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Aaron Sorkin The Newsroom
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On Sky
Rian Johnson Gli ultimi Jedi
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I liked it, although I am waiting to see it in the original language because the dubbing makes it impossible to assess the acting; Ridley is excellent in VII but penalized (also in this) by mediocre dubbing that tends toward the terrible. There are plot twists, and they were quite predictable; the apprentice wants to be the new supreme leader, and all the theories about Rey's parents have dissolved in contact with a normal and effective truth ("they are nobody"). Now IX will be quite intriguing; the Star Wars purists can endlessly watch the first three but only show a narrow-minded perspective.
Peter, Paul & Mary Ten Years Together: The Best of Peter, Paul & Mary
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Forgotten? I don't think so, I'm a pillar of 20th-century folk music.
Bob Dylan Modern Times
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I recently bought the BOX with all its discs. So far, I haven't gotten to the production closest to us yet; I've been focused on analyzing the controversial period from '69 to '72, also using the Bootleg Series Volume 10, and a large part of the '70s, including the Christian trilogy now honored by the new volume of Bootleg. For now, the least interesting period I've glanced at is the post-'83 era.
Suzanne Vega Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega
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Seen live last year in Genoa, a city that unfortunately never rewards any "outsider" artist in terms of audience. She is talented, has always been since her early days with the initial trio. The last LP is great too, a total anti-diva.
Rumiko Takahashi Ranma ½
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True, it's a sort of work that quotes Takahashi quite a bit. The two previous ones, Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, are her masterpieces and unattainable peaks of manga and anime… especially Urusei Yatsura, which later inspired entire similar universes; Matt Groening owes a lot to this work for The Simpsons.
Queen Greatest Hits I & II (Japan SACD)
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All EMI CDs from the '90s sound terrible, flat. It was a mastering problem that made the sound as flat as a sole.
Fabio Concato Fabio Concato
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The vinyl sounds divine...soft jazz
James Cameron Titanic
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Cameron's initial idea was to make a film solely about the ship, a collective movie without a protagonist. For obvious reasons, he created a tear-jerking story to ensure people would go see it; no one would ever attend knowing how it ended. Exceptional underwater footage, Cameron was the first to explore the interior of the wreck… an impeccable reconstruction except that the recreated ship is slightly smaller than the original. Also check out the documentary "Ghost of the Abyss" on the wreck with the late Bill Paxton, also by Cameron, to enjoy beautiful shots of the wreck and its exploration. The extended ending of the film is even more ironic.
Wings Wings Greatest
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Thank you for the comments. As someone has already pointed out, the Beatles broke up for various reasons, but the main one was the end of a shared journey; they were a band that started as kids, after more than a decade. Moreover, there were three very large and well-defined artistic personalities within the group, such as Harrison, Macca, and Lennon. McCartney has often emphasized that as a solo artist, he received proposals early on from many to form new bands, famously from Hendrix, but his idea was not directed towards a supergroup but rather towards a band with less illustrious names. A band was needed to go on tour and make records. At first, it was very difficult because, to get going, they had the fateful three LPs that were typically granted by record companies at the time. One shouldn’t think that just because he was called McCartney, everything was easier; the criticism at the beginning was full of prejudice and unjust.