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Dean (6926 KP) rated Countdown (2019) in Movies
Oct 29, 2019 (Updated Jun 3, 2022)
Kevin Phillipson (10021 KP) rated Countdown (2019) in Movies
Jun 6, 2021
Countdown (2019)
6.8
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When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she...
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
5.6
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Recently fired and desperate for work a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as...
You - Season 1
8.2
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What would you do for love? For a brilliant male bookstore manager who crosses paths with an...
Eleanor (1463 KP) rated You - Season 1 in TV
Jun 7, 2019 (Updated Jun 7, 2019)
Joe is straight off the bat creepy stalker guy when he becomes obsessed with Guinevere “Beck” (Elizabeth Lail) off the back of meeting her in his bookshop - as if Amazon isn’t doing enough on its own to kill independent bookshops…. Convinced they should be together to pretty much save Beck from herself, Joe goes to ever increasing lengths to get to know everything about her and start manipulating her to become part of his life. It offers up a strong commentary on the power social media as well as the back stabbing competitive world of literature and socialites in New York
The narrative from Joe is hypnotic in him justifying his actions and Badgley’s voice is a perfect mixture of good wholesome guy with undertones that just make you shiver. As the series progressed, I got less and less creeped out by Joe and more frustrated with the other characters (oh my maybe Joe is brainwashing me.) With an almost Dexter feel to cheering on Joe at times I had to keep reminding myself that his moral compass was way off in comparison, just because someone is a self obsessed a****** doesn't mean they deserve to die.
The series started off very strongly but did drop off midway and I worry if the second season can bring back the initial engagement, I’ll certainly be tuning in to find out.