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Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Saw (2004) in Movies

Jun 13, 2020

Saw (2004)

2004 | Horror

8.1

(56 Ratings)

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Doctor Lawrence Gordon and Adam Faulkner-Stanheight both wake up chained to opposite sides of a dingy room with only a handful of clues the two men must find their way out and save the doctors family.
Most of the film focus not on the two trapped men’s escape attempt but on the past couple of days and on the ‘Jigsaw’ killers previous traps which show the events that led to, not only Adam & Lawrence’s imprisonment but also to how Jigsaw is tracked down by the now disgraced Detective Trapp.
The previous trap rooms all seem a lot simpler than the one set up for Adam and Lawrence and this does seem to be the first one that involves people outside the room.
Saw contains a lot of threat, a bit of gore and bodies that died violent deaths but the graphic scenes are no worst than films like ‘Seven’ and, like Seven, Saw doesn’t focus that much on the actual killer but on his actions and the effects they are having on his victims and it only hints at how long Jigsaw has been active for. The one thing I will say about the violence is that it does show consequences, the doctor is shown to suffer after cutting off his foot and, most of the time, shooting and stabbing does lead to injuries.

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The Crow Garden

Alison Littlewood

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Susan Hill meets Wilkie Collins in Alison Littlewood's latest chiller. Mad-doctor Nathaniel is...

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Stone The Crows (Wolf Winter #2)

TA Moore

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When the Winter arrives, the Wolves will come down over the walls and eat little boys in their beds....

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Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Doctor Who: Son of the Dragon in Books

Jan 12, 2018

Once I got over my surprise that this was not a story set in Asia and featured no dragons, I quite enjoyed myself. It feels like a long while since I heard a 5th Doctor pure historical, (not true, this being the era of Peri and Erimem, but still) and like Peri, I kept waiting for that supernatural element to appear. We are talking about Dracula, after all. But nope. Just a wonderful straightforward historical with some great performances. I tire a bit of the "let's throw Erimem to the lusty bad guy trope" but other than that, high marks. For more on this, visit www.travelingthevortex.com

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Doctor Strange (2016) in Movies

Aug 16, 2017

Doctor Strange (2016)

2016 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

7.8

(161 Ratings)

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Benedict Cumberbatch (1 more)

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A bit of a meh storyline (1 more)

BC's accent is all over the place

Fun to watch but nothing special

This is predictable beyond belief. As are most comic book films. A doctor has a big predicament (there's always some trouble at the beginning) and then has to become all-powerful to overcome this. Literally that's pretty much the entire storyline - it's not particularly intelligent. That being said, the graphics are pretty stunning, the scenes showing Benedict Cumberbatch running from one dimension to another is absolutely breathtaking. It feels on a higher scale than other Marvel films in terms of cinematography.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Deadpool Volume 1: Secret Invasion in Books

Jul 11, 2018

Deadpool Volume 1: Secret Invasion

Daniel Way | 2009 | Comics & Graphic Novels

8.5

(4 Ratings)

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Great fun

This short collection brings together 2 distinct stories with a link - Deadpool's involvement in the Skrull's secret invasion of Earth, and him destitute being hired to rescue a billionaire's zombie wife from a mad doctor. Both books have the tell-tale 4th wall breaks and a completely mad storyline. The skrull's enlist Deadpool's help in creating a generation of super-skrulls with his healing factor, but this doesn't go to plan. The silly storyline is a welcome break from the painfully serious Marvel Universe.
Very short, and possibly not worth the £5.99 on Kindle - but it is free with Prime Reading or Kindle Unlimited.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1: Aphra in Books

Aug 3, 2019

When Doctor Aphra was first introduced in the first Darth Vader run by Kieron Gillen, I really liked her. She was a fun character and I found her intriguing. Apparently, I wasn't the only one, because Marvel ordered a series about her.
It was smart to have Gillen write the first part of her run, but I began to find her character kind of annoying and so predictable. From this volume, her character has began going downhill (I read Vol 3 before this one and JFC, she just grows more annoying).
Parts of the story were interesting, but overall, it was just kind of meh.