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Steve Fearon (84 KP) rated Escape From Tomorrow (2013) in Movies

Sep 26, 2018

Escape From Tomorrow (2013)

2013 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

5.0

(2 Ratings)

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Its imaginative, and surreal (0 more)

Virtually everything else (0 more)

Not a magical movie...

I don't like writing negative reviews, but this confusing story about a family visiting disney world is...well its a mess.

Its a Lynchian dreamscape of a film, which hints at a lot but doesn't really every explain much, other than to suggest there is a dark undercurrent to Disney.

The fact is though that the narrative is untidy and weirdly paced, and can't ever really settle on what it is that it wants viewers to feel.

You can argue thats the point of this sort of film, but there doesn't feel like there is any cleverness to the confusion, just a movie that deliberately tries to unbalance you for no other reason than to have you unbalanced.

I don't really want to say much more other than that there are many better films out there than this, so only watch this if you really fancy a challenge.

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Phil Leader (619 KP) rated The Sacred Art of Stealing in Books

Nov 25, 2019

The Sacred Art of Stealing

Christopher Brookmyre | 2003 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry

9.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

A daring bank robbery in broad daylight puts detective Angelique De Xavier on the trail of a highly intelligent, highly motivated and highly unusual thief. The closer she gets the more she both admires him and wonders at his real motives.

This is classic Brookmyre; plenty of Scottish patois and references, clever and imaginative situations and well drawn characters. Nobody in a Brookmyre novel is black or white, everyone has shades of grey, sometimes more than one shade and this book is no exception.

As would be expected this is a thriller with a wry twist of humour running through it; the bank robbery itself is both tense and a hoot to read as the police are completely outmaneouvred. As the real pursuit by De Xavier continues through the rest of the book the reader is drawn in and exposed to every twist as she experiences it.

A thoroughly good read and highly recommended.