A Cold Day in Hell
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Lauren Riley is an accomplished detective who has always been on the opposite side of the courtroom...
mystery series fiction
The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6)
Book
Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths...
Censored: A Literary History of Subversion & Control
Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis
Book
The list of books suppressed in the English language features the sacred and profane, poetic and...
To the Fair Land
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In 1789 struggling writer Ben Dearlove rescues a woman from a furious Covent Garden mob. The woman...
A Perfect World (1993)
Movie Watch
Double Academy Award winners Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood confront each other from opposite...
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Movie Watch
The Sugarland Express, a gripping drama co-written and directed by a 26-year-old Steven Spielberg,...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Dracula 2000 (2000) in Movies
Jan 5, 2021 (Updated Jan 5, 2021)
The plot: Long ago, Abraham Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) imprisoned the infamous Count Dracula (Gerard Butler) within a vault inside Carfax Abbey. In the present day, Van Helsing relies on Dracula's immortal blood to remain alive. But then thieves breaks into the vault and steal the vampire's coffin, thinking it contains something valuable. Liberated from his prison, Dracula seizes the opportunity to escape, but Van Helsing sets out to banish him to the crypt once again.
All i can say is that its okay.
David McK (3372 KP) rated Demolition Man (1993) in Movies
Feb 1, 2021
In 1993.
So nearly 30 years ago now (writing this in early 2021).
Starring a pre tax evasion Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone and a very young Sandra Bullock, this is a sci fi actioner set in a (supposedly) utopian future where there is no crime, and in which Snipes character of Simon Phoenix escapes from his cryo-freeze prison (in which he was placed in 1996!), leading the hopelessly outmatched police force of the time to reanimated his original captor John Spartan (Stallone) at the suggestion of the 90s-mad Sandra Bullock Lieutenant Huxley, who was also put on ice after being framed by Phoenix for the killing of 30 civilians.
Yes, it's aged.
Yes, it still well worth a watch.
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Yards (2000) in Movies
Jan 8, 2021
The plot: After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo just wants to get his life back on track. So he goes to the one place he thinks will be safe -- home. There he takes a new job with his highly connected and influential uncle. But in the yards, where his uncle now pulls the strings, safe is not how they do business. Unwittingly, he's drawn into a world of sabotage, high stakes payoffs and even murder.
Its okay.
Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) in Movies
Sep 25, 2019
Where 4.0 managed to get in on some of the current trends, A Good Day To Die Hard decided it wanted to be like Jason Bourne whilst forgetting that John McClane isn't the sleek spy that Bourne is. We've gone from fun and enjoyable action films to something that takes itself way too seriously. At no point did I crack a smile, or scream "oooooooh" at the screen when one of McClane's completely ill matched fist fights goes awry.
A dancing, carrot eating villain who likes to play with his hostages... give me strength.
As for the extras on this disc you should certainly checkout Maximum McClane, mainly for the compilation of yippee ki-yays at the end.