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The Craggus (360 KP) rated The First Purge (2018) in Movies

Jul 5, 2018 (Updated Jul 5, 2018)

The First Purge (2018)

2018 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

5.8

(32 Ratings)

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The First Purge (2018) feels like the #SnyderCut of Childish Gambino's "This Is America" #Review

What better viewing choice on the 4th of July than the latest instalment in the satirical horror series, one that goes back to the beginning and commemorates the very start of the decline of the land of the so-called free? “The First Purge” sets out to explain just how a society could come to adopt such a monstrous idea in the first place, a question which feels less and less difficult to answer with each passing day...

FULL REVIEW: bit.ly/Craggus1stPurge

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The Craggus (360 KP) rated The Equalizer 2 (2018) in Movies

Aug 19, 2018

The Equalizer 2 (2018)

2018 | Action, Mystery

7.5

(24 Ratings)

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The Equalizer 2 (2018) may take some odd turns but evens out into a solid vigilante thriller. #Review

I’m enough of a fan of the original TV show “The Equalizer” to wish Antoine Fuqua had found a way to incorporate Stewart Copeland’s superb synth-driven theme tune into this modern reinterpretation. But my favourite part of the TV series was always the helping out of ‘the little guy’ rather than the bigger, over-arching spycraft arcs. It’s in this area that “The Equalizer 2” unexpectedly delights even as it leads to a slightly meandering story on screen... FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusEqualizer2

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Karinax (1 KP) rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine in Books

Aug 25, 2018

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

8.6

(80 Ratings)

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Definitely puts things into perspective of what happens behind closed doors, particularly of those who are vulnerable. (0 more)

Best book of 2018

Eleanor thinks she has life all worked out, with a flat, a stable job and the same Pesto & Pasta meal every night, nothing is amiss. Apart from, sometimes, everything. A remarkable story about loneliness and how it can be perceived to others. Not my usual sort of book but I was hooked from the very start till the very end. Eleanor Oliphant has changed my perception of life, and how fabulously different we all really are.

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The Craggus (360 KP) rated First Man (2018) in Movies

Oct 16, 2018

First Man (2018)

2018 | Biography, Drama, History

6.9

(32 Ratings)

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First Man (2018) brings down-to-earth intimacy to the story of mankind’s giant leap. #Review

Opening with Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) test piloting an X-15 rocket ship so high you fear he may crash in to the orbiting Universal Logo which went past mere seconds before, Damien Chazelle’s quietly absorbing biopic is something of an antithesis to the usual stars ‘n’ stripes bombastic heroic portrayal the US space program usually receives. Instead, the focus here puts the man in the foreground while the mission is pushed to the back...

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusFirstMan

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The Craggus (360 KP) rated The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) in Movies

Nov 6, 2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

2018 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

6.6

(39 Ratings)

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If life is like a box of chocolates, then The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (2018) is a bumper selection pack. #Review

“The Nutcracker And The Four Realms” is chocolate box art lavishly brought to over-saturated, over-sugared, overly decorated life on the big screen. And, like the contents of that box of chocolates, there are moments of sublime deliciousness, a few over-sweet gooey confections and even the occasional nut. It’s hard to resist all the tempting treats on offer, even if gobbling them all up in one sitting does make you feel slightly queasy....

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusNutcracker

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The Craggus (360 KP) rated Overlord (2018) in Movies

Nov 7, 2018

Overlord (2018)

2018 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

7.5

(33 Ratings)

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Formulaic WW2 action horror Overlord (2018) is Nazi movie you may be expecting. #Review

Much less of an out-and-out horror film than the trailers would suggest, “Overlord” is, in fact, a brutal and tense World War II action adventure which belatedly takes a horror turn in its final act.

As stylish as it is, it doesn’t stray very far from the ‘big book of war movie tropes’ as rewritten by Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” and much of its sound and fury war-is-Hell big moments have already appeared in the marketing...

FULl REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusOverlord