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The Handmaid's Tale  - Season 1
The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1
2017 | Drama
Fantastic adaptation of a great book (2 more)
Increasing parallels to current socio-political powers in the western world
Doesn't lose itself or its quality in the adaptation
Buckle up
One of the most intense and emotional TV shows I have watched, we managed to split it across two days just to get to the end but I reccommend pacing yourself as the content can be very confronting(as it intends to be). Fantastic social commentary once again by Margaret Atwood- a literary legend across genres and entertainment mediums.
  
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Dawn Marie (22 KP) rated Deadpool (2016) in Movies

Jan 21, 2018 (Updated Jan 21, 2018)  
Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool (2016)
2016 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ryan Reynolds was made to play the merc with the mouth (0 more)
First off I am not a fan of Ryan Reynolds at all! When my husband said let's watch deadpool I was split I was like I can't wait to see deadpool and I was praying it would not be another green lantern! In 3 minutes in I was hooked I love it! Ryan was great as deadpool and I love all the subtle jokes in it that I didn't catch on the first viewing.
  
Weird Science DC Comics Podcast
Weird Science DC Comics Podcast
Books
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
Banter (4 more)
Chat
Hosts
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A Big Bad Bumper Comics Podcast
Jim and Eric bring us bumper Comic Book reviews each and every week. All of the DC range is reviewed on this show from your favourite DC characters.

Split up into easily manageable sections of books and responding to a plethora of Emails from their devoted fans known as the get fresh crew.

You won’t find a more honest and open forum podcast I guarantee it. They call it as they see it warts and all
  
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
1971 | Classics, Drama, Western
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I could’ve chosen any [Robert] Altman film from that golden period. M*A*S*H was just mindblowingly exciting as… I think I was a drama student, probably, at the time, so all those Altman films that came: Nashville, McCabe and Mrs Miller, California Split. I just loved his work, so McCabe and Mrs Miller — that whole world he created I just thought was magnificent, and the Leonard Cohen music and the beauty of the winter up in Alaska or wherever it was. It was great."

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Gran Turismo Sport
Gran Turismo Sport
2017 | Racing
A little disappointing
I'm not a massive GT fan, and this is the first GT game I've played in quite a while. To be honest, it's a little disappointing.

Graphically it is a very beautiful game. Both the cars, tracks and scenery are flawless. The problem is with the gameplay. As with most games nowadays, the focus is entirely on online gameplay. Which is a pain for people like me who aren't particularly bothered about playing against random people.
The single player campaign is more of a training school than any sort of career mode, and the two player split screen is atrocious. The screen is split vertically which is painful to watch after a while and there's no option to change the screen. There's also no option to add in computer players and racing against one person gets a little old very quickly.
The number of cars and tracks also appears to be limited in comparison with other games unless you unlock them in single player. And I find the menu screen isn't very user friendly.


Great if you want to play online, but lacking otherwise.
  
Pennies (Dollar book 1)
Pennies (Dollar book 1)
Pepper Winters | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book is very dark but very gripping.

It starts with Tasmin being held captive and prepared to be sold. Due to this some of the story is told through letters that she writes, these are used to fill in the backstory of how she came to be at this point. As well as helping to keep the storyline fast paced.

Once Elder Prest is introduced we get a split perspective, I enjoy split perspective as I like to know what both characters are thinking. However both characters still like to keep secrets so even at the end of a book much of Elder is a mystery.

This is the first book in the series so it definitely finishes with a lot of unanswered questions. I really enjoyed this book, so I have purchased the second one as I was that curious about what would happen next that I couldn’t leave it unfinished.

The full series is available, so if that normally puts you off don’t let it. Although the book has some very dark themes there are not very graphic scenes, most of it is mentioned afterwards and not described.
  
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Andrea D (21 KP) rated Split (2016) in Movies

Jan 8, 2019  
Split (2016)
Split (2016)
2016 | Horror, Thriller
Excellent acting (1 more)
Surprising
Amazing! Good to see M Night back on track.
It's good to see M Night (not butchering his last name here!) back on track with the dark and suspense filled Split. I couldn't keep my eyes off of it and I'm usually the sort of person doing 40 things at once while "watching" a movie or tv series.
It lacked the massive twist expected from M Night but it was better this way and I was pleased to discover the sequel coming out this year.
  
Glass (2019)
Glass (2019)
2019 | Drama, Thriller
Good conclusion to the M. Night Shyamalan trilogy that started with Unbreakable and included Split.

A strong performance for Bruce Willis. James McAvoy revolutionized him self as an actor for this role (between the two movies he starred in) and Samuel L. Jackson was his usual awesome. Vera Famiga was great in her role as well.

Story culminated with a definitive conclusion (not always a given with Shyamalan) that actually had an unsettling nature to it. I highly recommend watching all three movies if you are going to watch Glass.
  
I, Monster (1971)
I, Monster (1971)
1971 | International, Classics, Horror
8
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Christopher Lee (0 more)
The Monster Within
I, Monster- is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, so im not sure why their called it "I, Monster". Anyways its a great movie. Christopher Lee does a excellent job with the split personality.

The plot: Gruesome re-imagining of the Jekyll and Hyde tale. Dr Marlowe experiments with a drug to release his inhibitions with beastly results.

It also has Peter Crushing in it, so thats a plus. The two of them are a dynamic duo. Their are excellent when their work together.

This film is really good and underrated.
  
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Mario Maker 2
2019 | Casual, Platform
The story is excellent and very different to say just the standard super Mario Bros games (3 more)
Lots! And I mean LOTS of options to do if you get slightly bored on one more? Hop on to another !
Addictive and keeps you entertained
Great online community of courses to try!
Split screen Co-Op not a thing - I can understand why though. (0 more)
A Great Ride of a game
If you have a Nintendo switch, no matter what genre of games you like. You need this game! Story is 10/10 and out right fun!