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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2273 KP) rated Nowhere to Go and All Day to Get There in Books

Jun 21, 2021  
Nowhere to Go and All Day to Get There
Nowhere to Go and All Day to Get There
Gar Anthony Haywood | 2014 | Mystery
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Short Trips with the Loudermilks
This is a collection of two short stories featuring retirees and full time RVers Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. In “A Mother Always Knows,” a quick trip into a convenience store results in the couple being on the scene of an armed robbery. “Better Dead Than Wed” find them getting involved in an abusive relationship during a late-night rest stop.

Both of these stories are fast reads – I finished the collection in about half an hour. But both stories are fun and held my interest the entire way through. I was caught off guard by some of the twists along the way. I laughed along the way, sometimes at Joe and Dottie’s reactions to each other and sometimes at the situations they found themselves in. The characters also appeared in two full length novels. Whether you already know them or are just meeting them here for the first time, you’ll enjoy these two quick road trips.
  
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BookInspector (124 KP) rated My Lovely Wife in Books

Sep 24, 2020  
My Lovely Wife
My Lovely Wife
Samantha Downing | 2019 | Thriller
8
8.2 (12 Ratings)
Book Rating
Their family looks like any other family, mother, father, two children, but what their posh friends don’t know is that mommy and daddy like to kill people. This story is told from father’s perspective, and I have no idea what his name is. (If he mentioned it and I missed it, please let me know.) His wife Millicent, runs the family, she makes the rules, she cooks and cleans, she is the main earner in the family, and she likes to plot the murders. I really enjoyed reading this book from a males perspective, it was creepy, sometimes disgusting and unbelievable but interesting. I liked the way the author was unfolding the story, there were these little turns and twists throughout the book, that got me intrigued to find out what will happen next.

Sometimes it did feel that the narrative was quite stretched in places, and was just repeating itself, I would’ve liked a little more action.
  
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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Riot (2015) in Movies

Aug 18, 2020  
Riot (2015)
Riot (2015)
2015 | Action
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Everything I'd ever seen said about this movie indicated that it was action (read: FIGHT) driven. I might have never believed anything to be a more accurate description...

The fight scenes are definitely plentiful, as you would expect from a movie that includes Chuck Liddell and Dolph Lundgren (Matthew Reese and Danielle Ryan both hold their own quite well). I don't think there is more than a three or four minute section of footage that doesn't include fighting of some sort.

The story is quite thin, but I would imagine that if you're watching this movie, you aren't watching it for the story.

The choreography is usually pretty good with a few small exceptions, the fight scenes are entertaining if nothing else. The action is non stop.

Great movie if your craving unadulterated violence and some familiar faces. Try to ignore Chuck Liddell's sometimes present, sometimes missing Russian accent. It seems to come and go at will.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Avengers - Season 2 in TV

May 19, 2020  
The Avengers - Season 2
The Avengers - Season 2
1962 | Thriller
7
6.5 (2 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
The second season of The Avengers is a show going through a transformation following the departure of its original star. The results are understandably a bit uneven sometimes, with episodes made in a range of styles - some are very ambitious globe-trotting spy capers, others more routine detective stories, while a few approach a more recognisably quirky and whimsical Avengers style. Production values are equally variable and often primitive: there are many technical mistakes and actors sometimes appear in multiple roles.

The three Dr Keel episodes are easily the dullest; the ones with singer Venus Smith are better but still often clumsy and slowed down by musical interludes; you can tell that the producers very quickly realised that Mrs Gale was the character with real potential. All the best episodes feature Honor Blackman and you can see the chemistry between her and Patrick Macnee growing from episode to episode. Not quite yet a classic TV series, but on the way.
  
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Cori June (3033 KP) rated The Green Knight (2020) in Movies

Aug 16, 2021  
The Green Knight (2020)
The Green Knight (2020)
2020 | Action, History
7
8.1 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
I kind of wish they'd let us review without rating sometimes, because This movie was.... hard to rate, I usually don't watch films that are set up like this.
While I was watching I had a few WTF, The Hell? moments, where I was left baffled.
I'd like something more, except not sure more of what cause dialogue would have been good, and not really needed; explanation is the same; maybe smoother transitions because some of those were jarring.
This movie made me think which I like but it was also bad because sometimes my mind wondered and I had to remind myself I was watching a movie.
The pacing was slow almost tediously so.
I knew going in the basics of the story although it has been more than a few years since I've read it. I think that helped as I wasn't lost when watching.
I enjoyed the acting that was on point and the scenery was beautiful.