The Fifth Petal
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When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem’s chief of police, John Rafferty,...
Holding Out for a Hero (Jelvia: Not Human #1)
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Jelvias have been living alongside humans since time began—or that's what mankind once thought....
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Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: Localized and Evidence-Based Responses to Distressed Housing and Blighted Communities
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A multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving in community-based organizations using decision...
New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microbial Secondary Metabolites Biochemistry and Applications
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Climate Change and Agricultural Development: Improving Resilience Through Climate Smart Agriculture, Agroecology and Conservation
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Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change (and variability) and food security....
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Devil Rides Out (1968) in Movies
Feb 26, 2018 (Updated Feb 26, 2018)
It all seems a bit quaint and somewhat bourgeois by modern standards (they never bother to explain why devil-worship is quite such a bad idea, it's taken for granted that good and evil are quite inflexible), and there are a few amusing holes in the plot, but there are some great set-pieces and the supporting cast are also on form. Very much a film of its time, but still entertains today; not especially scary, though.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Omen (2006) in Movies
Mar 1, 2018
In no way an actively bad film, but given it cleaves so closely to the original, what exactly is the point of it? You would expect that the inclusion of a top-billed Julia Stiles would mean the character of Thorn's wife would be beefed up and given a little bit of agency in the plot (heaven knows she could use some); but no, the focus is still on the manly men doing masculine male things together. Pretty well cast, but you could guess who's playing which part just from looking at a list of actors, it is that unimaginative and unsurprising. Worth watching only if you've never seen the original and are unlikely ever to do so.
