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MusicCritics (472 KP) rated Culture by Migos in Music

Jul 6, 2017  
Culture by Migos
Culture by Migos
2017 | Pop
Culture is 58 minutes of straight flow. Migos lose themselves in the music they’ve always loved to make. It’s triplets and trap, guns and coke, and some of the finest production Atlanta has to offer.
Critic- Colin Groundwater
Original Score: 83 out of 100

Read Review: Culture is 58 minutes of straight flow. Migos lose themselves in the music they’ve always loved to make. It’s triplets and trap, guns and coke, and some of the finest production Atlanta has to offer.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Shenmue in Video Games

Apr 25, 2018  
Shenmue
Shenmue
Action/Adventure
Amazing graphics (2 more)
Huge areas to explore
Very original
Ground Breaking Classic
The game that probably helped sell the Dreamcast. This was unlike anything else at the time. Almost an open world game where you were free to explore, train your martial arts moves or just pop to the arcade for some retro Sega classics or darts! Along with some 3D scrolling beat em up sections. Something few games have tried since sadly. You will spend days worth of hours playing this!
  
Annabelle: Creation  (2017)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
2017 | Horror
Ok...so I am terrified of dolls and so this one and the other original one are like my worst nightmares. I hate dolls but I loved this movie. It was simply terrifying. It was a great addition to this series. I cant tell you how many times I got chills or jumped near out of my skin during this movie. All I can say is thank goodness I was at home because the theater people would have been mad at me lol...
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) rated The Descent Part 2 (2009) in Movies

Apr 16, 2018 (Updated Apr 16, 2018)  
The Descent Part 2 (2009)
The Descent Part 2 (2009)
2009 | Action, Horror, Mystery
Carbon copy
The did not very hard to make anything original with this film at all.

The acting and production values of the film are descent, but it is an almost 100% retread of the first film. They could've at least tried to show us something new like maybe the origins of the critters and/or more about their lifestyles. Maybe something about their culture, social interactions or even mating habits! All we got was to see their toilet.

Disappointing.
  
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018 | Family
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) is an exercise in Lucasian poetry #Review
George Lucas once claimed that the many repetitive instances in the Star Wars prequel trilogy were deliberate ‘poetry’, rhyming with the original trilogy and so it is with this second Mary Poppins film. Having soothed its corporate conscience with “Saving Mr Banks”, Disney returns to the works of P L Travers to produce a checkbox musical which follows the template of the first movie to a fault...

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusPoppinsReturns
  
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
2019 | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Alita: Battle Angel (2019) slices, dices and occasionally surprises.
Knowing nothing of the original Manga on which it’s based (the closest I can claim is that I quite enjoy the 2009 animated movie “Astro Boy”, which shares a surprising amount of story with this movie), “Alita: Battle Angel” still held a strong appeal thanks to the names behind and in front of the camera. That faith was well rewarded, with a kinetic, if lightweight, cyberpunk action popcorn flick...

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusAlita
  
Hanna (2011)
Hanna (2011)
2011 | Action, Mystery
Interesting
Decided to look this one up when I saw the show coming out. Very captivating movie. Low budget but well done. The concept isn't completely original - government attempting to create perfect soldier, etc - but was definitely told in an interesting way. The acting and cinematography were good. I would've appreciated subtitles in the scenes where other languages were spoken, but, it is what it is. Overall a decent action thriller with a unique protagonist and storyline. Worth a watch!
  
Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
I was a huge fan of the original. The live action remake is faithful, maybe too faithful especially given the director is bare knuckle boxing fan Guy Ritchie. Will Smith is good as Genie. He carries the comedy and romance well. The actress playing Jasmine is a revelation especially in her big solo. My only complaint which is not about the film just a preference is they should have taken a risk and turned the musical numbers into full Bollywood productions.
  
i'm just able to skim this but i like it much better than his original book. there are tons of exercises and not as many quizzes. i guess it helps to know what kind of person you are in the relationship (contemptuous, defensive, etc) and to know your argument style. but with "seven principles" you're given the tools to help your marriage period. it doesn't make much of a difference if you're conciliatory or volatile. i'd recommend this book over the other.
  
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
2011 | Adventure, Book, Card Game, Collectible Components, Fantasy
Josh has been bugging me all year that it’s about time that we played this game again, and since we got together this past weekend for a ‘Lad & Dad’ gaming weekend, it seemed like the ideal opportunity to get it back on the table, and in doing so we rediscovered just how great a game it is.


Original Rating: 5/5
Reviewer: Neil Shuck
Read the full review here: https://meeples.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/review-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-revisited/