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Andrew Kennedy (199 KP) rated Hellraiser: Judgment (2017) in Movies

May 30, 2019

I like the kills (1 more)

Should get a sequel

No Doug Bradley (2 more)

Detective bits drag

Dimension still only put a film out to keep the rights.

Time to deliver judgement on the new Hellraiser.
Just finished watching this and i have to say while its not perfect, its leaps and bounds ahead of Revelations.
The main crux of the story is the hunt for a killer called "The Preceptor" who is killing his victims in line with the 10 commandments. A pair of detective brothers are trying to crack the case and are assigned a new female partner.
The Cenobites are again things macrabe beauty. The Auditor is superb and played by director Gary Tunnicliffe. The Butcher and The Surgeon deliver a wonderful kill early on. Finally theres Pinhead, he looks amazing and Paul T Taylor gives a rousing performance throughout.
The theme of judgement is carried through with an assesor and a jury. The guilty cleaned.
The detective bits drag a bit and really slow the film down. The kills are delivered with gore and gutso and this feels like a new start for the franchise.

So in final Judgement, this new outing for Pinhead should see more sequels to come but if the quality of the Cenobites in this film is maintained then we have such sights to look forward to.

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Auditing Theory

Ian Dennis

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Auditing is generally considered to be a particularly practical discipline. This hampers theoretical...

Theory of Moral Sentiments

Adam Smith

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Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith...

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

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An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage...

Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated Losing the Stars in Books

Mar 28, 2020

Losing the Stars

SJ Blasko | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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This is a very short piece of creative writing. And when o first read it, mi initial thought was "eh?". Which is why I never review straight away. After having a few days to ponder it, I realise the depths of interpretation is has. What the messengers represent to the different characters and how these representations have a massive affect on their actions and thus leading to the final part of the story. It was beautifully written, but allow it sink in before you make a judgement!

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Sarah (7798 KP) shared own rating

Sep 16, 2020

So today I finally got to watch Tenet for a second time and I can highly recommend a second viewing if you loved it the first time. It really helped me pick up on some of the little details that I missed first time round, and also reinforced everything I mentioned in my review.

My friend came to watch it for the first time and she wasn't a fan, however her go to favourite film is Hotel Transylvania so her judgement may not be reliable... 😂

Sarah (7798 KP) rated Tenet (2020) in Movies

Aug 28, 2020 (Updated Aug 28, 2020)

Tenet (2020)

2020 | Action

7.7

(28 Ratings)

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Confusingly brilliant

When it comes to Christopher Nolan, I may be a little biased. I’ve loved every film he’s ever made, and most of his films feature in my list of favourite films of all time. So unsurprisingly, I loved Tenet even if it did completely mess up my head.

This film is a complete mind f**k. Excuse the language, but there’s no better way to describe it. Right from the opening scene, you can appreciate the sheer brilliance of this whilst being totally confused at the same time. And I’ll admit I spent the majority of this film wondering what on earth was going on, but that doesn’t make it any less of an enjoyable thrill ride. As with all of Nolan’s films, the cinematography is top notch and you really can’t fault it. The action scenes are epic and hugely impressive, especially when you consider that they’ve been done without CGI. I wish other filmmakers would take not when it comes to their over reliance on CGI! The score and soundtrack are fantastic too, so dramatic and really help with the increasing the suspense and tension.

Cast-wise, I had been concerned about John David Washington mainly because I haven’t seen him in much, but my concerns were unwarranted. He makes for a likeable lead and action hero and can definitely hold the weight of this film. Robert Pattinson, who I’ve never really liked thanks to Twilight, is also rather good and I actually wish his character had been in this more. And I spent the last part of the film debating if Aaron Taylor-Johnson was Ives (he was) who also should’ve been in this a lot more.

Despite my gushing, this film isn’t perfect, I found Elizabeth Debicki’s character Kat rather irritating at times and felt like her character could have been made into someone better. I also felt when there were dips in the action and the film ran into some quieter moments, my mind tended to wander to try and dissect and understand everything I’d already seen so far which probably made me miss more! The science behind the inversion is pretty deep and confusing, especially if you try and overthink it like I did.

That said, how this film unfolds and it’s ending are brilliantly done. There are a lot of lightbulb moments in this towards the end that made me go “ohhh” when I realised it explained or referred to an earlier moment in the film. And the ending itself was both unpredicted, genius, and also tugged on the old heartstrings a little. I loved this film a lot, but I definitely need to watch it again to really appreciate it fully.