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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Invisible Man (2020) in Movies

Mar 2, 2020  
The Invisible Man (2020)
The Invisible Man (2020)
2020 | Horror, Sci-Fi
5
7.5 (45 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Latest updating of the much-filmed Wells novel (though, to be honest, it bears almost no resemblance) has struggled from the wreckage of the Dark Universe project, but that doesn't mean it's any good. Young woman escapes from an abusive relationship with a brilliant optical scientist, but finds herself plagued by strange and disturbing events. Suspense builds - or it would, if the film wasn't actually called The Invisible Man.

Seriously, this is an issue: you're ahead of the main character from the word go, so the slow-burn build-up to her actually figuring out what you already know gets tedious quite quickly. There are some quite well-mounted sequences in the second half, and the recasting of the tale as a fable dealing with paranoia is reasonably done, but points knocked off for an irritatingly mishandled ending that only serves to make the film worse and longer. Disappointing in all sorts of ways.
  
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David McK (3495 KP) rated Star Trek: Discovery - Season 4 in TV

Oct 8, 2023 (Updated Oct 8, 2023)  
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 4
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 4
2022 |
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
Michael Burnham, saviour of the universe (again)
Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery, now only available to watch internationally on Paramount+ after they pulled it at the last minute from Netflix.

As a result, it took me roughly 1.5 years after release before I even got a chance to watch it.

Not that, having now done so, I seemed to miss all that much: this time around, the key season-long threat is a mysterious DMA ("Dark Matter Anomoly") that has appeared in the galaxy, causing untold death and destruction, and which requires Burnham and co to travel beyond the confines of their galaxy to deal with (cue a lot of crying and emoting and speechifying and very little actually 'doing'),

I had though, by the last couple of episodes, it would turn into a modern-day Voyager, but nope.

Strange New Worlds is the better modern day Trek show.
  
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated No Less The Devil in Books

May 1, 2022  
No Less The Devil
No Less The Devil
Stuart MacBride | 2022 | Crime, Thriller
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I have read and enjoyed a few books by Mr MacBride but this one has me in a quandary as whilst it had me on the edge of my seat at times, there were also times when it didn't.

For the majority of the book it appears to be your 'usual' hunt for a killer story with excellent characters, intriguing plot and twists but then it develops into something else which, I can only say, had me reading with my mouth hanging open and wondering if I had stumbled into an alternative universe. I can't go into detail here as it will give the game away but what I will say is be prepared!!

This is a dark and gritty read that you definitely need to keep your wits about you and your mind open and I must thank Random House UK / Transworld Publishers via NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this in order to share my thoughts.