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  L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy is one of the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, although on The Greatest Books of All Time site it is less prominent, in fact, it has two rankings: 2463 and 14776, and this makes me wonder if the algorithm there is insane, I have had qualms in the past, assuming that my taste is not in line with this GOAT page…nevertheless, you find thousands of reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   7 out of 10   I feel that with close to five hundred pages L.A. Confidential is too long, though I enjoyed the motion picture https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/la-confidential-based-on-novel-by-james.html some years ago, when I saw it: it has a Metascore of 91, which is fabulous, and it is the 126 th most popular with audiences   The book was acclaimed, which is the reason why it was adapted for the big screen, neverthe...

  The Kindly Ones by Anthony Powell is the sixth volume of the chef d’oeuvre A Dance to The Music of Time, one of Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels, also part of the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read compilation, ranked 339 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and more important for this corner, it is one of my Top 50 Favorites – you have a few thousand reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other pages on my blog   https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html     10 out of 10   A Dance to The Music of Time is overwhelming https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/04/casanovas-chinese-restaurant-by-anthony.htmlat the second encounter, and I am sure it will me mesmerizing when I will read it for the third, or fourth time, Insha’Allah, if the war in Iran, the one in Ukraine and others do not prevent that   The Kindly Ones is full of surprises, meditation on life and death, even when combined with humo...

  Note on Kind Hearts and Coronets, with Alec Guiness, written, directed b... | realini

  Boccacio ’70 written and directed by Vittorio de Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli and Luchino Visconti, based on the stories of Boccaccio – The Decameron is one of The Best 100 Books of All Time, albeit on the Bokklubben World Library list, while on The Greatest Books of All Time site, the algorithm places this at 124 th – you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists, and reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel   7 out of 10   I have been exhilarated by Boccaccio https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/10/los-mejores-cuentos-eroticos-aka-best.html indeed, his Decameron is one of The Top 100 Best Books of All Time, or 124 th , if you consult the newer site, The Greatest Books of All Time, which is supposed to have a powerful algorithm   It was not just a qu...

  Sugarland Express by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg, directed by the latter is one of The New York times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, although I personally see at least ten other Spielberg works that would be better than this one, what am I saying there may be even thirty, nevertheless, this is not making it on my top 1,000 Favorites list…still, you find thousands of notes on motion pictures from the NYT 1,000 and other sites on my blog   https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where the macaws are the main (only) attraction   6 out of 10   Steven Spielberg has created more than twenty magnificent films https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-post-director-steven-spielberg.html if we count them, there may be more than thirty, some of them less well known, as The Post, but outstanding notwithstanding   Alas, Sugarland Express does not seem to be on the same magnitud...

  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of the major books of the present, even if it is not yet clear how it will stand the test of time, indeed, I was checking its ranking on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and it has fallen four places, from 6915 th , where it was last time, when I posted my first take on this Science fiction blockbuster, it has more than one million three hundred thousand ratings on Goodreads, and it has been adapted for the big screen, where it is the number one success of the year, at least in box office terms…indeed, the reason why I put in a few more lines on the subject is that I watched the movie last night, with Hannah, my daughter – you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ 1,000 Best Movies Ever Made and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   7 out of 10   Project Hail Mary https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/04/project-hail-mary-by-andy-weir-is-...