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This new Jack Ryan is in many ways a carefully constructed, modernized homage to Tom Clancy's famous character. The series stays true to the original archetype, while also coming across as fresh and interesting. In tune with modern times. However, it does seem like the subject of the season - a terrorist, is a miserable let-down to the formidable issues and adversaries of Tom Clancy's construction in the past. Very soon, we are led to realize that isn't the case. The villain, while constructed haphazardly, seems interesting, and real. The efforts to fit this to binge-worthy content, makes several eye-roll inducing cliched themes, but the story flows, and grips. I wish this became a long-running series. 8 Episodes aren't nearly enough to do justice to the incredible promise of the world-building the writers have indulged in. I just wish Jack graduated to parlaying with the Russians, and Chinese, rather than pursuing some desert dwelling mercenary, who is still a great adversary.

A masterclass adaptation of the legendary book by John le Carre. Such stellar acting and portrayals of the characters of Smiley by Gary Oldman and Cumberbatch as Guillam. The hunt for a mole deep within the MI 6 that rendered it practically useless to the dreaded KGB's activities. The way in which Smiley played so beautifully by Gary Oldman - hunts down the spy - is what makes this such a thriller.

Excellent set of recipes, very precise, and helpful for anyone from a novice, to professionals to deliver perfect, reliably consistent kebabs, dips, naan. This comes from the legendary house of Moti Mahal, known for their great tandoori chicken, and butter chicken. You get quality recipes, none of the half-baked incomplete recipes you get to see in some other Indian cookbooks. This is definitely a collectible.

Short, crisply made, incredibly accurate in how a fighting vessel is commandeered in war. Greyhound will put you right on the destroyer escort fending off packs of U-boats hunting merchant ships in the Atlantic at the height of the U-boats' dominance of the waters off England's coast. Tom Hanks and the crew are all perfectly suited to the task. The crew of actors that play the roles of the officers and crewmen is where some of the best work shines thru. For instance, in a sudden burst of frenzied activity when a supposed target is first sighted, the men fall into a perfect order but still manage to demonstrate nerves and quiet anxiety thru their facial expression. The screenplay by Tom Hanks deserves accolades. More than just his acting, he has written a brilliant, highly accurate rendition of the desperate frenzy that is naval warfare in WW2 in the Atlantic. Now hoping he can do something about Taffy-3's encounter with the Kido Butai. Only Apple's massive budgets can make a 'Last Stand of the Tin can sailors' a reality :) Ah, one can dream. As some other reviewers have noted, the portrayal of the enemy as a bashful, and cocky and careless amateur is jarring, and probably could have been avoided.

I am coming from the Waking up app - where Whyte makes a deeply heart-felt effort in communicating meaningful thoughts accumulated over a lifetime. His chosen theme here is 'every day words that convey a deep, rich and clear meaning about the human experience, that as adults, we have chosen to abstract away'. I have been moved to silence and astonishment many times, at how powerful and beautiful his expressions are. I am writing this review, as I finish 'Alone' and 'Courage' - and feel intimately reminded of the deep connection I feel, and long for with humanity - while he describes his contemplation of the powerful word, 'Alone'.

This is a pretty compact book, with a few pictures, and lots of recipes don't have many pictures too. The instructions are not very detailed, and just about enough to make an okay product. It is suited to chefs who know little secrets like how to dry roast peanuts to what level, for example. . Not too many tips that may help to make a dish from good to great for beginners to home cooks. That is the biggest drawback of the book. The recipes are too brief and you won't have any idea on how to do specific steps properly - For the egg salan, it misses out on where the peanuts are supposed to be used. Big error there, and they don't even tell you on how much water to pour for making a paste of the ingredients. So i assume this recipe is from a chef, so it won't help you and me much. I am giving only 3 stars since the main reason i bought this book was a better, more comphrehensive recipe for Kache Ghosht ki Biryani, which this does not have - it substituted a recipe for regular pakki biryani-They are NOT the same thing, so it makes me question if the author knows what they're talking about. Also, a lot of the recipes seem very new to me. I'll update after trying one of them. Overall, it seems like the author must have sourced a bunch of very different and innovative recipes, but the biryani one is a disappointment. This may mislead new cooks.

Starts off with the weight of the abomination that was 'TFA' and trying to fit together things in place, but does a good enough job of world building and extending - while staying true to the original fabric. However, the early story does suffer from some weak writing, and acting. The movie progressively gets better from the introduction of the new admiral, and is just a feast for the senses from there. They could have delved a little deeper into Kylo's motivations, but didn't go there. That's the only shame. Good movie. By far the best Star Wars movie.