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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) in Movies

Feb 10, 2019 (Updated Feb 10, 2019)

The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)

1964 | Action, Drama, History

6.0

(2 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Hammer swashbuckler is an odd mixture of the colourful and the stodgy; shipload of dodgy Spanish types fleeing the defeat of the Armada pitch up in Cornwall and try to persuade the isolated local villagers that their side won, so they can get help fixing their ship.

Christopher Lee and a bunch of other Hammer rep stalwarts go through the motions professionally enough, though this isn't strictly speaking a horror movie (much talk of floggings, hangings, and tongues being cut out, though) - the 'village under foreign occupation' theme gives it the feel of a Second World War movie, weirdly enough. Decent sword fights, quite good production values - in the end it passes the time agreeably enough.

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Frost/Nixon

David Frost

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Published to coincide with the launch of Ron Howard's blockbuster film, and following on from the...

Diamonds are the Hog's Best Friend

Bill Buttle and Victor Mollo

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Book

Just about every bridge player over forty has read Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie, a book...

Dead Girls Don't Dance

H.G. Lynch

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

What would you do if you woke up dead? Gabriella remembers only parts of dying. She knows when...

Small World Of Warcraft

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Tabletop Game

In Small World of Warcraft, players vie for conquest and control of a world that is simply too small...

Satyakatha

Entertainment and Magazines & Newspapers

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Satyakatha. A magazine that tells the pure, untouched truth. With a long history of carrying...

Rache (174 KP) rated Killin It in Podcasts

Nov 30, 2018

Killin It

News & Politics, Society & Culture

7.5

(2 Ratings)

Podcast Rating

True crime (3 more)

Intelligent conversation

A sprinkling of dark humour

Good research

These Girls Really Are Killin' It

A couple of British friends chatting about true crime, particularly murder, and discussing just how screwed up humans can be. While the podcast started out as Lux and Sam, it has since changed to Lux and Meg, and while Sam did have a very smooth voice and quick wit, the change to Meg has not made the podcast less than it was - it has simply made it different.
At the end of each episode (starting fairly recently) the girls have a segment where they say what they have been "killin'" each week, to provide a little lift at the end of the episode, and make the world appear a little less depressing.
Altogether, a cracking little podcast, definitely worth a listen.

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Night Reader Reviews (683 KP) rated MILA 2.0 (MILA 2.0 #1) in Books

Mar 28, 2020

MILA 2.0 (MILA 2.0 #1)

Debra Driza | 2013 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

6.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Just Because

I can not decide what I liked best about this book or what I liked least. However, it was a good young adult book for those who like science fiction with a little bit of romance mixed in.

MILA's world is turned upside down when an accident involving her falling out of the back of a truck end with her mother giving her some information that she would have never guessed. This information starts MILA on a journey to find herself and her place in this world.