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The North Yorkshire Moors Railway
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This fantastic guide traces the history of, arguably, the most popular heritage railway in Britain...
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Queen's Gambit in TV
Jan 20, 2021
Lavish drama based on Walter Tevis' novel about a female chess prodigy. What sounds like fairly unpromising material - a young orphan discovers an immense talent for chess and rises to take on the world champion in Moscow, confronting her personal demons along the way - is elevated to something really special by the simple method of having a fantastic script, direction, acting and production values.
Looks fantastic, and Anya Taylor-Joy deserves all the accolades coming her way, but the show's real achievement for me is that it manages to capture the excitement and fascination of chess without becoming bogged down in details like the difference between the Orangutan and the Grob openings. The chess sequences are genuinely thrilling: you almost get a sense of what it feels like to have that kind of effortless talent in something. Brilliant TV aimed at people with brains.
Looks fantastic, and Anya Taylor-Joy deserves all the accolades coming her way, but the show's real achievement for me is that it manages to capture the excitement and fascination of chess without becoming bogged down in details like the difference between the Orangutan and the Grob openings. The chess sequences are genuinely thrilling: you almost get a sense of what it feels like to have that kind of effortless talent in something. Brilliant TV aimed at people with brains.
Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated Death Do Us Part in Books
Dec 22, 2021
Arienna is a wayward brownie that wants to have love and sex and lots of it. She has had her heartbroken too many times especially when her ex marries her mother!! She gets drunk then wakes up in a fairy prison with her best friend can she form an alliance to help the fairies bring peace to the kingdoms or will she be executed for her sins?
I really enjoy Miranda Grant's writing and stories I have read the fairy-tale of the myths series. This book has a lot more sex and steamy scenes and a lot more graphic violence then the others I have read but there are also a lot of other emotions involved and you can feel them with the way she writes. She is a fantastic author with a fantastic imagination and I cannot wait to read more from her.
Well done Miranda 4/5 stars
I really enjoy Miranda Grant's writing and stories I have read the fairy-tale of the myths series. This book has a lot more sex and steamy scenes and a lot more graphic violence then the others I have read but there are also a lot of other emotions involved and you can feel them with the way she writes. She is a fantastic author with a fantastic imagination and I cannot wait to read more from her.
Well done Miranda 4/5 stars
Dean (6927 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) in Movies
Apr 22, 2022 (Updated Apr 22, 2022)
Great SFX (1 more)
Locations from the Potter films
Previous characters small roles (1 more)
Silly scenes
Fun if not fantastic
The 3rd entry now in the Fantastic Beasts. Similar to the last film and continuing on some of the main themes from that film, so you might want to have a refresh.
It's good to see Hogwarts again and some familiar Harry Potter universe locations. There are some big magical scenes with great SfX, and some good action for a film with a political vibe to a large section of it.
There were some more child like silly scenes which did feel a bit out of place. Also a shame Tina a big character in the first two films barely appears this time. Though it's great to see more about Dumbledore's history.
Overall though it's a fun film with a big and talented cast set in a familiar magical Potter universe.
It's good to see Hogwarts again and some familiar Harry Potter universe locations. There are some big magical scenes with great SfX, and some good action for a film with a political vibe to a large section of it.
There were some more child like silly scenes which did feel a bit out of place. Also a shame Tina a big character in the first two films barely appears this time. Though it's great to see more about Dumbledore's history.
Overall though it's a fun film with a big and talented cast set in a familiar magical Potter universe.
GameCritics (290 KP) rated F1 2017 in Video Games
Sep 20, 2017
Cars feel fantastic (2 more)
deep career mode
extra classic cars
it’s hard to level any complaints at F1 2017. It’s one of the best simulation racing games around, with the one caveat being that you probably have to be a fan of F1 to enjoy it.
Critic- Matt Porter
Orignal Score: 9 out of 10
Read Review: https://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/f1_2017/review/article-1851.html
Orignal Score: 9 out of 10
Read Review: https://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/f1_2017/review/article-1851.html
Charlotte (210 KP) rated Stranger Things - Season 2 in TV
Nov 8, 2017
incredible visuals (5 more)
heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measures
fantastic 80s soundtrack
talented and likeable cast/ characters
good character and plot development
addictive
i was incredibly excited about the second series after being late to the party with the first, and i really think this season surpassed my expectations- i'd argue it was even better than the first!!
Erika (17789 KP) rated The Night Manager - Season 1 in TV
Nov 26, 2017
This mini-series was one of the best things that premiered in 2016. I actually liked the updates, and the changes that were made from the original le Carre novel. I loved that Burr's character ended up being female, and played by Olivia Coleman. Tom Hiddleston did fantastic as Pine, and Hugh Laurie was pitch-perfect. It also holds up through multiple viewings, which is a good thing.
Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Doctor Who: The Wormery in Books
Jan 12, 2018
Fantastic Character interplay. Come for the 6th Doctor and Iris, and stay for the convoluted plot that has some truly great ideas (like the transcendental, transdimensional engineering of a TARDIS) that are meant to be epic reveals thrown at you like lazy softballs... they come in so frustratingly slowly and obviously that by the time they land, you cant be bothered to swing at them. So maddening. For more, visit www.travelingthevortex.com
alex (68 KP) rated Get Out (2017) in Movies
Jul 13, 2017
Loved the plot and overall idea of the movie (1 more)
Creepy without being tacky
Return to the psychological horror
Loved this movie, a return to the psychological horror rather than the cheap gruesome horror so often portrayed in recent horror-thriller movies. Fantastic cast and premise with enough humor to alleviate some of the stress. Personally the ending wasn't too bad but could have been explored a bit more in the film.