Entourage (TV Series and Film)

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Entourage (TV Series and Film) well this one helped me out at the early breakfasts during the last half of Ramadan - if I recall correctly-. And I have found it entertaining enough to finish it. The series tell the story of a film star and his friends who help him out and earn money. He has an elder brother who is in business longer than the star but kind of in the fringes only and never truly made it. And he has a vicious agent who genuinely likes the star. The whole thing has a misogynist vibe to it masked in "just for a laugh" attitude. The script is not bad and it kind of works but it is not a 'must watch' or anything like that.

The Vegetarian

The Vegetarian turned out to be a very powerful novel and I was very much into it. I'll look for the other novel of the same author (Human Acts I think it is called). 

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place turned out to be great novel focusing mostly on the psychology of a criminal. The whole book tells us how a normal salary man turns into a vicious murderer and in the end how this psychology enables to him act in the aftermath which leads to his getting caught. I really liked it and think the world of this writer. 

An Untamed State

An Untamed State turned out to be tense and emotional. And I liked it a lot. The reader was very good and I'm happy that I listened to it in audible. There were explicit scenes but not of romantic nature so I was not embarrassed to hear them. 

The Hurt Locker

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The Hurt Locker is a film I surprisingly liked the first time I watched it. War is my least favorite genre you see and not my first choice to watch. I like Ms. Bigelow as a director though and thought it won't hurt to give it a try. The first time was amazing and I was under the influence of it for a long time after it ended. This second time was not bad either but not as effective to my psyche. The thing that annoyed me most was how everything is explained. It was not necessary at all. The thing I liked most was how the action/non action scenes were so well done and tense. I remember liking Anthony Mackie a lot in the first film and he still is the best actor among the bunch imho but the part is also a good one. Anyway this is probably my favorite war film. 

Oh My Venus (O Ma-i Bi-neo-seu)

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Oh My Venus (O Ma-i Bi-neo-seu) was not a drama I particularly wanted to watch but when it landed on my lap in Netflix I decided to give it a go because I like the two leads. Especially So Ji Sob who I think it is the perfect looking man. He looks great no matter what he does .Seriously he even ugly cried with snot in one scene and he still looked better than 80% of the population. He is aging well too. I also like Shin Min A the female lead. She is cute and talented and nice to watch. So this show was mainly eye candy to me but its classicness somehow worked and I found myself invested. In the end it was not anything special but I enjoyed it very very much.

The Thief

The Thief was a bargain purchase and it was interesting but I didn't feel a connection to it.