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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
2016 | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Fantastic
I'd go so far as saying this is one of the best Star Wars films. It has a fantastic cast, great script and a thrilling and tense storyline. Gareth Edwards has turned a risky one off prequel into a brilliant and entertaining film. Felicity Jones is a great lead, and I think K-2S0 might be my all time favourite robot, the humour he injects into this film is spot on.
  
The Pact (2012)
The Pact (2012)
2012 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6
6.3 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Some genuine creepy scenes (1 more)
Decent cinematography for the budget
Good low budget thriller
A good low budget Horror/Thriller. I'm not sure how it got on my rental list but I had heard of a few of the cast. It's slow to start but the 2nd and 3rd acts are pretty good. Some scenes were rather creepy. It was good how the story unravels. Far from great but worth catching if you spot it.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated The Strain in Books

Sep 6, 2017  
The Strain
The Strain
Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.6 (17 Ratings)
Book Rating
Fantastic addition to the vampire genre, with so much thought gone into the history, the biology and the infection. The disease/epidemic angle made this unique (as far as I'm aware) in this realm and added so much to the storyline.
It would be interesting to know how the book was written, whether Del Toro had the ideas and Hogan did the writing or if it was more of a joint effort. Still, incredible book.
  
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams | 2017 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
8.5 (187 Ratings)
Book Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
This is by far one of my favorite books/series. There is no series that is so whimsically, hilariously, bizarrely funny as HGTG. From the moment when Arthur Dent wakes up to his house on the verge of being demolished, to the moment when Vogons once again destroy the Earth (with all of the proper paperwork, of course) You will enjoy the ride, as long as you bring your towel, and don't panic!
  
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
2016 | Fantasy
I really liked this movie, but it could have been so much more. I wanted to see Newt hunting the magical beasts all over the world. Hopefully, some of that gets into the next film. What I did not like: Johnny Depp. Why was he in the movie? Why did WB spend money on hiring him? They should have just kept Colin Farrell as Grindelwald.
The niffler was by far, my favorite beast.
  
Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
2008 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
5
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
An ok horror comedy, with a made for TV feel to it. It's pretty much a copy of the cult classic Fright Night, but this time with a Werewolf in place of a Vampire. This time round it's a girl (Nina Dobrev from Vampire diaries) who has to fight the new neighbour. Not a bad werewolf costume but this is far from scary and not that funny. It's not a patch on Fright Night.
  
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Rikki Hammond (33 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback

Jun 12, 2019 (Updated Jun 12, 2019)  
Hey guys. I was just writing a review, and accidently pressed the close button, which meant I lost everything I had done so far. It'd be handy if a little pop up box were to appear saying something like 'you will lose all unsaved work, continue?' I know it's not much of a big thing, but it might stop other people experiencing this in the future. This was on android by the way.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) Jun 15, 2019

There is a 'Save as Draft' option, maybe to prevent accidental deletion, make it an automatic save?

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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) Jun 24, 2019

That has happened to me so many times when trying to add new items. It's so frustrating because all the information created is gone. It shouldn't take four times and an hour to create new items. I do it for items I'm passionate about but for others, it's just not worth it. I can't tell you how many items I've attempted to create but just gave up on.

It happens when I go back and forth to look up information about movies or books, such as producers or publishers and other info not commonly known. It also happens when I decide against posting a pic because it needs to be edited first and want to add it later. So everything entered previously is lost.

Black Death (2010)
Black Death (2010)
2010 | Drama, Horror, International
4
6.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
A disappointing film, that is far too slow paced and never reaches the climax you hoped for. Straight to DVD release and can't say I'd heard of it before, despite Sean Bean being in it was a warning sign. The production is ok, but I thought this would be a big battle, adventure film set in the times of the plague. It's a different type of film altogether and not a particularly interesting one.
  
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Rachel S. (1 KP) rated The Orville in TV

Jan 20, 2018  
The Orville
The Orville
2017 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
That it was poking fun at itself, and the shows of the past in a good way and not in a bad stereotypical SNL type way. (0 more)
The shoe fell into the trap of not really having a good story foundation, it was more about poking fun at things then telling a story. That was ok for awhile, but that only gets you so far. (0 more)
Was cute at first, but got repetitive fast
  
It's full out war as the Grimm family trains some Everafters to try to take down the Scarlett Hand. This is the darkest book in the series so far, and it doesn't feel like it has a real climax. However, I did enjoy it and look forward to reading the next one.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-everafter-war-by-michael.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.