The Expectant Dad's Handbook: All You Need to Know About Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
Book
Becoming a dad can be a daunting time - especially when most pregnancy and parenting information is...
American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11
Book
American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 is a ground-breaking collection of essays by some of the...
How to Dismantle the NHS in 10 Easy Steps
Book
Dr Youssef El-Gingihy - a GP - tells the story of how the NHS has been gradually converted into a...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Taken (2009) in Movies
Mar 10, 2021
The plot: Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her.
Its the best one out of the trilogy, should of there been 2 more sequels, no. But $$$.
Intresting fact: Jeff Bridges was first cast as Bryan Mills, but after he dropped out of the project, Liam Neeson accepted the part, desiring to play a more physically demanding role than he was used to. Neeson at first thought the film to be no more than a "little side road" for his career, expecting it to be released directly to video.
Only watch this one.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Roused (Moon Claimed, #2) in Books
Jan 11, 2021
So this one follows Erin, the old sister of the two, and how she follows her sister, Tess, across the country worrying her sister may have gone a little mad, wanting to marry a man she's known for such a short time.
Erin is fiery and doesn't mess around with words. She tells people what she thinks and wants and has never met anyone who stands up to her. Until she meets Seth. He knocks her down a few pegs with his flirty attitude and she finds herself wanting him, almost as much as he seems to want her, but she holds back.
I have to say I liked Seth, he's sort of gentle in his seduction of her. He doesn't push her into anything but he wants answers as to why she keeps turning him down when he realises there's a definite reason behind it.
It was a sweet story of overcoming fears and finding yourself again after suffering at the hands of someone else.
Sisters and Lies
10.0
Rate It
Book
Two sisters, one dangerous truth.... One hot August night, Rachel Darcy gets the call everyone...
crime fiction
Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Project Power (2020) in Movies
Aug 18, 2020
Netflix has released a couple of good things in recent memory, but they have also churned out some turds. I had great fears when I heard the synopsis to Project Power because I felt that if they didn't do it right that they would stop investing in the genre, or at least limit their investment.
I had read some pretty lackluster reviews before having a chance to see this for myself, and I'm thrilled that I didn't take those as a reason not to watch it myself. There are definitely some flaws in several different elements of the film, but overall I feel that they did a good job with the premise. Besides, nobody else was beating the door down to make something similar (a la White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen).
Definitely worth having a look for yourself. Interesting concept with some scathing undertones.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) in Movies
May 25, 2020
Well, Hellstrom (or more accurately writer David Seltzer, who went on to script The Omen twice) isn't a great biologist (he refers to insects as a species rather than a class), but the photography in the film is great and Lawrence Pressman's well-judged performance adds a lot to the impression the film makes: it's tongue in cheek, but still thought-provoking. As a gimmick to make people watch a wildlife documentary, it's an interesting one; you can sense echoes of this film's innovative use of music and narrative to add drama in many much more respectable nature documentaries (most of David Attenborough's blockbuster series, for instance). An oddity, but a good one.
With Every Letter
10.0
Rate It
Book
Lt. Mellie Blake is looking forward to beginning her training as a flight nurse. She is not looking...
History Historical Fiction Romance Historical Romance Christian World War II
Sweet Little Lies
8.3
Rate It
Book
What happens when the trust has gone? Cat Kinsella was always a daddy's girl. Until the summer of...
crime fiction