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"A discontented FBI agent turned Long Island housewife, with a troubled cop father, a sweet stepdaughter, a husband who’s almost too good to be true…and a neighbor whose actions seem suspicious. Is Corie just being paranoid? Or has she stumbled onto a genuine crime? This mystery’s got a gripping plot and a witty, funny heroine whose internal monologue is charming and smart, whether she’s musing about life in the suburbs or the man who got away."

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Better Start Running (2018)

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Harley is a store clerk whose life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself on the run with...

Goblins (The X-Files, #1)

Charles L. Grant

5.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Opening the X-Files... MeetMulder and Scully, FBI. The agency maverick and the female agent...

tonidavis (353 KP) rated Limitless - Season 1 in TV

Jan 6, 2018

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Finch and Rebecca's relationship

Mike and Ike

Bradley Cooper

Better than the film

I've always liked the limitless premise however for me the movie didn't work that well. I was dubious to watch the tv show but a friend convinced me it was worth doing.
The first episode took me a while to get into mainly because I'm so used to Jake Mc Dorman play Evan in Greek it took a while to adjust to seeing him as Brian Finch. That being said when I got into it I really enjoyed the show.

Brian Finch is a lovable character who has a kind heart but gets into trouble and Rebbeca Harris is just the FBI agent who has the sternness to keep him in check but also the capability to care which makes the team work well. The side characters in the FBI are intresting and amusing poor Mike and Ike ( not there real names but names finch make up.) End up with the rough end of the stick more than once the Janitor is a little hard core.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Day Shall Come (2019) in Movies

Oct 15, 2019

Offbeat comedy-thriller from Chris Morris never quite coheres when it comes to raising a laugh or making a serious point. It feels like the story would have been more topical ten years ago: essentially it's a critique of the FBI for entrapping relatively harmless individuals on spurious terrorism charges, simply for the kudos and publicity involved - offering to give people guns and then arresting them for possession of firearms, for instance. In this case an unhinged Miami cult leader's need for cash results in him getting mixed up with the police and FBI.

Well, there is potential here, I suppose, but on this occasion Morris never quite shakes off the lingering traces of his background in TV comedy to make something that feels like an extended cinematic narrative, and too often the story is silly rather than funny. The story feels contrived and a bit manipulative, too. Anna Kendrick works incredibly hard to lift the material she's given, but in the end the film is wildly uneven and seldom more than mildly amusing.

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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

James Comey

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In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences...

A Conspiracy of Tall Men

Noah Hawley

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From the creator and writer of the Emmy Award-winning series Fargo, based on the Oscar-winning Coen...

Such a Pretty Girl

Tess Diamond

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In a gripping romantic thriller from Tess Diamond, an FBI profiler becomes a killer's deadly...

Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated The Informer (2019) in Movies

Sep 2, 2019

The Informer (2019)

2019 | Crime, Drama

6.9

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Pete Koslow, an ex-convict finds himself working for the FBI as an informer who has infiltrated a large Polish drug smuggling ring. When a delivery goes bad Pete finds that both the FBI and the Polish gang want him to go back to prison to do one last job.
I have to admit, I didn't really know what to expect from this film, I’d seen the trailer once but that was all, but I was bored and it was the only film I could get to on time so I’m happy to say that I really enjoyed this. The film runs at quite a fast pace with building tensions and emotional family scenes. The plot isn't overly complicated but is interesting enough to keep you entertained. The Informer also doesn't rely on lots of blood and gore. The only real downside was, due to the pacing, it's some times hard to keep track of how long something g has taken, for example I found it hard to tell how long the events in prison had taken.