David McK (3600 KP) rated Red Notice (2021) in Movies
Dec 12, 2021
Deadpool.
Black Adam.
All in the same movie; a wannabe twisty-turny crime thriller in which a framed FBI agent (played by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) has to team up with his former notorious art thief target (Ryan Reynolds) to clear his name and to catch the new '#1 art thief in the world' thief aka The Bishop (Gal Gadot).
I found this to be reminiscent of the Nic Cage starring 'National Treasure' series, with the main characters all globe-trotting around the world in pursuit of the McGuffin, and with the interplay between Johnson and Reynolds raising a few laughs/raised eyebrows along the way.
In short: good, but not brilliant.
How To Be A Complete And Utter Blunt
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Once upon a time, James Blunt's most enduring legacy was a three-minute, thirty-second pop song...
Merissa (13162 KP) rated Hunter Sacrificed (Wild Hunt, #0.5) in Books
Jun 2, 2023
Although this was short, it was very well written, with no editing or grammatical errors that I found. This is enough to whet your appetite and definitely leave you wanting more. Definitely recommended.
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Chill Factor (Weather Warden #3) in Books
Jun 11, 2023 (Updated Jun 11, 2023)
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Chill Factor ( Weather wardens 3)
By Rachel Caine
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Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin has protected the human race from monster storms, been killed, reborn as a Djinn, and then restored to her original form. Now she's throwing the dice to stop an infinitely powerful, deeply disturbed kid-who is holed up in a Vegas hotel-from bringing on a new ice age.
There were a few shockers in the last half of the book and I enjoyed it much more than the first half. I struggled at first and found some of it a little annoying. But overall a good read and a must for important information in the series.
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The Ducal Detective
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Murder is a royal affair in this novella featuring Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier's first...
The Husbands
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The wives here are different. They are living proof that women can have it all: successful careers,...
David McK (3600 KP) rated Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) in Movies
Jan 6, 2025
So much so, that he got his own spin-off in 2011 'Puss in Boots' which, from memory, I felt lacked the spark of his earlier entries.
So much so, that it was just over a decade later that he got his second solo movie, in this.
Which, artistically (and, I felt, to it's detriment) takes its cue from the 'Into the Spider-verse' movies and so, like those, comes across as an over-caffeinated sugar-rush of a headache, which (IMO) overshadows the whole message about found family and living your life to its fullest.
YMMV, of course.
David McK (3600 KP) rated Killer of killers (2025) in Movies
Aug 10, 2025 (Updated Aug 10, 2025)
1) A Viking Warrior
2) A Japanese Samurai
3) A WW2 American pilot
All have one thing in common: they all have faced down, and defeated, a member of the Predator species.
And all, in the 4th 'chapter' of the film, are brought to fight each other in an arena on the Predator homeland.
I found this to be an OK watch: it never really caught my attention all that much, which might be why I watched it over roughly the course of a month, 1 roughlt 25 minute or so, 'chapter' per week.
How To Save a Life
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Sometimes saving a life is only the start of the story . . . It’s nearly midnight on the eve of...