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iOnRoad - Augmented Reality Driving

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An Augmented Reality Driving App! Improve your driving in real time using the power of your iPhone....

Sleep Well Hypnosis PRO

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◉ Learn to reduce anxious thoughts and sleep calmly after listening daily for just 1–3 weeks ◉...

Helmand to the Himalayas: One Soldier's Inspirational Journey

David Wiseman and Nick Harding

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"From the war torn valleys of Afghanistan to the frozen peaks of the Himalayas, David Wiseman's...

Me Cheeta

James Lever

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The incredible, moving and hilarious story of Cheeta the Chimp, simian star of the big screen, on a...

The World Ends with You: Solo Remix for iPad

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SUPPORTED DEVICES iOS 5.1.1 or later is required. Square Enix’s fresh-faced hit The New York...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) in Movies

Feb 13, 2018 (Updated Feb 13, 2018)

A Mid-life Crisis, but Not as We Know It

Easily the best of the Trek movies. Made with half-an-eye to concluding the franchise, it ended up revitalising the series for another quarter century.

Old enemy from the TV show is rediscovered, vows revenge on Kirk; many rousing space battles and well-handled character moments ensue. Ricardo Montalban really goes for it as Khan; William Shatner gives a proper movie leading man performance. Relatively low budget is artfully concealed.

Benefits considerably from being willing to acknowledge that everyone has aged since the original TV show; Kirk has to confront the consequences of choices he made as a young man (later movies disregarded the fact the crew were becoming increasingly geriatric). The essential Trek philosophy of optimistic liberal humanism somehow gets a bit lost along the way, but you really don't care as the rest of it is so much fun. Almost unreasonably well-written when you consider the script was done in less than a fortnight.

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ClareR (6037 KP) rated My Sister, the Serial Killer in Books

Dec 21, 2018

The problems of a serial killer's older sister....

Short, snappy chapters, satire oozing out of every page (and murder!). This story is about Korede covering up her sister, Ayoola's, penchant for 'offing' her boyfriends: "Femi makes three, you know. Three and they label you a serial killer".
Korede feels a responsibility for her younger sister - something which seems odd to do given the circumstances, but is explained later in the book.
Korede is quite a sad character, really. Ayoola is the beautiful sister, she is not. Yet she still protects her and keeps her safe, stops her from posting on Instagram after her boyfriend goes 'missing'. Ayoola certainly has issues - she has no problem with the murders she commits, no guilt. She gets on with her life, on to the next man, and Korede is left to clean up and worry. The eternal problem of the older sister (usually minus the murders, mind you!).
I really enjoyed this, and it seemed to end very quickly. It's well worth reading.