28 Days Later (2002)
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Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try...
Sunshine (2007)
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In the not-too-distant future, Earth's dying sun spells the end for humanity. In a last-ditch effort...
Start writing fiction - Audio
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This album provides the budding author with everything they need to know about approaching the art...
Dredd (2012)
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Mega City One is a vast, violent metropolis where felons rule the streets. The only law lies with...
The ideas of the series - about free will, determinism, the nature of the universe and of destiny - are undeniably fascinating and well-presented, and the acting is generally very good too. The rather glacial pace and borderline pretentiousness of some of it are more of a problem, but they should come as no surprise to anyone who's seen Annihilation or Ex Machina. Starts slow, but it will get its hooks into you as it goes on.
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Annihilation (2018) in Movies
Mar 17, 2018
The basic plot starts off well and even when they first venture into the shimmer, it's intriguing and actually pretty bizarre and interesting. It's just a shame that it soon turns into just plain old bizarre and is far too slow paced, going so far as being boring in parts.
Oscar Isaac is vastly underused in this, and the rest of the cast too either have little to work with or just arent very good. And the ending is just ridiculously bonkers with a very odd soundtrack that really doesn't fit with the scene. There's a lot that isn't elaborated on either but apparently is in the book, and the endings are completely different too.
This had potential but sadly really missed the mark.
Never Let Me Go Screenplay
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In his highly acclaimed novel "Never Let Me Go", Kazuo Ishiguro ("The Remains of the Day") created a...
Merissa (11619 KP) rated Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant #1) in Books
Apr 4, 2019
The attraction between Alexander and Elizabeth is off the charts from the start, but I actually wished it wasn't for part of the book! Now, don't get me wrong, steam isn't a bad thing at all, but for me, it actually took away from some of the parts of the story. It all became about how often these two made the naughty, rather than anything else like, for example, maybe Alex could have told Elizabeth more of his history... say the part with Christiana in it?! I actually preferred this book once Alex was told he had to mate with Christiana, and Loren appeared on the scene. I felt there was more of a connection then, but maybe that's just me.
On the whole, this was a very good read, with plenty to get your teeth into (bad pun intended). I would love to read more about this world of Allegiants, and see how it works in greater detail. And, of course, find out more about the missing vampires. Oh, and hope Elijah gets his story!
There were no editing or grammatical errors that I noticed, and I have no hesitation in recommending this book. Excellent start to the series.
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
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