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The Luckiest Man in America

Non-Stop

This is mainly a documentary about the men who braved the jungle for 40 days looking for the children. It's a long documentary and I found myself constantly skipping ahead to get to the finding of the children to see what state they were in and find out how they survived. However that bit didn't come until almost the end of the documentary and even then there was very little about the actual children and how they survived which was very disappointing. One of the children said that they fished and ate the fish raw and that was about it. I was desperate to know how they kept the baby alive and how they found water and how they kept warm at night and how they managed to keep going for 40 days without coming to grief but bizarrely none of that was addressed. I understand that they couldn't really show the children because of the sexual abuse allegations, but surely they could have at least given us a bit more information about how the children survived after all that build up.

The Lost Children

27 likes

I thought this book might be just a bit of frivolous fun to read and give me a glimpse into the world of the mega rich but it was so much more. I had no idea of the horrendous abuse Paris suffered for almost two years at the hands of an institution that purported to help 'difficult' teenagers which began with them kidnapping her from her bed in the middle of the night. What she went through after that shouldn't happen to any child and gave her nightmares for years to come after she was finally released. Incredible to think that some children have actually died at the hands of this institution. I'm so impressed that Paris campaigned to have it shut down and save other kids from suffering as she did. It was interesting to see how she reacted against the ordeal by becoming as successful as she could in her own right, becoming a DJ and playing to amphitheatres of thousands of people globally as well as modelling, launching dozens of successful products and finally finding love. The glimpse into the world of the mega rich is of course also fascinating and I enjoyed that part too. I don't always finish books but I couldn't put this one down and it gave me a lot of respect for Paris. Highly recommended.

Paris: The Memoir

2 likes

The 5 AM Club

2 likes

The first half of the movie, about a band in Punjab in north west India trying to make it big after many years of playing together, was pretty entertaining. I enjoyed the Indian music, characters and the scenery. The band is a dismal failure until it takes on a female singer who propels them to success. They get asked to tour England, which is where the fun should have started, none of the musicians having left India before. Well, no. That's where the film takes a complete nosedive and having been the one who suggested the movie (it was my birthday!) I felt a bit embarrased and asked my companions a couple of times if they wanted to leave (they still had popcorn to eat so they stayed, but they were bored stiff like me). The last 90 minutes of the movie (felt like more) was a complete farce centred around a graveyard, all gigs forgotten and hence no music. It was like the director thought the movie was too short and halfway through, tacked another far inferior one on. What started with promise ended with big disappointment. What a shame, I was looking forward to being entertained after finally coming out of lockdown!

Paani Ch Madhaani

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An incredibly tense, fast-paced nail-biting horror drama about a group of desperate people who put their lives on the line for the chance to win a billion dollar payout. It was so thrilling we binge watched the whole series in one night! This show will have you on the edge of your seat the whole way through. And just when you think it can't get more nerve wracking - it does! I rarely watch a Netflix series all the way through, but my kids were saying how great this drama was so out of curiosity I thought I'd take a peek. Well, the story was so riveting I couldn't tear myself away until I knew how it turned out eight hours later! I don't normally like horror or violence, but the psychological aspect of the game - would you allow your friend to be brutally killed in order to spare your own life? - is compelling. HIghly recommend but (preferably) don't watch alone!

Squid Game - Season 1

4 likes

Passengers