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New in the Edited Guide: The Ultimate Illumination Film Guide: 2015-2019
Illumination's challenge in this period was to turn their initial success with the Despicable Me series into something greater, to become more than a one-hit wonder.
Author: Bluebottle
New in the Edited Guide: ASMR and the Joy of Bob Ross
In the 21st Century, there are numerous videos on youtube catering for all kinds of ASMR triggers, from hair-brushing to the tapping of fingernails on wood. In the 20th Century the US artist Bob Ross provided similar sensations through painting
Author: SashaQ
Topical: Happy Birthday Tim Curry
Actor Tim Curry was born on 19 April, 1946.
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This month, tell us whether you can see the wood/forest for the trees. Do you prefer the fine details or the wider picture? Send us photos or artwork, look at how each element adds (or subtracts) from the scene. Or go in for the fine detail, show us what you think is most important.
Write an Entry for the Guide, or send us a story or write a review, where the small details are vital to the main plot. The devil's in the details!
April 2021 Create Challenge: Can't See the Wood (Forest) for the Trees
Newest Edited Entries
- Knights, Horses and Fact-checking old Songs: the Tale of Sir Hamo12th April 2021
- 'Gotham' - the Television Series12th April 2021
- Ulysses S Grant in a Dress, and a Mexican War Romance12th April 2021
- Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad12th April 2021
- A Folk Medicine Handbook from the Early American Republic: or, How to Be a Pow-Wow Doctor5th April 2021
- Echinacea: A Guide For Those Who Want To Grow It5th April 2021
- Doctor Who Enemies: Michael Grade8th April 2021
- The Convict Who Sued Satan29th March 2021
- Redcurrant Cake - a Recipe29th March 2021
- Hello Sailor or Hijack? The 'Nave Andromeda' Incident14th April 2021
Peer Review
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- A87948003 - The Ultimate Disney Live Action Remakes Film Guide: 1994 - 2014 6 Days Ago
The Post
This week, our contributors have outdone themselves. There's stellar photography. I mean that in the sense of 'the photographs are really good'. Nobody took any pictures of stars, except for FWR. That big yellow thing you see on the horizon is, in fact, a star. The rest of us took pictures of birdies and blooms and such.
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