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Andy Walker (4885 KP) rated Dead Island (2018) in Movies

Apr 18, 2019

Dead Island (2018)

2018 | Horror

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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Shot in 2010 on an iPhone 4s.

Contains spoilers, click to show

Set on a secluded island with no cell phone service, 17 year old twins, Kelsey & Devon, who are aspiring film makers are forced to move there just before their senior year. They decide to film everything as their phone are otherwise useless. Then masked killers show up and torment the family throughout the night.
It is basically a found footage film, but filmed entire on mobile phones. To be honest I found a lot of the jerky shots and continual movement both off putting and annoying, when they did have static shots they were far too long and not interesting enough. The last fifteen minutes or so of the film are not bad but by then I'd lost a bit of interest. There is some pretty shocking acting as well.
Not really a good film, but deserving of a "good" Mark purely for the novelty of the filming medium.

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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated The Stars Now Unclaimed (The Universe After #1) in Books

Dec 31, 2019

I would like to thank NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book has three things I adore:

Snarky characters
Space battles
A group who becomes a family despite the odds.

Needless to say I LOVED this book.

It starts out with a soldier looking for one of many children who can stop the evil hypocritical fascists called the Pax.

There was an incident called the pulse that knocked out most of this verse's technology.

There are some really cool characters and some things that surprised me, which I found delightful!

There are only two complaints about this book I have:

I felt there could have been more cool alien species

This book comes out in about a week, which means it will probably take a year for the next one to come out.

Bummer.

(A more in-depth review can be found at

on August 14th at 6am pst)