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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated The Shape of Water in Books

May 28, 2020  
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
Andrea Camilleri | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery. Set in Sicily, there are a number of key players and just as many suspects. All the way through I was changing my mind as to who the killer could be. It is very well written. This is an Italian book that has been translated into English. It has a notes section in the back as there are some references that English readers may not understand and some humour is lost in translation (the chicken joke, for instance), this I think is invaluable for the reader in parts. If you like a mystery this is for you!
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated The Orville: New Horizons in TV

Aug 7, 2022  
The Orville: New Horizons
The Orville: New Horizons
2022 | Comedy, Sci-Fi
8
6.3 (3 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Season 3 (of, at the moment, 3) of Seth McFarlane's currently-more-Star-Trekky-than-Star-Trek show, with pretty much every episode this season hitting it out of the park.

While still present, the sometimes infantile humour of season 2 (and, in particular, season 1) has been dialled back quite a bit, while the SFX budget has seemingly inversely increased (although, obviously, still not up to motion picture levels!).

As with all good sci-fi, the season also takes in topical considerations through a sci-fi lens: top of my head, I can think of suicide, identity, gender politics, free will ...
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated M3gan (2023) in Movies

Jan 17, 2023  
M3gan (2023)
M3gan (2023)
2023 | Horror
7
7.4 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Good cast (0 more)
Maybe needed a bit more Horror (0 more)
Friends till the end
Well we have been down this route before obviously with Child's Play and the remake of a child's toy going on the rampage. Although no where near as violent or with the tongue in cheek humour with Chucky this was quite enjoyable.
Concentrating on the tech side with the AI and the family dynamics of a young woman suddenly becoming the guardian of her niece. Plenty of character development before the terror reaches the final act. Worth a viewing if you think the premise originally didn't grab you.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Scream (2022) in Movies

Jan 17, 2022  
Scream (2022)
Scream (2022)
2022 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
8
6.1 (11 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Ticks all the Scream boxes (2 more)
Good gore effects
Ties in well with the other films
Welcome home Sidney
Good to see this get good reviews from the critics and you can see why. A great entry in the series while being new also pays homage to the original. The have the usual humour and Horror film commentary that has featured before. Plenty of nods to the other films and to Wes Craven, along with some nice touches. It will keep you guessing until the mask comes off. If you love the original you'll definitely enjoy this.
  
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TheBookMother (105 KP) rated Why Mummy Swears in Books

May 31, 2019  
Why Mummy Swears
Why Mummy Swears
Gill Sims | 2018 | Children, Humor & Comedy
7
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Very funny Relatable parent humour Deals with the topics of gender inequality in the workplace and relationship strain between spouses. (0 more)
Not real storyline Would really need to read first book to really get who the characters were and previous humour etc. (0 more)
A sweary sequel
I had quickly devoured the previous Why Mummy Drinks and finished this even quicker in less than a day.
It was very similar to the previous book in the series but I was a tad disappointed.
Whilst the first book had a loose story line running through it, this book didn't seem to really go anywhere and there wasn't really anything it led to.
If you hadn't read the first book I think you would struggle to realize who everyone was (they were introduced in first book) and get all of the jokes that had come from the first.
It's set a few years after the first book and Ellen is still juggling family, home, work and Judgy Dog (my fav character!)
The humour was as good as ever but again I found some of it hard to relate to like being able to afford an au pair!
I felt we didn't really go anywhere with Ellen unlike the previous book where she designed and launched a successful app and began to find herself away from her 'mother role' and address the balance issues of work/family.
Again the book deals with some darker topics of parenting most of us know only too well. Judgement and treatment of mothers in the workplace, how society views mother's Vs father's in the workplace and the pressures of being a working mum. It also saw how much strain relationships come under when both spouses are working and raising a young family.
It was a good read but I was slightly disappointed and felt it wasn't as good as the first and was perhaps a bit stagnant.