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Oceans of Fire (Drake Sisters, #3)

Christine Feehan

8.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Seven sisters...and a legacy of magical secrets... As the third daughter in a magical bloodline,...

24 - Season 6

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18 months after Day 5, the U.S. President has negotiated Jack’s release from a Chinese prison so...

The Mystery of Dragon Seal: Journey to China (2019)

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The English traveller Jonathan Green receives from Peter the Great an order to map the Russian Far...

GustavoCampello (6 KP) rated Another Earth (2011) in Movies

Feb 10, 2022

Another Earth (2011)

2011 | Drama

8.7

(3 Ratings)

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The film does refer, albeit in a shallow way, to Tarkovsky and this is perhaps its greatest asset. There are exaggerations. There is not the same poetry as in the Russian master's films, but the drama that unfolds at the same time as we have a science fiction in the background can't help but remember Stalker. The two actors are well in the roles, I think it was necessary to explore a little better Rhoda's relationship with her family. Some resolutions at the end were rushed and kind of gibberish, but the film is far from the American production standard, that in itself makes it much better than most of the garbage that Hollywood throws at the crowd. The final balance is much more positive than negative, and the ending makes you think, it's not something chewy, I like endings like that.

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David McK (3557 KP) rated John Wick (2014) in Movies

Mar 11, 2023

John Wick (2014)

2014 | Action, Thriller

8.5

(83 Ratings)

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Well, that was ... something different.

Perhaps Keanu Reeeve's best role since the Matrix, with Keanu portraying the feared hitman John Wick, who comes out of retirement following the death of his wife when his house is ransacked, his car stolen and his puppy (a last gift from said wife) killed by a young generation of Russian mobsters.

The elders of all who fear the Baba Yaga.

AKA the boogeyman. Or John Wick.

So a pretty straightforward revenge plot, with Reeves on a rampage of destruction as he hunts down those responsible, with some pretty intense (and brilliantly choreographed) action scenes, and with hints of a larger world of underground assassins with the inclusion of the designated safe-ground of the Continental Hotel(s), and with the gold coins that act as a sort of payment/token of favour.