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29.6. A first book from a trilogy that probably was never translated into Finnish.

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29.6. When I picked up this long forgotten little novel from the warehouse of our local library I didn't expect anything spectacular at first: there are billions of similar semi-religious fictional novel around that are mostly just boring and disrespectful towards their characters to say the least. Saint Francis, however, is neither of them. The novel is about the St. Francis, whose love of life was closer to madness than just a feeling, as he struggled to find God he faced series of incredible hardships and suffering, at the end he even lost his sight, saw horrific visions and had bloody stigmas all over his body. There is a deep and genuine beauty in his story, Kazantzakis makes it feel nothing short of poetic. The beautiful epilogue really did touch me.

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29.6. One of my all time favourite horror comedies plus the most entertaining film about Elvis ever made. Baz Luhrman can eat a dick.

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Hidden Gems of Cinema (266 movies items)

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Darth Brutus rated Jack of All Trades (2000-2000)

 Jack of All Trades (2000-2000) 6/10

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 Obi-Wan Kenobi 3/10

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Darth Brutus rated Calimero (1972-1975)

 Calimero (1972-1975) 6/10

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27.6. The first half is about two Indian brothers and their childhood in poor parts of India, revolutionary politics etc. other good stuff. At one point the thing just completely falls apart and it's a chore to read til the end, nothing interesting happens. You'll know when you read it.

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27.6. A very typical Peter Hoeg novel: smart use of words with little to no substance.

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26.6. I have serious trouble rating this film. On the other hand it's very spot on and funny, but on the other hand it lacks many of the strong points of the first film, like kickass soundtrack and well written side characters. I don't know, but I wish many more people would watch this just so they could experience some real fun time like we did back in the 90's.

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25.6. Utterly pointless novel about nothing at all. The premise is supposed to be a kind of mystery novel, but at the end of the day there's nothing interesting going on and the mystery is quickly forgotten after few pages. If it wasn't for the playful language this could've been complete waste of my time.

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25.6. I don't get it. Nearly every time I start reading one of Auster's novels, I get hyped and expect something extraordinarily great but ultimately get disappointed. These novels are so overhyped it's not even funny, out of gazillion I've only really enjoyed maybe two of them, which were indeed great.

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25.6. Kalervo Palsa was something of an eccentric and radical artist whose grand obsession was painting surreal, grotesque and pornographic imagery. This book is a collection of his diaries, and even though I have never seen his art, I found this utterly fascinating look at his creative mind. The man was a very deep and introspective thinker and a boheme, so this book is like a must-read list for anybody interested in literary art, people who just want something extraordinary hiqh quality novels to read or curious folk who are interested in creative lunacy.

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24.6. Way better than I remembered. The plot is about average IQ going down the toilet and the future looking like a farce, but between the lines there's so much more message about the role of a state, corporate corruption, social policies and stuff. The ending is both naive and very ironic, since while they try to make the world better place to live, they only touch the bare surface while the big system remains the same and nothing really changes or ever will.

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Darth Brutus rated Born Again

 Born Again 7/10

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Darth Brutus rated There Will Come Soft Rains

 There Will Come Soft Rains 9/10

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