Connie math educational game 2nd grade
Education and Games
App
Connie Fun Learning: Everything for second grade: Math. Developed with pedagogical support. ...
Turquoise: A Chef's Travels in Turkey
Book
Following on from their success with Saha, Greg Malouf and Lucy Rushbrooke delight us yet again,...
Milkshake Maker - by Bluebear
Games and Entertainment
App
Bluebear's Milkshake maker has finally arrived to the AppStore. This is the first and only Milkshake...
Lilyn G - Sci-Fi & Scary (91 KP) rated Legion (2010) in Movies
Jun 30, 2018
Legion is one of my favorite movies. I’ve seen it countless times and it has never lost it’s appeal. It’s ridiculous, filled with cliches, and definitely tries too hard for the reflective drama. It’s charmingly flawed and I love it.
Legion is filled with cheese, but the cheese just makes the other parts stick together so well. Like the Old Lady and the Ice Cream Man. My favorite scene in Legion involves the old lady. They made an excellent choice in casting there. You know from the moment that she says “But it’s gonna burn… your f*cking baby is gonna burn” that the evil is there, and it’s ON. What immediately always leaves me in stitches. (Yes, always. I’ve seen this movie like 5 times now.) And the Ice Cream man? Well, he defined the role for me. Freaking creepy.
And the cast members do their best to pull off the most ridiculous lines with a straight face. Willa Holland, whom you might be familiar with from The O.C., Gossip Girl, and Arrow, brings the sarcasm full bore. Dennis Quaid does disgruntled do-gooder father pretty well. (Although, I liked him better in this type of role in Day After Tomorrow.) Jeep – played by Lucas Black – is a very bland character, but that’s to be expected for the saintly protector type role he’s destined to play. Charles S. Dutton doesn’t have a lot of screen time, but when he’s there, you pay attention to him.
Legion is well-acted, nicely directed, and gives its horror a thin coating of humor. There’s plenty of action in the later half to keep almost anyone happy. There is really nothing new as this type of movie gets pretty endlessly recycled. However, put up against the others of its type, it stands out for me.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2322 KP) rated Murder with a Cherry on Top in Books
Jul 6, 2019
First books in series walk a fine line between introducing us to characters and giving us a good mystery. This one errs on the side of character backstory, which makes the first quarter very slow plot wise. Things do pick up as we go along, and by the second half the mystery is in full swing. Once it got going, I found the mystery good with an ending I didn’t suspect yet one that made sense. Kate, her Gran, and her niece are all solid characters and I enjoyed spending time with them. I am curious where Kate’s love life will go after what we learned and the characters we met here. The suspects don’t get much page time, but they seem real from the little bit of time we did get to spend with them. And there is plenty of talk about ice cream, which made me crave one of my favorite desserts. There are four delicious sounding recipes at the end, so you can bring a bit of Kate’s shop home with you. If you are looking for a new series to help you cool off as the summer heats up, this debut is for you.
Dr. Panda & Toto's Treehouse
Entertainment and Games
App
Hi! I’m Toto the Turtle! I’ve just hatched and would love a friend to play with and take care of...
Never Mind the Drop Goal: The Unofficial Rugby World Cup Quiz Book
Book
The Rugby World Cup: it's the scrum of the earth, the biggest, the best and the most prestigious...
A Simply Delicious Christmas
Book
A Simply Delicious Christmas, first published in 1989, is a much-loved cookbook, with tattered,...
Food in England: A Complete Guide to the Food That Makes Us Who We are
Book
Her love of the infinite variety of English cooking and her knowledge of British culture and history...
Draw 500 Fantastic Foods
Book
A pocket-sized sketchbook filled with 500 inspirational illustrations featuring a variety of tasty...