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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · Aug 22

A new addition ('The Woman in Cabin 10') to the surprisingly extensive Keira Knightley library, for people who only want to read books with Keira Knightley on them.

15 different books, all (but one) movie or TV tie-in titles, all with Keira Knightley on the cover.

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 11h

Is this about drugs?

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 11h

Is there any Polish poetry he DOESN’T like?

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 17h

You should see what I'm up to right now!

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 17h

Never understand the "I've done something colossally stupid, now let's parade for the media as though I'm a hero!" mentality.

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 17h

Haha, give him time!

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 17h

I have tried and tried with him, but the only thing of his I'd save from oblivion is The Mist, and even that has problems.

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Not wonderful quality, but better than not seeing it at all!

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Way better than it had any right to be: tight, well-acted, moving and clever
www.imdb.com/title/tt0455...

The Crazies (2010) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror

1h 41m | R

www.imdb.com

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKkf...

La cabina 1972 with English subtitles

YouTube video by MultiChannelZero

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

www.imdb.com/title/tt8358...

After Midnight (2019) ⭐ 5.4 | Drama, Horror, Romance

1h 23m | TV-MA

www.imdb.com

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, he's awful. Such a hacky, half-arsed, unfunny, folksy, can't-do-a-decent-ending-for-shit, unedited merchant of schlock.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Some do, but it's not that nice.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly I am allergic to chocolate, so this has foiled me.

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Or she'd have been crushed in an accidental bibliolandslide.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahaha, this is great

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

That's cruel and unusual punishment.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

It's this, which I just started and is very promising:

Cover of Virago edition of 'One Way of Love' by Gamel Woolsey

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Oddly enough I never tried this, though I can't imagine it would have actually worked.

From a book:

"A few evenings later he came to see her again and asked her if she would come to his rooms so that he could show her his books."

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

YES! And they're also ugly, too, wrecking cover art with plops of useless text.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Gordon, I believe you are now entitled to a share of his royalties.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, there are a few on that list I have very much not enjoyed.

Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

$6 seems... optimistic.

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

That's a lot more than I would have expected.

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 1d

Ha, the Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb blurb style.