Arrow - Season 1
TV Season
After the destruction of his family yacht, spending 5 years stranded on an island known as Lian Yu,...
Sondheim and Lapine's into the Woods
Book
'The Woods are just Trees. The Trees are just Wood.' - All together Stephen Sondheim and James...
11.22.63
Book
Now a major TV series from JJ Abrams and Stephen King, starring James Franco (Hulu US, Fox UK and...
Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated 1922 (2017) in Movies
Nov 2, 2019
The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster: A Revealing Portrait of the Forgotten Man Behind Swanee River, Beautiful Dreamer, and My Old Kentucky Home
Book
The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster offers an engaging reassessment of the life, politics, and...
Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming
Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, Pat Harrigan and James F. Dunnigan
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Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of...
Basketball's Greatest Stars
Book
Profiles of the very best NBA players and a great history of the game. The spectacular success of...
Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks (Deluxe Edition)
Stephen Farthing and Ed Webb-Ingall
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Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks Deluxe Edition is edited by Stephen Farthing and Ed Webb-Ingall. It comes...
JT (287 KP) rated The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) in Movies
Mar 10, 2020
The film is based on the novel written by David Lagercrantz after original writer Stig Larsson’s death. It attempted to restart the series which had become very popular, especially with the original films starring Noomi Rapace. These were held in high regard and the decision to remake The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was met with cautious scepticism.
But where David Fincher’s remake was dark and unnerving Fede Alvarez‘s Spider’s Web is stylish and explosive. Filled with gadgets and a variety of hacking abilities that wouldn’t look out of place within the world of James Bond or Mission Impossible, the film doesn’t provide enough sinister thrills. Instead, it pumps out several action set pieces, that while thoroughly entertaining, leave behind the trauma and shock value of Dragon Tattoo and subsequent originals.
Filled with gadgets and a variety of hacking abilities that wouldn’t look out of place within the world of James Bond or Mission Impossible
After an opening that provides plenty of back story surrounding Lisbeth’s childhood, we’re fast-forwarded into the high-tech world. Here a computer programme that can access virtually any nuclear codes in the world has been created by a now remorseful tech whiz (Stephen Merchant) who wants to help destroy it. With a number of people interested in the program, Lisbeth must go on the run and at the same time dig up her past in order to save the world.
This incarnation of Lisbeth Salander feels like a softer version compared with the portrayal by Rapace and 2011’s Rooney Mara. Yet the character is played with gusto by Foy who delivers her lines with a determined grittiness. The film’s plot while somewhat far fetched, is still an enjoyable ride.