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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Omen (2006) in Movies

Mar 1, 2018

The Omen (2006)

2006 | Horror, Mystery

5.8

(11 Ratings)

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Bafflingly superfluous and redundant mid-budget remake of the classic horror blockbuster. American diplomat and his wife discover their adopted son is a right little devil.

In no way an actively bad film, but given it cleaves so closely to the original, what exactly is the point of it? You would expect that the inclusion of a top-billed Julia Stiles would mean the character of Thorn's wife would be beefed up and given a little bit of agency in the plot (heaven knows she could use some); but no, the focus is still on the manly men doing masculine male things together. Pretty well cast, but you could guess who's playing which part just from looking at a list of actors, it is that unimaginative and unsurprising. Worth watching only if you've never seen the original and are unlikely ever to do so.

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Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music

Rudi Esch

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Just like Memphis and Rock'n'Roll, Dusseldorf is regarded as the Mecca for electronic music. The...

Night Comes: Death, Imagination and the Last Things

Dale C. Allison

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When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. As a result of this experience...

Facing Darkness, Finding Light: Life After Suicide

Steffany Barton

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In this powerful book, Steffany Barton, RN, documents her decades long journey to understanding and...

Cori June (3033 KP) rated Sleeping Late on Judgement Day (Bobby Dollar #3) in Books

Apr 29, 2021

Sleeping Late on Judgement Day (Bobby Dollar #3)

Tad Williams | 2014 | Mystery, Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

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I think Tad Williams did a disservice to the characters by making this into a trilogy and not a longer series. He leaves a few loose threads that could be made into another book or two. While the ending is good it is a little too open ended to be great. I have too many questions that have no answers. and while they could be answered in short stories, Bobby (in my opinion) deserves more. Still worth the read.

Having to pick himself up in the aftermath of what happened after his trip to Hell. Bobby finds that his allies and even acquaintances are leaving him high and dry. Even his Somewhat Best Friend Sam is ghosting him.
Bobby has to navigate his suspicion of superiors in Heaven, Neo-Nazis, and Nightmare Children, or he may lose more than his halo.

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Taika Waititi recommended Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) in Movies (curated)

"I’m sort of torn on my last film between Badlands and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. I’m on the fence — I love both of those films. Badlands, for me, is a very important film because I feel like a lot of the time it’s the kind of film I would love to make, if I could just make one. It’s so small, but really perfect. I think another great example of a film, which is like a second film, that people don’t think about, is Days of Heaven, which is again another flawless film. His use of voice over is the best out of any filmmaker. Linda Manz, her voiceover, nothing can beat it, you know. I always think that if there’s a voiceover in a film, it’s gotta be like that, where it?s not telling you what’s happening, it’s talking about completely different things. It’s incredible."

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