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Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated Storks (2016) in Movies
Jun 10, 2019
Aniston’s immediately recognisable accent works very well in animation and voice-over performances, but she hasn’t had as much success in this genre as perhaps you would’ve thought. Outside of the Storks and 1999’s The Iron Giant, she hasn’t ventured into animation at all.
Storks is a fun little movie that works well with its brilliant voice cast. Aniston plays an overprotective mother and while her role is slight, she plays it excellently. What works so well here is that we can almost here elements of her character in Friends as she converses with her children.
https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/02/11/jennifer-aniston-performances-top-5/
Storks is a fun little movie that works well with its brilliant voice cast. Aniston plays an overprotective mother and while her role is slight, she plays it excellently. What works so well here is that we can almost here elements of her character in Friends as she converses with her children.
https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/02/11/jennifer-aniston-performances-top-5/
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated What We Lose in Books
Mar 3, 2018
Wonderful variety but something missing
This is an interesting literary debut from Zinzi Clemmons, with many semi-autobiographical elements discussing her heritage.
Thandi, a girl of mixed race, has to endure taking care of her dying mother, all the while battling various social aspects of living as a daughter of a South African and an American parent. Written in different formats, from a text message to hip hop lyrics, Clemmons explores the rich tapestry of her life and layers it with various threads.
While I mostly enjoyed this story, I do feel there is something missing and could have been weaved together a little more clearly.
Thandi, a girl of mixed race, has to endure taking care of her dying mother, all the while battling various social aspects of living as a daughter of a South African and an American parent. Written in different formats, from a text message to hip hop lyrics, Clemmons explores the rich tapestry of her life and layers it with various threads.
While I mostly enjoyed this story, I do feel there is something missing and could have been weaved together a little more clearly.
After getting a phone message from their mother warning that a spy is after them, Nick and Tesla find their uncle's house full of suspects. Who is the spy?
Another fun book filled with a great mystery, good characters, and a few laughs. The target middle grade audience will love it and enjoy building their own spy camera, code wheel, and more after they've found out who the spy is.
NOTE: I received this book via Amazon Vine in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-review-nick-and-teslas-secret.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Another fun book filled with a great mystery, good characters, and a few laughs. The target middle grade audience will love it and enjoy building their own spy camera, code wheel, and more after they've found out who the spy is.
NOTE: I received this book via Amazon Vine in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-review-nick-and-teslas-secret.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Lindsay (1760 KP) rated Minding Molly (The Courtships of Lancaster County, #3) in Books
Feb 15, 2018
Mary wonders if their a way to save her family farm. Molly also struggles with controlling everyone and making them happy. Her mother wants her to fall in love with Mervin and to save the farm. Mary does not love him in that way. He like a big brother to her. She upset that her father had died of a heart attack. Her brother and sister were older and have come to help out as well. She does to become quite a friendship with a Leon. During the camping trip, thing start to go astray and things are happening. They run into a neighbor as well.
Mothergamer (1568 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Monster Hunter World in Video Games
Feb 24, 2018
Fun Adventure With Friends
The game is so much fun to play. It's more fun playing with friends and working as a team to take down monsters. The different areas are beautiful and fun to explore. Gathering resources is pretty straightforward and you can craft items and armor. While the gameplay doesn't hold your hand every step of the way, it is very well done. There's always something to do and it's great doing it all with friends and other players.
Full Mother Gamer review here: http://lorrie28-mothergamer.blogspot.com/2018/02/monster-hunter-world-come-for-monsters.html
Full Mother Gamer review here: http://lorrie28-mothergamer.blogspot.com/2018/02/monster-hunter-world-come-for-monsters.html
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Evan Only Knows (Constable Evans, #7) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Evan and Bronwen are off to meet each other's family's. Their first stop is Mrs. Evans, and they stumble into a case with ties to Evan's family past. The man who killed Evan's father is arrest for another crime, only this time Evan thinks he's innocent. Can he prove it without alienating his mother? This book is missing much of the charm of the earlier ones in the series since the wonderful supporting players aren't in the book. A bit more serious, too.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-evan-only-knows-by-rhys.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-evan-only-knows-by-rhys.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Joe Julians (221 KP) rated Life of the Party (2018) in Movies
Jun 20, 2018
Full review here:
Life of the Party has some good moments sprinkled throughout and is helped by a solid performance by Melissa McCarthy. That being said, it suffers thanks to a script that is so focused on trying to be funny that it misses the opportunity to tell the story it should have told. A mother attending the same college as her daughter should be rife with potential, but it sidesteps that so much that it's almost an afterthought. It's a shame too as there was a great movie here somewhere, it's just hidden among so much mediocrity that its impossible to find.
Life of the Party has some good moments sprinkled throughout and is helped by a solid performance by Melissa McCarthy. That being said, it suffers thanks to a script that is so focused on trying to be funny that it misses the opportunity to tell the story it should have told. A mother attending the same college as her daughter should be rife with potential, but it sidesteps that so much that it's almost an afterthought. It's a shame too as there was a great movie here somewhere, it's just hidden among so much mediocrity that its impossible to find.
Katie Guinn (34 KP) rated Two Girls Down: A Novel in Books
Dec 7, 2018
Kylie and Bailey Brandt vanish from a shopping mall parking lot while their mother is buying a birthday present. Single mom Jamie quickly realizes that the overworked local police department is not the best option for finding her daughters, so she hires former bounty hunter Alice Vega, famous for finding missing people. Vega partners up with ex-cop/private investigator Max “Cap” Caplan to find the sisters. The result is a tense, twisty ride that I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved Alice Vega, she reminded me of Lisbeth Salander: tougher than battery acid, but completely awkward at personal interaction. I’m really looking forward to more books featuring her character.
Danielle Harris (16 KP) rated Sweet Jayne in Books
Oct 17, 2018
This was a very intense read. This was mind blowing. Every book I read from this author never disappoints me.
Nadia was 17 at the time when we learn that she moves to the US with her mother and stepfather Donovan. You will see in the beginning Nadia hates Donovan. When Nadia goes outside to wait for the school bus to her 1st day of a new school a girl named Kasey comes up and they begin there friendship. Something happens to Kasey and Nadia changes. Nadia leaves for 3 years but comes back with a fiance. Does Kasey come back? What does Donovan think of Nadia's fiance?
Nadia was 17 at the time when we learn that she moves to the US with her mother and stepfather Donovan. You will see in the beginning Nadia hates Donovan. When Nadia goes outside to wait for the school bus to her 1st day of a new school a girl named Kasey comes up and they begin there friendship. Something happens to Kasey and Nadia changes. Nadia leaves for 3 years but comes back with a fiance. Does Kasey come back? What does Donovan think of Nadia's fiance?
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13...