The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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Jackjack (877 KP) rated Case 39 (2010) in Movies
May 9, 2020
Good horror film about a little girl who's parents want to send her to hell. renee zellweger is the brilliant leading actress in this film she is given a case to go and serve as child protection when she realises the horrors that this little girls mum and dad want to do they are put away and she becomes the guardian. All is not as it seems as this demonic girl reeks havoc on her life bending her and taunting her to get her own way and suddenly people around them start to get hurt!! Good build up during the film a few jump scares, if you looking for a messed up film to get lost in this one is highly recommended!
Snatched
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When Kara was ten, the shifters took her parents. A year ago, they took her best friend Hunter. ...
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New World Order (War of the Fae, #4)
6.0
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NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 4 in the YA Urban...
The Lies We Told
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A Daughter Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack...
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 1: Imperial Machine
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Picking up where Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith ends, follow Darth Vader as he receives...
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: The North of England and Scotland
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The railway in 1980 had not changed much since the 1960s. There were certainly no more steam...
Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated Dark Star (1974) in Movies
Jan 7, 2021
Acting: 8
Beginning: 0
Characters: 3
I honestly couldn’t tell you one redeeming thing about these characters. About the only redeeming quality was the weird ball monster that appears throughout Dark Star. Seriously, none of these characters sparked the slightest bit of interest for me.
Cinematography/Visuals: 8
I will say not bad for 1974, a year before the release of Star Wars. You get a legit space feel with this crew and I enjoyed the setpieces on-ship. The ball monster (again with this guy) was a bit offputting, but not a terrible job otherwise.
Conflict: 6
Entertainment Value: 4
Memorability: 8
Pace: 10
Sure it’s a kooky movie and you never truly understand what’s going on, but at least it’s a quick eighty-three minutes. Moves pretty quickly by the time it’s all said and done.
Plot: 3
Even after doing a quick Wiki search, I was still lost of what was going on. Just a bunch of weirdo shit happening that is random and not enjoyable. I’ve seen weird but this takes the cake.
Resolution: 0
Overall: 50
Say what you want about my scoring system, this movie got a zero in two categories and still managed to walk away with a 50. It starts off terribly and doesn’t get much better after that. Do yourself a favor and steer clear.
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Minds of Men (The Psyche of War #1) in Books
Jan 14, 2021
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Minds of Men ( The Psyche of Wars book 1)
By Kacey Ezell
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Evelyn Adamsen grew up knowing she had to hide her psychic abilities, lest she be labeled a witch. However, when the US Army Air Corps came calling in 1943, looking for psychic women to help their beleaguered bomber force, Evelyn answered, hoping to use her powers to integrate the bomber crews and save American lives.
She was extremely successful at it...until her aircraft got shot down.
Now, Evelyn is on the run in occupied Europe, with a special unit of German Fallschirmjager and an enemy psychic on her heels. Worse, Evelyn learns that using her psychic powers functions as a strobe that highlights her to the enemy.
As the enemy psychic closes in, Evelyn is faced with a dilemma in her struggle to escape - how can she make it back to England when the only talent she has will expose her if she uses it?
A different spin on a part of world war 2 that was a very male dominated area. I found Kaceys version enthralling. At one point my heart reached out to Lina for you know they were all following orders! Don’t worry it didn’t last and I was back routing for Evie and her men! I also got so lost trying to pronounce those German words. Overall it was a decent read!