched this 1948 B&W years ago after the stunning 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It was an interesting and memorable film on healthcare for the mentally ill at that time.
Racing HeartsRacing Hearts, DVD
DVD - 2015DVD, 2015
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 11, 2024
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Sep 21, 2015
Decent romantic movie around the legend of Cher Ami (See quote.) Learn something new everyday!
Also legend of Cher Ami in wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 11, 2024
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 11, 2024
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Nov 03, 2018
No surprise that this 2013 low budget follow-up to its prequel is also criticized for too realistic and unrelenting depictions of violence. Not for the squeamish. A punishing experience that taxes the audience's threshold on gory violence. It does not take a back seat to vile horror slashers as Hollywood's "Saw" franchise or Asian films like "Cold Fish." The Aussie slang is definitely difficult to understand without captions. And while the lesson on the history of Australia is interesting but a drag, and the sing-songs could be left out in mho.
(Wolfe Creek Crater in Outback Australia is a real place. Can't get enuff? Watch the Wolf Creek TV series with Lucy Fry as Eve and John Jarratt as Mick Taylo.)
Wolf Creek (2005):
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C1124220
★★★★ Wolf Creek. Season 1 (2016):
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C662335Nov 03, 2018
No surprise that this 2013 low budget follow-up to its prequel is also criticized for too realistic and unrelenting depictions of violence. Not for the squeamish. A punishing experience that taxes the audience's threshold on gory…
Outlaw Johnny BlackOutlaw Johnny Black, DVD
DVD - 2023DVD, 2023
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 11, 2024
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Stupid and politically incorrect like Blazing Saddles (1974) thought less original. However, as a Western comedy, it is superly entertaining. Foremost, love the dialogue delivered by more than adequate deadpan actors sprinkled through the film. Here are a couple of examples (more in "Quotes"):
--WWRBBM
The mother of all charges to hang a colored by "Evoking the dreaded WWRBBM!"
--Sermon to forgive
If you have unforgiveness in your heart, then you are shackled to your past. To your history. And if you are shackled to your history, you are not free to possess your future. Your destiny.
Now we can't change the past. We can't change that. And our spirits ain't built to carry it with us. Now forgiveness doesn't changeyour past neither. But it sure can change your future. What God has before us is much greater than what's left behind us.
Leave your shackles behind you! And raise your hands to see what God has in store for you. Turn it loose!Stupid and politically incorrect like Blazing Saddles (1974) thought less original. However, as a Western comedy, it is superly entertaining. Foremost, love the dialogue delivered by more than adequate deadpan actors sprinkled through the film. Here…
Quotations
- I'm afraid that if you don't get that deed signed, Shealy's gonna level this town. Evoking the dreaded WWRBBM! -White woman raped by Black men? I'm afraid so. -That is a flat out lie! It doesn't have to be true. It's unwritten, and it seems to supersede all constitutional laws. Hell! It even works when there are no White women living in the damn town. === You're about as useful to me as Reverend Tharrington. -Well, he, he's dead. That's right. === It ain't the man who milks the cow. Uh-uh! But the cow that milks the man! And what's that cow gonna tell me? - Moo? That's right! But we know that the answer is deeper than that. === Hey, what's gotten into you? -The holy spirit. And the fruit of the spirit is, love, joy, peace, patience, self-control... Well, self-control most of the time... But come on. And faithfulness. I'm afraid that if you don't get that deed signed, Shealy's gonna level this town. Evoking the dreaded WWRBBM! -White woman raped by Black men? I'm afraid so. -That is a flat out lie! It doesn't have to be true. It's unwritten, and it seems to…
- Every time a Black man builds up a town of value, White folks come in, take it from us, and paint the town white. Whitetrification. That's what it's called. === Lord, I know you work in mysterious ways, your wonders to perform. But what gives? Maybe I did something I don't remember, but whatever it was, I promise never to do it again if you just get me outta here. === Bessie and me been writing for two years. She is supposed to meet me in Leesville, Georgia. When the Pastor died, it seemed only right I'd... help out the congregation in Hope Springs. - Uh, now you know, Bessie is a fat woman name. Is that right? Mm-hmm. Well, here is Bessie. Take a look here. -Ooh! Well, color me corrected. Ain't you the luck man.Every time a Black man builds up a town of value, White folks come in, take it from us, and paint the town white. Whitetrification. That's what it's called. === Lord, I know you work in mysterious ways, your wonders to perform. But what gives? Maybe…
- Bessie brings a breakfast tray with hot buns to Johnny's room: I am here because I thought I would join you for break-- -Hallelujah. I brought you something for you to put in your mouth on this morning. Everybody loves my hot buns. So I thought I'd come over here and give you some. Figured it's been a long time since you had any. I, uh-- I covered them up to keep them hot, steamy, firm, moist. Just the way a man likes them. I've also got warm honey, and warm cream you can... pour on, lick off, drench and splatter all over everything. If you'd like. -Believe me, I don't mind. Now... -Well, I hope you don't mind, I just feel obliged to bless the food, I... Something just, uh, come over me. Oh. Just come over me too. Let me sit these buns down, and I'll get right down on my knees. -No, no, no, Bessie. You just stay on up and, uh, you just go on and start without me. Well, you don't know my appetite! I'll have that whole thing down my throat, cream and all before you can even ... Bessie brings a breakfast tray with hot buns to Johnny's room: I am here because I thought I would join you for break-- -Hallelujah. I brought you something for you to put in your mouth on this morning. Everybody loves my hot buns. So I thought I'd…
Strange Way of LifeStrange Way of Life, DVD
DVD - 2024DVD, 2024
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 10, 2024
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Not what I expected that it is a short film about two bisexuals (Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal) who had a wild fling after imbibed too much wine in their youth. Running time is ~30 minutes but with a nice closure. Would be a great film on a bold topic, but not so much but a brief pseudo sequel to Brokeback Mountain (2005) nearly 2 decades ago.Not what I expected that it is a short film about two bisexuals (Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal) who had a wild fling after imbibed too much wine in their youth. Running time is ~30 minutes but with a nice closure. Would be a great film on a bold…
Quotations
- ***SPOILER ALERT*** Years ago, you asked me what two men could do living together on a ranch. I'll answer you now. They can look after one another, protect each other. They can keep each other company.
MudboundMudbound, DVD
DVD - 2024 | Director-approved DVD special editionDVD, 2024. Director-approved DVD special edition
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 09, 2024
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The onset of WW II disrupted and dramatically changed the lives and hopes of two farming families in the deep south. A complex period drama packed with immoral/sinful social norm of structural racism and gender inequality that we should never forget.
2018 Nominee Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay plus 3 other categories. Thanks to Criterion and Netflix in releasing this DVD.
Notes:
-What is with the sunglasses of Florence Jackson (Mary J. Blige)?
-Based on Mudbound (2008) by Hillary Jordan.
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C220560The onset of WW II disrupted and dramatically changed the lives and hopes of two farming families in the deep south. A complex period drama packed with immoral/sinful social norm of structural racism and gender inequality that we should never…
Quotations
- More than a dozen posted in imdb, thanks for its contributors: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396589/quotes/ The legal terms that I was not sure of: Hap Jackson: That mule made me a share tenant, not a sharecropper. And had me dreaming about having my own piece of land. Maybe that's where the problem started. (The difference between tenant farmers and sharecroppers is that sharecroppers did not own anything needed for farming the land, which they also did not own. Tenant farmers may own a home near the land and also own all their own seeds, fertilizer, tools, and beasts of burden.) More than a dozen posted in imdb, thanks for its contributors: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396589/quotes/ The legal terms that I was not sure of: Hap Jackson: That mule made me a share tenant, not a sharecropper. And had me dreaming about having…
- This quote is not in IMDb yet, chit-chat from Jamie to Ronsel: Made a deal with God right there. Swore if he saved me, I was gonna do somethin' good. I don't know what that was, but I promised anyway. Before you know, whole bunch of P-51s show up just like goddamn cavalry. They cleared those Germans right out of the sky. And I swear, they were angels sent by the Lord himself. Those P-51s, their tails was painted red. One of 'em buzzed me right after the flight. I looked over. I thought I was seeing things. That fighter pilot he was colored. He saluted me. I saluted him back. Men that died that day, they were husbands, fathers. They were good men. A lot better than me. === Oppression, fear, deformity. It would take an extraordinary man to beat all that. I would have to wean myself off laudanum and self-pity... and travel with a little card in my shirt pocket that said "mute.This quote is not in IMDb yet, chit-chat from Jamie to Ronsel: Made a deal with God right there. Swore if he saved me, I was gonna do somethin' good. I don't know what that was, but I promised anyway. Before you know, whole bunch of P-51s show up…
- Pappy, this is Ronsel. Hap and Florence's son. Just returned from overseas. -Oh, oh! Well, that explains why you're tryin' to leave by the front door. You must be confused as to your whereabouts. No, sir, I'm not confused at all. -Oh, I think you are, boy. I don't know what they let you do over there, but you're in Mississippi now, nigger. You use the back door. Go on, son. Son, we don't want no trouble here. Go on. Go on. You know what? You're absolutely right. When we was overseas, they didn't make us use the back door. General Patton put us on the front line. Yes, sir. You know what we did? We kicked the hell out of Hitler and them Jerries. While y'all at home safe and sound. === Coon, spade, darky, nigger. Went off to fight for my country to come back and find it hadn't changed a bit. Pappy, this is Ronsel. Hap and Florence's son. Just returned from overseas. -Oh, oh! Well, that explains why you're tryin' to leave by the front door. You must be confused as to your whereabouts. No, sir, I'm not confused at all. -Oh, I think you…
The tribeThe tribe, DVD
DVD - 2016 | Sign LanguagesDVD, 2016. Language: Sign Languages
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 08, 2024
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Added Mar 24, 2016:
A brutal youth film performed by deaf actors from Ukraine. There were no captions, only with minimal background sounds, quiet to mega-loud visuals as expressed by the intensity in sign language, levels in gesticulations, obvious scenes and actions as captured on camera. There is an option to watch with commentary on, but found the voices hard to understand (heavy accent) and with little to add but annoyance. Ingenious presentation on a neglected segment of people best described in Wikipedia: “ … the film is set in a boarding school for deaf children, where a new arrival is drawn into an institutional system of organised crime, involving robbery and prostitution. He crosses a dangerous line when he falls for one of the girls to whom he's assigned to pimp. …” Lastly, film is clearly low budget, too long at 126 minutes for the material and that many repetitive long sequences should be cut short or sped up.Added Mar 24, 2016:
A brutal youth film performed by deaf actors from Ukraine. There were no captions, only with minimal background sounds, quiet to mega-loud visuals as expressed by the intensity in sign language, levels in gesticulations, obvious…
Samurai RisingSamurai Rising, BookThe Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Turner, Pamela S.Book - 2016Book, 2016
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 08, 2024
DementiaDementia, Streaming Video
Streaming Video - 2015Streaming Video, 2015
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 08, 2024
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Added Jun 12, 2016:
The nurse looked wrong from the get-go. Would she reveal true self as an alter ego of nurse Miss Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, or the caretaker Annie Wilkes in Misery or the nanny Claire in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle? Story was far fetched but daringly sinister.Added Jun 12, 2016:
The nurse looked wrong from the get-go. Would she reveal true self as an alter ego of nurse Miss Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, or the caretaker Annie Wilkes in Misery or the nanny Claire in The Hand That Rocks the…
FerrymanFerryman, DVD
DVD - 2023DVD, 2023
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 08, 2024
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The film begins with an awful assisted suicide scene and follows up with the romance drama between a young couple, the woman facing a major existential issue that immediately drags the audience to wonder how the expected event takes shape and ends. Unusual premise under not so special circumstances.
Note: Closed-captioned only, no subtitles.The film begins with an awful assisted suicide scene and follows up with the romance drama between a young couple, the woman facing a major existential issue that immediately drags the audience to wonder how the expected event takes shape and ends.…
Quotations
- I wish we could just hang here forever. Just this exact moment. === *** Spoiler Alert *** This club? - Each member supervises the passing of another. - Passing? Stops you from making a mistake. Waking up in a hospital bed surrounded by angry relatives. I wish we could just hang here forever. Just this exact moment. === *** Spoiler Alert *** This club? - Each member supervises the passing of another. - Passing? Stops you from making a mistake. Waking up in a hospital bed surrounded by angry…
婚禮歌手 [sound recording] : 緣定一生情歌經選 = The best wedding songs婚禮歌手 [sound recording] : 緣定一生情歌經選 = The best wedding songs, Music CDHun li ge shouHun li ge shouyuan ding yi sheng qing ge jing xuan = The best wedding songs
Music CD - 2006-2014 | ChineseMusic CD, 2006-2014. Language: Chinese
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 07, 2024
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Looking around freegal online music and found this album available for download and streaming, all 30 tunes. Go to the link below and click "Select All":
https://sccl.freegalmusic.com/search-page/the%20best%20wedding%20songs
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 07, 2024
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Added Jun 27, 2016:
Album available at Freegal for download now. Debut studio album by the country music artist. The top hits My Church and 80s Mercedes did nothing for me, at least not stand out.
Video: My Church - Maren Morris
I've cussed on a Sunday I've cheated and I've lied I've fallen down from grace A few too many times But I find holy redemption When I put this car in drive Roll the windows down and turn up the dial [Chorus:] Can I get a hallelujah Can I get an amen Feels like the Holy Ghost running through ya When I play the highway FM I find my soul revival Singing every single verse Yeah I guess that's my church [Verse 2:] When Hank brings the sermon And Cash leads the choir It gets my cold coal heart ...I've cussed on a Sunday I've cheated and I've lied I've fallen down from grace A few too many times But I find holy redemption When I put this car in drive…
10 Buildings That Changed America10 Buildings That Changed America, DVD
DVD - 2013DVD, 2013
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 07, 2024
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Only available for streaming:
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C952151
Dec 20, 2021
I'll have to take the author's word that they are the changers:
Virginia State Capitol
Trinity Church, Boston
Wainwright Building
Robie House
Highland Park Ford Plant
Southdale Center
Seagram Building
Dulles International Airport. DC
Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LAOnly available for streaming:
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S118C952151
Dec 20, 2021
I'll have to take the author's word that they are the changers:
Virginia State Capitol
Trinity Church, Boston
Wainwright Building
Robie House…
PioneerPioneer, Streaming Video
Streaming Video - 2015 | NorwegianStreaming Video, 2015. Language: Norwegian
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 07, 2024
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Aug 17, 2015
Astronauts: the deep sea divers -- A complex film on a man's quest to learn the true cause of his brother's accidental death during one of their test dives in prepping the construction of the North Sea oil and gas pipeline.
jimg2000's rating:
Added Mar 07, 2024
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dded Jul 27, 2016:
Nominee for Best New Artist in 2016 Grammy but lost to a worthy competitor Meghan Trainor. Pretty good for debut album by the 23 year old. Of note that "Nobody Love" was featured in " Now That's What I Call Music! 54" and "Should've Been Us" in "Grammy 2016 Nominees CD."dded Jul 27, 2016:
Nominee for Best New Artist in 2016 Grammy but lost to a worthy competitor Meghan Trainor. Pretty good for debut album by the 23 year old. Of note that "Nobody Love" was featured in " Now That's What I Call Music! 54" and…
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