Elementary
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This take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic character has disgraced Sherlock Holmes fleeing London...
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Kelly (279 KP) rated Prison Break - Season 1 in TV
Nov 23, 2018
Wentworth Miller acts the role of Michael expertly, the slightly eccentric brother, who aims to break his brother out of prison. Soon joined by characters such as T-bag and Sucre, all having their own complex backgrounds, we are teased throughout into trying to decide whether these characters are going to double cross Michael at any point in time. The writers play on our emotions as to whether the criminals with whom Michael connects are actually good at heart or nasty individuals.
In the background, we also have the relationship between Michael and Sara developing, which adds yet a further element to the story. Realising all along, that if Michael’s plan is ever to succeed, he will at some point have to double cross Sara, we are gripped as to how the plot line will play out. We also have Lincoln’s legal team, slowly unravelling the story as to Lincoln’s wrongful arrest and the murder of his ex-wife, and subsequent criminalisation of his son, extending the plot line from the walls of the prison.
The series itself has so many twists and turns, that you feel like you cannot take your eyes off the screen for a minute without missing an element of the plot. The series has been well wrote and intelligently thought out, from the use of Michaels tattoo’s to map out the prison, to the fooling of Lincoln’s electrocution with a dead rat, I couldn’t help but be hooked.
I effect, the writers have us routing for Michael and Lincoln to escape from prison, despite the fact that this will mean that they will also need to take some hard level criminals with them. I can’t wait to see what season 2 brings.
Biloxi Blues (1988)
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Matthew Broderick stars as a naive army recruit looking for action - though not the battle kind - in...
Nightflyers - Season One
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On a mission aboard the Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built, a team of scientists embark...
B2B Digital Marketing: Using the Web to Market Directly to Businesses
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The only 100% B2B-focused guide to high-profit, low-cost digital marketing! Finally, there's a...
The Last Detail (1973)
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Jack Nicholson is at his very best in this highly-acclaimed dramatic comedy about three sailors on...
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - The Art of the Movie
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Discover the world of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in this stunning collection of art. Packed...
David McK (3188 KP) rated The Flash (2023) in Movies
Jun 25, 2023
That's the basis for this film, which - indeed - at one point was event o be called 'Flashpoint'.
There's another one where Superman's pod arrives in Russia rather than the USA, and where he is experimented on and brought up by the Soviets.
Superman: Red Son.
There's elements of that in this too.
As - potentially - the last film in the current DCEU, this stars Ezra Miller's version of The Flash, alongside cameos from other DCEU characters and actors, and also - due the the 'multiversal' nature of the proceedings - makes no secret of the fact that it brings Michael Keeton's version of Batman into the fold. He's probably the best bit.
It's also rather surreal in parts - the term 'baby shower' takes on a whole new meaning - with Miller, IMO, not as good at embodying the role as Grant Gustin's version from TV.
That, I guess, is probably just a matter of taste ...
The Internet of Things: How Smart TVs, Smart Cars, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities are Changing the World
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How the Internet of Things will change your life: all you need to know, in plain English! The...
Innovation Policy and the Economy: 17
Shane M. Greenstein, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
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The seventeenth volume of the National Bureau of Economic Research's Innovation Policy and the...