Failure to Protect (Dre Thomas & Angela Evans #4)
Book
The author of the award-winning thriller Anybody’s Daughter explores the bullying epidemic and its...
African-American bullying legal thriller fiction
Nightflyers - Season One
TV Season Watch
On a mission aboard the Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built, a team of scientists embark...
Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero Vol. 3
Book
Higher, further, faster, more! That's the daring new attitude of Earth's Mightiest Hero, Captain...
Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 1: The God Butcher
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Throughout the ages, gods have been vanishing, their mortal worshippers left in chaos. Now, Thor...
Trivial Pursuit: Classic Edition
Tabletop Game
Gather your friends to play the trivia game that started it all! The classic edition of this Trivial...
David McK (3877 KP) rated Star Wars: The Acolyte in TV
Jul 19, 2024
It's just a pity the answer to the mystery is blatantly obvious from about 5, 10 minutes into episode 1 of an 8 episode series.
And that the lead character of Mae/Osha seems to struggle with her acting ability.
And that "attack me, Jedi, with all your might" is an actual line.
It's not all bad, though: the action scenes are actually pretty good, while the actor playing Sol brings back memories of Qui-Ginn Jinn (a highlight of TPM), and the space chase in the final episode is also pretty good.
It's just a pity it's a bit of a slog to get there.
Playing the Game (Love Goals #2)
Book
After Brockton FC publicly declared itself a safe space for gay players, Swedish midfielder Jonas...
Contemporary MM Sports Romance
Merissa (14132 KP) rated Dark Night (The Amulet #2) in Books
Apr 14, 2023
This is a novella so therefore it moves along at an incredible pace - everything happens within the space of a few short hours. There is attraction, flirtations, humour, and the threat of violence - all within a few pages.
If you are on the lookout for a hot, coffee-break book, then I can highly recommend this book and The Amulet Series as a whole.
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Jul 29, 2015
David McK (3877 KP) rated K-PAX (2001) in Movies
Apr 29, 2022
Drama film? Yep. Science Fiction? Possibly (probably).
But don't be thinking 'Star Wars', 'Star Trek' or even '2001: A Space Odyssey' - if anything, the closest correlation I can come up with is 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'
Which might seem a bit odd, but consider: the bulk of this is set in an around a psychiatric hospital, where Kevin Spacey's main character Prot resides after claiming he is from the planet K-Pax, and after being arrested almost immediately after arriving in a train station at the start of the movie.
Jeff Bridges psychiatrist - who, initially, doesn't believe him (well, let's face it: would you?) then sets about uncovering the truth of Prot, digging into his (Prot's) past and uncovering some disturbing revelations.
So, yeah, a bit of an odd one, that largely relies on the charisma of it's two main lead actors.



