Nightflyers - Season One
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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
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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
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Gather your friends to play the trivia game that started it all! The classic edition of this Trivial...
David McK (3814 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)
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After Brockton FC publicly declared itself a safe space for gay players, Swedish midfielder Jonas...
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Merissa (14030 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. *
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David McK (3814 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.
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) in Movies
Oct 21, 2018 (Updated Sep 4, 2022)
David McK (3814 KP) rated Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020) in Movies
Aug 27, 2021 (Updated Sep 27, 2022)
Man, I feel old.
This is the long-mooted capper to the trilogy, with Bill & Ted's band Wyld Stallyns still waiting for that one song that (as per both 'Amazing Adventure' and 'Bogus Journey') will unite humanity. No, that one at the end of the last film didn't do it.
Now older - but no wiser - and with their kids grown up, the duo find themselves summoned to the future and told that all of space and time will be destroyed if they don't write that song in the next couple of hours.
Cue more time (and afterlife) -travelling idiocy as they decide to steal said song from their future selves, while their daughters also try to put together a band of musical prodigies from throughout history.
Good natured fun, in effect.