
Living with a Serial Killer
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When Delia Balmer entered into a relationship with the attentive John Sweeney, she had no idea he...

Captain Phillips (2013)
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Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship...

Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Escape from New York (1981) in Movies
Feb 10, 2021
The plot: In 1997, a major war between the United States and the Soviet Union is concluding, and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president (Donald Pleasence) is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.
The cast is full of people who have or will work will john carpenter. Kurt Russell, Nick Castle, Tom Atkins, Donald Pleaseance, Jamie Lee Curtis and Nancy Stephens all in this film.
Its a excellent movie.

The Ghost of Castle Isle
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Kacey and her friends visit her Aunt Mary, who lives in a Victorian mansion not far from Salem,...

Demon Crew (The Wolfborne Saga #5)
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Taken as more of a hostage than a volunteer, Zev is enlisted in a paranormal task force to help...
Clean Paranormal Young Adult

He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Konrad Sejer #3)
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Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating the murder of a woman who lived alone in the...

The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1)
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It's been fourteen years since Elanna was taken hostage. Fourteen years spent being raised by the...

Last Man Standing
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Web London was trained to penetrate hostile ground and come out alive. Then ten seconds in a dark...

David McK (3540 KP) rated Ambulance (2022) in Movies
Mar 16, 2024
This is, essentially, a 2 (and a bit) hour long chase movie, with cops chasing after a hijacked LA ambulance with 2 of the robbers on board - alongside a paramedic being held hostage and a shot cop bleeding out in the back - after a failed bank robbery.
It's all very American (and sun drenched) - the amount of collateral damage and shooting going on would never happen anywhere else in the world (yes, I know it's a movie) - with Jake Gyllenhall in particular putting in a pretty unhinged performance as one of the two robbers.
One of those 'watch and forget' style action movies.

Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition
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Queen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society...