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Awix (3310 KP) rated Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) in Movies

Feb 26, 2018 (Updated Feb 26, 2018)

Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)

1966 | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

6.3

(8 Ratings)

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Don't Forget the Honey, Mummy

Second of the Subotsky-Rosenberg Dr Who movies eschews the darkness and it-happened-here subtext of the TV serial in favour of a jolly plastic romp set in a startling vision of 2150 where donkey jackets and flat caps have come back into fashion and everyone only eats Sugar Puffs (although that may just be the product placement).

Actually rather charming on its own terms, and a number of good actors (Cushing, Keir, Philip Madoc) are trying really hard with the material. Just sit back and let it wash over you and it's highly entertaining stuff. Contains more bongo-drumming on the soundtrack than any other alien invasion movie in history. Extra point very nearly added for the awesome food machine sequence with Cribbins and the robo-men.

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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Battle: Los Angeles (2011) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018

Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

2011 | Action, Sci-Fi

5.8

(15 Ratings)

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One last tour of duty

Staff Sargent Nantz (Eckhart) is planning his retirement from the service but, a strange phenomenon has began to crash all over the world and into the pacific right off the the coast of Los Angles. He is called back into duty to help lead a squad of Marines who all have a different views on him and all have stories of their own. Their job is to clear the area and evacuate all civilians because some form of alien beings has begun to attack and the order to send in nukes has been given. Does Nantz have anything left in the tank to lead us to victory?

Not Eckhart's finest movie but it just was a bad story. I am surprised that Michelle Rodriguez even got involved in this film

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Humans in Books

Jun 27, 2018

The Humans

Matt Haig | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

9.6

(10 Ratings)

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Hilarious and heart warming

I'd read one of Matt Haig's other books and The Humans had been recommended as a must read, and I can really see why.

This is a hilarious story of life on earth viewed by an alien visitor. It wasn't quite the tale I expected and in fact turned out miles better than I'd hoped. Its very fast paced and 'Andrew' is such an endearing and loveable main character. His view on human life and emotions is very funny and also very heartwarming. Although the ending isn't entirely unpredictable, the rest of the book more than makes up for it. Andrew's "Advice for a human' list towards the end of the book is so thoughtful and insightful, and also pretty damn funny too. Such an enjoyable book to read.

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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated Annihilation (2018) in Movies

Dec 9, 2018

Annihilation (2018)

2018 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

7.0

(72 Ratings)

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Huh?

This movie-while having decent acting, cinematography and a few cool "creatures"- had a storyline that made no sense to me. The main theme of it seemed to be summed up in a line that was repeated frequently throughout the storytelling - "I don't know". Nothing was explained or seemed to have any point. Was it an alien movie? Was it something else? I don't know. I somehow made it through the movie, but only because I was expecting something to happen that would give it some kind of sense/ explanation - even if extremely far fetched or fantastic- only to be left with that phrase repeating in my head...I consider myself fairly smart, but I just didn't get this one. While visually interesting, this movie really is NOT worth a watch.

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Andy K (10823 KP) Dec 9, 2018

I loved this movie so much! Original and vague two of my favorites!

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David McK (3562 KP) rated Life, the Universe and Everything in Books

Jan 28, 2019

The third of the Hitch-Hikers Guide books, which starts with Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent still stuck on a prehistoric Earth.

It's not long, however, before they are back in 'our' time, roped into an attempt to save the Universe for destruction by an army of robots made by an alien race. Of course, they fail spectacularly in all their attempts to stop the robots gathering the items they need to release their masters, who were imprisoned inside a 'Slo-Time envelope' following a long and protracted war aeons ago.

To be honest, I found this book to be rather surreal. Despite a few good moments, it was never really laugh-out-loud funny, ending in a blatant attempt for a sequel (which, to be fair, I probably will read at some stage).