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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Transporter (2002) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018 (Updated Feb 12, 2018)  
The Transporter (2002)
The Transporter (2002)
2002 | Action, Thriller
Uproariously silly action movie which launched Jason Statham's career as a leading man in this sort of thing. Brilliant fights and chase sequences are strung together by some frankly very suspect dialogue scenes, comprising a rather hackneyed plot. No-one involved appears to be acting in their first language, which is a bit bemusing considering Jason Statham is English and Matt Schulze is an American.

This is on one level a terrible pile of nonsense, but also superbly entertaining as an unintentional comedy and a genuinely proficient action film. If you're playing the Transporter drinking game, award yourself an extra swig every time the logo of a well-known beer named after a snake appears, as they appear to have sponsored the production quite extensively.
  
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Peter Brownhill (1 KP) rated Kermode and Mayo's Film Review in Podcasts

Jul 15, 2018 (Updated Jul 15, 2018)  
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Society & Culture, TV & Film
10
8.0 (7 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
funny (3 more)
informative
two great presenters
Great stand in presenters
erm can't think of anything bad at the moment. (0 more)
fantastic movie review show.
I love this podcast. flappy hands and teenager (Mark and Simon respectively) are great presenters. I always love the Kermodian rants and Simon's dry humour. Mark is always very informative about movies and movie related subjects. Simon is brilliant at reading out listeners emails. Also there are a lot of in jokes that have appeared over the years that make you feel part of a community when you're out and about and hear someone say something from the show and you know where it's come from like "Hello to Jason Isaacs". I couldn't recommend it highly enough. And with that TTOFADWTN. And HTJI.
  
The Walking Dead: Our World
The Walking Dead: Our World
Games
10
8.3 (3 Ratings)
App Rating
Zombies (2 more)
Walking Dead cast
Various missions
Repetitive grinding (1 more)
Every player thinks they need an armoury
Brilliant AR Game
So... an AR game, featuring your favourite characters from The Walking Dead tv & comics. Powered by GoogleMaps so even the street names show up! Headed up to the main high street & took out walkers in AR mode between the drunks on the street with Daryl at my side... 3 of my PoGo friends instantly downloaded this & have been glued.
Save survivors, take out outposts of hostile humans, take out waves of walkers in infestion missions.

Downside is out of the 4 building types everyone builds armoury to upgrade weapons & forgets everything else needs upgrading too.
This causes lots of grinding to upgrade instead
  
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jackie Brown (1997)
1997 | Action, Drama, Mystery
A little forgotten...
It's hard to say a Tarantino film is forgotten; however, not nearly as many people still talk about Jackie Brown as most of his other work which is a shame since it still holds up as another brilliant character study of a caper gone wrong and lots of double-crossing.

Robert De Niro is funny in the film mostly because he doesn't say or do much and is pretty subdued most of the time. The standouts are Pam Grier and Robert Forster with other nods to Michael Keaton, Bridget Fonda and her feet and the always amazing Samuel L. Jackson.

If you haven't seen in a while or have never seen, please give it another look.

  
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Katie (868 KP) Aug 8, 2018

This might be my favorite Tarantino film. Pam Grier is amazing.

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Andy K (10823 KP) Aug 8, 2018

Agreed. It just seems to have gotten overshadowed by his other work.

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Dusty (12 KP) created a post

Aug 17, 2018  
These are the films that I watched between last night and early this morning. 1. Cocktail Blockers- Very funny made me laugh like mad (it's been a while) if I had to rate it it would be a 9/10. Brilliant a must watch.
2. Ready Player One- love the soundtrack to this thought between that and the storyline was well put together. It is a great Sci-fi and the graphics and special fx are worth it. My hopes this will go far. 8/10
3. Rampage- Another great film by Dwayne Johnson I liked the team man ship between Dwayne and George the Gorilla again the sfx was pretty good. And sorry yet again worth the watch. 8/10
     
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Ian Williams (18 KP) rated Facebook in Apps

Sep 23, 2018  
Facebook
Facebook
Communication, Entertainment, Events, Social Networking
7
7.6 (436 Ratings)
App Rating
Being able to contact friends and family from around the world without waiting to long for a response. (0 more)
Facebook is a brilliant idea but some people don't need to put on when they are doing personal and unimportant stuff. The adverts are a real pain especially if watching a video have the advert at the end of the video not ten seconds after its started. (0 more)
There are many useful things on Facebook and also many useless things when an update is being done I think asking the users what they want to see or remove might an idea but keep it to minimal amount otherwise no updates would get done I understand you can please everyone but would be nice if someone tried.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Misery (1990) in Movies

Oct 11, 2018  
Misery (1990)
Misery (1990)
1990 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Brilliant
I need to be very honest now, despite being a massive film and Stephen King fan, I have never seen Misery until now. I’ve read the book many times, but for some reason I never got round to watching the film, and I’m pretty ashamed of myself.

This is one of the best Stephen King adaptations out there. Kathy Bates is phenomenal as Annie, she plays her perfectly. James Caan would never have been my first choice as Paul Sheldon, but he does very well. The entire film is so true to the book, it’s surprisingly good. Whilst I wouldn’t call it a horror film, it’s definitely one of the best thriller films out there despite its age. I can’t fault this film at all.
  
Anuvahood (2011)
Anuvahood (2011)
2011 | Comedy, International
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The U.Ks answer to the Friday franchise
Meet Kenneth, a deluded wannabe MC who quits his supermarket job to pursue a career in rap. Not the sharpest of people, kay (Kenneth), his boys and newcomer Enrique smoke, chill and stumble through life, until kay see's big Mike, the local kingpin making it big, and decides he wants more in life, with his parents struggling to pay bills, locals becoming a nuisance and Tyrone, one of big Mike's lower level goons, who torments everyone and considers himself a ladies man, who kay ends up on the wrong side of.

This is a great British coming of age gangsta wannabe movie features some brilliant acting, great characters and light hearted tone, recommend a watch.
  
Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1)
Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1)
Jonathan Maberry | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Character development (2 more)
Plot
Brilliant writing
One of the best zombie books I've read and the start on an epic series
Contains spoilers, click to show
Patient Zero is the first book in Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger series. Jonathan Maberry is a phenomenal writer, in this series he introduces us to the DMS (Department of Military Sciences) a shadow government agency formed to respond to advanced terrorist threats such as bioterrorism, alien technology etc..

In this book we meet an array of characters such as Mr Church, Aunt Sally, Top and Bunny when Joe is recruited by Mr Church to help deal with the potential release of a zombie virus. This book is thrilling, funny, and keeps the reader itching for more.

I give this book 10/10.
  
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
2018 | Action, Comedy
Recaptured the spirit/feel of the first film
Even though I don't quite think it was as good as the original film, I do highly rate this as a top quality sequel that lives up to the potential it always promised.

Ryan Reynolds is perfect to play Wade Wilson/Deadpool and both the first film and this film totally redeems the character from the shambles that was Wolverine Origins.
The entire cast is brilliant and the cameos that feature blew me away.

I kept away from spoilers before watching the film and one character that features completely blew me away as I thought he wouldn't appear.

Overall this is a great film and well worth a watch if you haven't already!