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Study Chess with Matthew Sadler

Matthew Sadler

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Matthew Sadler is one of the UK's strongest ever players. He became a grandmaster at 19, won the...

David McK (3880 KP) rated The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) in Movies

Feb 20, 2022 (Updated Aug 9, 2026)

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

2012 | Action, Sci-Fi

6.9

(33 Ratings)

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Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can ...

*2026 update* Tom Holland has now done more than 3 movie - 4, maybe 5?

To do, there have been three actors starring as Spider-man on the big screen: Tobey Maguire (who had 3 movies), Andrew Garfield (2 movies) and Tom Holland (3 movies, not counting his various cameos or team-ups).

This is the first of the two Andrew Garfield (so pre Spider-man in the MCU) starring movies, again set during the early days of his crime-fighting career and telling how he got his powers: this time around, though, the first villain he faces is The Lizard rather than the Green Goblin. it also takes - at least in the very early parts of the movie - more of a thriller approach to his (Peter Parker's) story, laying the groundwork with an explanation of how he comes to live with his Aunt and Uncle (a groundwork which is seemingly forgotten about by the mid-way point of the movie), and with Garfields Parker coming across more as a 'cool kid' - skateboard and all! - than the nerdy Maguire version.

That's not the only differences: there's no MJ Watson (with her role replaced by Gwen Stacey), we're back to having his web-shooters being non-organic, and this Spider-man does seem quippier than Maguire's version whilst there's also several first-person POV segments throughout (the early 2010s, remember - 3d was still a thing).

Unfortunately, there's also no stand-out moments: nothing to rival the upside-down kiss (from Spider-Man), the train fight (Spider-Man 2) or even the Venom sequences from Spider-Man 3

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Tami (7 KP) rated Roomies in Books

Jul 10, 2018 (Updated Jul 10, 2018)

Roomies

Christina Lauren | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Romance

7.3

(3 Ratings)

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I just found Christina Lauren by reading Love and Other Words and had to find another of her books, I'm glad I found this one.

I loved the dynamic between Holland and Collin. It's a crush, it's a ruse, it's love. The characters are easy to relate to and you root for them the entire book. There are some VERY steamy parts in the book that make the book just that perfect segway from sweet to sultry. As a woman, I'd love to rumple some sheets with Collin myself. :)

As with any romance, the storyline runs on a formula:

*girl meets boy
*insert positive storyline
*insert insurmountable problem
*insert resolution
*insert HEA

Luckily the storyline, writing style, character dynamic, and steam give the formula the kick it needs to be a good book.