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Ross (3284 KP) rated At Budokan by Cheap Trick in Music

May 7, 2020

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

1979 | Live Performances

8.0

(1 Ratings)

Album Rating

Rolling Stone's 426th greatest album of all time

An incredibly atmospheric live album (Cheap Trick really seem to have been massive in Japan, like Beatlemania level), including "I Want You to Want Me" and a number of other foot-stomping rock and roll songs. One nice little Easter Egg was discovering that the speaking at the end of "I Want You to Want Me" was sampled to introduce "Jimmy James" by the Beastie Boys on Check Your Head.

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Apex Construct

6.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Travel to the shattered future of Apex Construct, where merciless robots prowl the world as a result...

Dean (6926 KP) rated The Deep House (2021) in Movies

Apr 28, 2023

The Deep House (2021)

2021 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.0

(2 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Amazing Location (1 more)

Mix of styles

Poor ending (1 more)

Blurry scenes

Original Horror

A decent original take on a few Horror styles. Mixing GoPro POV, Haunted House in a claustrophobic setting. A big House in the bottom of a lake.
Rather low budget, not the best dialogue but the unique setting makes up for most of the films minor flaws. Not really scary, more atmospheric and claustrophobic. Pretty good for a low budget film.
Short scene after the credits.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated High Water Hellion (Luanne Fogarty Mysteries, #5) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Luanne agrees to help her police boss Tony find something his aunt was rumored to throw into a lake. But then they find evidence that his aunt was murdered. With a hurricane coming, will they catch the killer? While there was one obvious plot point, the rest of the book was filled with the usual good storytelling, strong characters, and atmospheric writing.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-high-water-hellion-by-glynn.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated House of Salt and Sorrows in Books

Dec 30, 2019

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Wow, this book was amazing! The writing is beautiful and atmospheric, and do delightfully creepy.

This is based off of the 12 dancing princess story and then barrels it's way in an incredible but completely unexpected direction.

I loved Annaleigh and her sisters. There voices were authentic and tragic. The pervasive loneliness and isolation of the Thaumus sisters was portrayed so we'll!

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The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories

P.D. James

8.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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P D James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a short story for...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recommended Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery in Books (curated)

Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery

John Gregory Brown | 1994 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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"I have always been drawn to fiction that is written in sublime language and looks at the world through a romantic-realist lens, and this book does just that. It is the story of a White family in New Orleans, in the American South, and their Black servant; a story of race and love and family and dreams. It is filled with longing, melancholy and nostalgia, and it is so atmospheric, so hauntingly described, that the reader never quite emerges from the book."

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Dean (6926 KP) rated Sleepy Hollow - Season 1 in TV

Jun 25, 2017

Good production values (2 more)

Good Sfx for a TV series

Good atmospheric Cinematography

Too many flashbacks every episode (0 more)

Don't lose your head!

I really enjoyed this series which has a different twist on the Headless horseman tale. Plenty of Action scenes, fights, magic and flash backs to the War with the British. I was impressed with the overall look and feel of the series. The effects for the headless horseman are up there with the film. A mix of the film with a Buffy, Supernatural vibe.