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Awix (3310 KP) rated Night of the Comet (1984) in Movies

Mar 22, 2020

Night of the Comet (1984)

1984 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

7.3

(15 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Cult mash-up of Day of the Triffids and The Omega Man is engaging enough to make you overlook how brazen it is. Teenage sisters improbably survive the end of the world: time to load up with automatic weapons, hit the shops and argue about boys!

Handles its genre movie conventions with knowing deftness, but after a strong first act the pace slacks off a bit too much and it feels like the movie loses focus - faster and funnier would be better. Recovers somewhat for the climax, though. Ultimately, this is only ever superficial, but it's also undeniably good fun.

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Night Reader Reviews (683 KP) rated MILA 2.0 Redemption (MILA 2.0 #3) in Books

Mar 28, 2020

MILA 2.0 Redemption (MILA 2.0 #3)

Debra Driza | 2016 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

6.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Just Because

The final book in the MILA trilogy. Great series overall for young adults. Fair warning though the ending is both touching and sad, defiantly worth the time it takes to read it.

MILA knows who and what she is but feels she needs to redeem herself for things done in her past. She makes it her personal goal to set out and stop General Holland once and for all. Sadly she has to make many tough decisions in the process of protecting the world from dangers no one knows are there, really how dangerous can an American teenager be?

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Chris Sawin (602 KP) rated Long Shot (2019) in Movies

Jul 29, 2019

Long Shot (2019)

2019 | Comedy

7.3

(26 Ratings)

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The type of film that succumbs to the typical and expected Seth Rogen formula, but I absolutely fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Funny, charming, and entertaining. Its raunchiness plays into its believabililty factor, which is relatable for any normal or everyday guy who feels like he's involved with the most beautiful, intelligent, and hardest working woman in the world. And, let's face it, if you're not in that kind of relationship then you're doing it wrong. Long Shot is that fantasy come to life and it makes you feel way better than it should.

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Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated Sherlock Holmes (2009) in Movies

Apr 20, 2020

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

2009 | Action, Drama, Mystery

7.4

(27 Ratings)

Movie Rating

I thought this movie was fine. I loved the chemistry between Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. I loved the use of color towards the beginning with Rachel McAdam's dress - it made her stand out in the blandness of everything else.

I just thought that the film was kind of slow and I'm not sure the plot made a whole lot of sense. It feels like this movie was just a stepping stone for the second one, to set up Moriarty and Holmes' rivalry.

It was a fine film. A good way to pass time, just not one I'll probably ever watch again.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse in TV

Feb 18, 2020

Great sets and production (0 more)

Doesn't feel like an Agatha Christie story (0 more)

Artistic if a little underwhelming

I've seen over versions of this same story. It does feel strange not having either the Marple or Poirot characters in this version.
The BBC have done a few Christie adaptations recently with mixed success. While the production value is great setting it this time in the 60's the story itself feels quite thin. The first episode particularly feeling full of shots that don't really amount to much. Hopefully the next one they do will feel more like an Agatha Christie plot.