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Jarom Solar Norris (177 KP) rated Hearts Beat Loud (2018) in Movies
Feb 13, 2019 (Updated Feb 13, 2019)
THIS MOVIE IS SO PURE. Hearts Beat Loud‘s tagline is “The Feel Good Movie We Need Right Now” and I don’t know if I can describe it any better. It has great acting, great music, a great story about relationships and love and real-life problems, great design and editing, great everything. I could try and go into details but it just feels like I can say “every bit of it feels good” and tell you the music will be stuck in your head for months and call it a day.
Dean (6925 KP) rated the Xbox version of Obscure in Video Games
Jun 9, 2019
Good Graphics (1 more)
The design of the school
Great Survival Horror
This was a very good survival horror game back in the day. It had the feel of a teen, slasher film and reminded me of The Faculty quite a bit. Apart from the Resident Evil games and The Suffering there weren't many Survival Horror games about for the Xbox. The gameplay was very atmospheric, you often needed a torch to search around the school at night. It had a co-op mode for a second player. A great game for the time.
Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Lesson Plans (Lesson Plans #1) in Books
Mar 3, 2018
In all honesty this is the first book by J.A. Armstrong I picked up. It drew me in as a teacher but when I realized it was a spin off of the By Design series I put it aside and started that one. I read this one at the time it seemed to fit into the other series. I love the characters and how their relationship develops. Michelle and Melanie's relationship evolving from just friends to more just flowed. As with all of Armstrong's characters they all have flaws but that makes them real.
Awix (3310 KP) rated Fifty Shades Darker (2017) in Movies
Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Feb 15, 2018)
A Crime Against Passion
Another attempt by E.L. James to solve the global overpopulation crisis by putting people off the idea of having sex. More deeply uninvolving shenanigans between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey: will he win her back? Will she be able to make him commit to a proper relationship? And why the hell should anyone else care?
Very little discernible plot; mostly resembles a blandly aspirational soap opera, or possibly commercial for kitchen design. Scenes of rumpo are occasionally unintentionally funny, never actually erotic. Fifty Shades Darker? Fifty Shades Duller, more like.
Very little discernible plot; mostly resembles a blandly aspirational soap opera, or possibly commercial for kitchen design. Scenes of rumpo are occasionally unintentionally funny, never actually erotic. Fifty Shades Darker? Fifty Shades Duller, more like.
Dean (6925 KP) rated Priest (2011) in Movies
Feb 16, 2018
Ok so the pitch for this must have been Matrix meets Underworld. It's very stylized, has some nice production. The CGI was good especially for the Vamps, the weapon and vehicle design was nice ( There is a 10 min featurette on the DVD for these, the bikes looking a cross between Tron/Akira styles and Darth Maul's speeder!) However it's sadly lacking in story, which is just bizarre and substance with a run time 75min! The ending just happens a bit too quick. Nice touches but overall not a patch on the similar films.
Bookapotamus (289 KP) rated Nest Learning Thermostat in Tech
May 30, 2018
Sleek and Smart
I love the Nest Learning Thermostat! It's gorgeous on my wall. I love the feature that it glows when you walk into a room, but I'm still trying to figure out how if it's really compatible with my old house and system. It DOES work and the stuff in my house is SO old, but I think a wiring and connection upgrade might be in store soon. Beautiful design and many features to love!
The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Glory to Rome in Tabletop Games
Jun 2, 2018
Multi use cards (1 more)
Design on black box edition
Crazy swings and combos
This is an amazing game and I’ve only played it twice. The first time you are lost and just going thru the motions. Then the clouds part and you see what the game can be. Crazy powerful combos and intense decisions. It’s a great game and a modern classic by a great designer. Only problem is that it can’t be reprinted for legal reasons so copies of the game can be very expensive.
JayF (2 KP) rated Amazon Echo (2nd Generation) in Tech
Aug 26, 2018
Great little tool!
We still need to work out exactly how much this little thing can do but so far so good. We have it set up to play songs from Spotify and mainly use it for music. It has come in very handy for cinema listings, weather, and as some entertainment when we just feel like asking silly questions. I imagine it will be invaluable once we start using it to it’s full potential.
Kevin Phillipson (10017 KP) rated Child's Play (2019) in Movies
Oct 21, 2019
Aubrey plaza (3 more)
Mark hamill
Gabriel Bateman
Good kills
No Brad dourif (1 more)
Chuckys design
Just finished watching not as good as the original but it's okay did we really need a child's play remake probably not. the acting was okay mark hamill on voice dutys good but not as good as Brad dourif and the chuckys look so wrong it just wasn't chucky. There are some kills in the movie which I like. Let's hope they don't make a sequel and go back to the original Chucky next time
Mike Thomsen (3 KP) rated Secret Hitler in Tabletop Games
Feb 26, 2020
Design (2 more)
Simple rules
Quality materials
Fantastic Social Deduction/Deception game
My group has played this twice now, once with 5 players and once with 7. The more players seems to be a better option as this game scales higher better than lower.
Definitely a game where paying attention to your friends is paramount, and it can be extremely challenging to snuff out those pesky fascists.
Probable the most emotionally involved games we've played recently. So if you and your group enjoy some good natured personal conflict, this game is for you!
Friendships will be tested!
Definitely a game where paying attention to your friends is paramount, and it can be extremely challenging to snuff out those pesky fascists.
Probable the most emotionally involved games we've played recently. So if you and your group enjoy some good natured personal conflict, this game is for you!
Friendships will be tested!