Category: Movies
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I Beat the Odds by Michael Oher
If ever I hire a ghost writer, it will not be Don Yaeger. If ever I hire a woman to play my adoptive mother, it will most definitely be Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side).
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Fired Up!
“That was for the Crocs. You’re not an old lady gardening or a baby on the beach. OK? Now put on some shoes, you’re embarrassing yourself.” I. Love. It.
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Pitch Perfect
I’m not funny enough to write something funny about this movie. It’s way funnier than I am. Anna Kendrick is my patronus.
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Saw the movie first and loved it. The book was too slow-moving for me after that, though I wish I’d powered through. Should have read it first.
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Lord of the Flies by Sir William Golding
Hated it in high school. Loved it in university. Movie was decent. Simpson’s adaptation was awesome.
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Book: Very charming. A fabulous tale of love, distrust, enchantment and a whiskey loving circus elephant. Beautifully written. Movie: Meh
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Brilliant, really. A thrilling and desperate melange of The Lord of the Flies, Gladiator, and Survivor. Couldn’t put it down.
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Struck By Lightning
Manipulation and black mail. All the best things about high school. Add in Rebel Wilson and Chris Colfer and it’ll do.
Being Tori 