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Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
2004 | Sci-Fi
A run of the mill low budget straight to DVD sequel. Considering the budget it isn't really bad but it's not good either. It borrows a lot of ideas from other films bit of a mix of Aliens, The Thing, Body snatchers. For a film that has a made for TV feel about it could have been a lot worse.
  
The Castles of Burgundy
The Castles of Burgundy
2011 | Dice Game, Medieval, Territory Building
Great mechanics (0 more)
Quality of parts is lacking (1 more)
Design is dated
This game is genuinely fun. The mechanics are great, especially if you want limited interaction between players. It is challenging, and requires a decent amount of games to make you feel like you have gotten good at it.

The design feels similar to Catan, which also feels a bit dated.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) Aug 18, 2018

Played this week. Highest score ever. 259. Still didn’t win.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) Aug 18, 2018

This is the starting setup.

The 5th Wave: Book 1
The 5th Wave: Book 1
Rick Yancey | 2013 | Children
8
8.0 (42 Ratings)
Book Rating
Questions, questions. Where's Evan? What happened to the camp? Ben and Cassie? Cassie and Evan? Will anyone get their real name back? Where are they going?

A gripping read with a scifi and dystopian feel. I had no idea cover to cover who to trust, who were good guys and bad guys. So much potential going into the next book.
  
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4
2018 | Horror
Good new characters (1 more)
Morgan
Losing big characters (0 more)
A decent forth season featuring Morgan from The Walking Dead. Nice to finally have a form of a crossover between the two series. It has some interesting cool characters and interesting plot lines.
The only downside was how and why some key characters were killed off. Which makes it feel quite different to the previous series.
  
Good Boys (2019)
Good Boys (2019)
2019 | Comedy
Great coming of age movie. Modern day humor. (0 more)
A Fun Time
Do you like coming of age movies?
Ever wish there was more humor... maybe that it was set in modern day, but with an eighties nostalgic feel?
Take that and make it NOT family friendly, and you've got Good Boys. Just saw an early screening of it and it was great!
  
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Ducklady (1174 KP) rated The Stranger in TV

Mar 22, 2020  
The Stranger
The Stranger
2020 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This series ended up keeping me up till 3am XD. Really good English series that keeps you guessing. Lots of twists and turns that make you feel really smug when you suss some of them out before the reveal! great set of actors and a crazy set of events that make you want to keep watching to see how they all link up.
  
Shoot Out the Lights by Richard & Linda Thompson / Richard Thompson
Shoot Out the Lights by Richard & Linda Thompson / Richard Thompson
1982 | Rock
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 332nd greatest album of all time
This was much better than "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" in my opinion. The songs vary quite markedly throughout - we get the "more Richard" songs which have a very Talking Heads/Roxy Music feel, and the "more Linda" songs, which are softer, more Carpenters. A good album overall and an interesting one.
  
All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
1970 | Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
7
7.5 (4 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 433rd greatest album of all time
A good collection of 70s soft rock songs. The only familiar song for me was "My Sweet Lord", and this very much encapsulates the feel of the rest of the album, slow melodic folky rock. There are a number of much more upbeat rock and roll songs squeezed in at the end.
  
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1991 | Horror, Thriller
All of it (0 more)
Hard not to know what happens (0 more)
Cult classic
Its a cult classic and has been referenced in spoofs which does mean a new watcher may recognise scenes or know the plot. The acting is very good and you get a feel for who each character is well. Hannibal is played well without he becoming an obvious lunatic.
  
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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

May 27, 2026  
Good morning, my lovelies! There's a lot of quiet wisdom in this one, and it sits particularly well at this point in the year when the seasons feel less like a sequence and more like a continuous turning, everything connected to everything else with no obvious seam.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday. Take care and stay safe. 💙

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