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Classic Movie Collection: The 3Ds

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  Mara's Classic Movie Collection. Take one 🎬 In Anywood, there are good movies. Then, there are bad movies. Finally, there are movies you just have to watch in a life time! On this first edition of Mara's Classic Movie Collection, we have Deadpool, Deadpool & Wolverine and Dead Poet's Society in the spotlight. Ready to find out if they're worth the hype from my eyes? DEADPOOL This was a recommendation by Gifty and I have to say... Well! I feel mature. This was the Deadpool I knew from childhood in the X-men cartoons. He didn't change; red, nonchalant in the face of death and a good swordsman. One change though, he's fouler than I remember.  I love the concept of him not trying to be a hero. That's the real personality of Deadpool as I can remember. They also kept the humour. Deadpool in the middle of a multi-car collision  wondering if he left the stove on. It was nice watching two cracked up and battered adults find a meaning out of their lives by bei...
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BRIDGERTON, A YOUNNG CLASSIC

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 It is quite a tale I have for you. Who would have wished for all that excitement and yet would want to run from it when caught up already? It is 1813 in Regency London. It is also another mating season. Our amiable Queen Charlotte is hosting a ball to amuse the high class of London and to give high prospects to the debutante who meets her fancy. It is a tradition that every year, a certain lady is crowned the diamond of the season. This is an important time for bachelor ladies who wish to be respectfully married. I happen to observe that the marriage market always has a high supply of spinsters and a short in beaus. No wonder Jane Austen always features female heroines whose major accomplishments are being suitably matched. An entrance is everything for a lady on her debut appearance in society. Daphne's entrance before Queen Charlotte is reminiscent of Charlotte Morland's debut entree to the Upper Rooms in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. In Daphne's case however it is...
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