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Josh Yates-Walker

@IcePee

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Hello, It's me, IcePee! I like long walks on the beach, looking longingly at my beloved. Would you like to be that person?.... Ach! Wrong site...
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Josh Yates-WalkerWhether you'll like this, or not depends on how much slice of life stories grab you. While, there is an extreme setting, it's mostly about the banality of evil, at least by one family member. However, once it establishes this (quite early, in my opinion). It doesn't go anywhere other than the aforementioned slice of life drama. This is not necessary a dig on the film, but more a commentary on the limitations of historical drama. It gets points for not being sensationalist, though. And it got me interested in the Höss family.

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Anatomy of a Fall

MoviesCrime

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Josh Yates-WalkerReally good drama that is part courtroom. It is sure to stir up debate after.

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The Prestige

BooksChristopher Priest

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Josh Yates-WalkerThe film adaptation of this book was one of my favourites (same title). I didn't think this book could top it. But it did. While the adaptation was masterful, this book kind of renders it as a sketch. There is some much more world building in this book. It really shows up the limitation of the moving picture. This isn't to say where the movie diverged from the book it was was without good reason. But, it was, on the whole, a more simple story, both in terms of what wasn't covered and what was.

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Enola Holmes

MoviesAdventure

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Josh Yates-WalkerAn enjoyable although shallow romp through Victorian England. With the title character giving Dead pool a run for his money in 4th wall breaking. A case could be made for its over use. They did Mycroft dirty, though.

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Titus

MoviesDrama

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Josh Yates-WalkerI really like this movie. If you like Game Of Thrones or think you might like it, but don't want to dedicate the time, this movie is an espresso shot of concentrated GoT.

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Pride and Prejudice

BooksJane Austin

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Josh Yates-WalkerIs it me, or is this story a bit of a cutting satire of it's time? Although maybe not as overt. It's quite clever at insinuating it critique of society without polemics.

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Dollhouse

ShowsSci-Fi & Fantasy

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Josh Yates-WalkerWas a while since I saw this, but I came away with the impression that this show is superficially and SciFi show like Quantum Leap but with more action. But it has some exceptionally dark and disturbing depths. Black heart, smiling face.

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Severance

ShowsDrama

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Josh Yates-WalkerCool concept and a commentary on work and employee relations. It's darkly quirky too. If you like Black Mirror and/or Rick and Morty and/or Dollhouse you'd like this.

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Josh Yates-WalkerA compelling, if at times chilling companion to the film Oppenheimer.

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Oppenheimer

MoviesDrama

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Josh Yates-WalkerLike Oppenheimer himself this movie does not fall neatly into any camp. It's not a documentary but it has factual bits in it. The movie wants to take a look at the mind that lead the allies' efforts to build the bomb, however this is undermined by taking flights of fantasy so you never know what is the man versus what is manufactured. I never knew what was objective fact as opposed to polemic. Ultimately, I fear this film fails in it prime objective after watching it, I was no closer to understanding the man. He remained an enigma.

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