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The 15:17 To Paris (2018)
The 15:17 To Paris (2018)
2018 | Drama, History, Thriller
For a movie a based on a true story its not a bad movie about three friends since childhood who save the lives of not only theirs and there fellow train passengers from a lone terrorist on route to paris. The movie starts slow as we see there lives leading up too that fateful day all three of them play themselves which is only right no else could have played well clint eastwood directs with his usual style. Deffo watch again
  
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist
2014 |
4
5.5 (2 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
What?
Another poor attempt on the Street Fighter 2 computer game to live action. I originally thought this was a film but actually it's a short series, 2 hours 30 minutes in total.
Supposedely showing how Ken and Ryu learnt the same fighting style. There is so much potential for street fighter 2 films and stories, but so far including this odd offering they have all been really poor!
The wait for a decent street fighter 2 film continues... Hadoken!!
  
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
4
6.6 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
It's all been leading to this? The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018) #Review
You know what? It’s not the worst Sharknado there’s ever been (*cough* Global Swarming *cough*). Since about the fourth one, the franchise has been attempting a “Fast & Furious”-style genre pivot away from ludicrous environmental survival horror to ridiculous sci-fi action adventure but for that you’d need a Vin Diesel equivalent and the Sharknado budget barely stretches to vin du table...

FULL REVIEW: bit.ly/CraggusSharknado6
  
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AmyBee (4 KP) rated Cloud Atlas in Books

Sep 5, 2018  
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell | 2004 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.9 (10 Ratings)
Book Rating
I found the premise of this novel - a collection of novellas tenuously linked together quite a tedious read. however, it is so well written that I was compelled to read it to the end, yet I still struggled to see what linked them all together. Each story is composed in a different genre or style, from the 17th century to the post apocalyptic future, which shows Mitchell's ability to write multi genre. That is about all this novel had going for it though.
  
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)
Sarah J. Maas | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
8
9.4 (11 Ratings)
Book Rating
umm decent i suppose, it was a lot better than i anticipated because sjm's writing style has deteriorated lately. However, I did enjoy this, and i feel it was a worthy conclusion to an excellent series. i might repost and go more in-depth into what i thought about the book. I read it in three days so i was kinda rushed, but maybe during my reread i'll do a chapter or section analysis in-depth kinda thing who really knows
  
A Stranger on the Beach
A Stranger on the Beach
Michele Campbell | 2019 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
8
8.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
This novel is reminiscent of Gone Girl in its style and plot. The dual points of view with at least one, maybe two, unreliable narrators propulses the story making it a page turner. The twists are well executed and some of the characters are well fleshed out. However, there are many questions left unanswered, some loose ends that could have been tied up nicely and a few eye-rolling moments. All in all, an excellent psychological thriller with a twist.
  
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Otway93 (567 KP) rated the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed in Video Games

Nov 24, 2019  
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed
Action/Adventure
Gameplay (1 more)
Style
Repetitive (0 more)
Good, but eventually repetitive.
Assassin's Creed is obviously a huge franchise nowadays, but the first game certainly wasn't the best.

The idea for the game is brilliant, but eventually the levels do become rapidly repetitive. The missions in the first "sequence" are fun, but just tends to repeat in the next sequence and the next until the end of the game where you fight the main boss.

A good start, and no doubt groundbreaking, but could have been better!
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Tres Hombres by ZZ Top in Music

May 1, 2020  
Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
1973 | Rock
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
Rolling Stone's 490th greatest album of all time
I was expecting this to be the long-bearded gimmicky hard rock funsters, however I quite enjoyed this. It reminded me of Clutch, a fantastic band, with a real blues/bluegrass feel. In actual fact, Clutch had covered Precious and Grace as part of their Weathermaker Vaults series. And the vocals on La Grange has clearly influence Tim Sult's style.
A good mix of blues and hard rock and fair above my expectations.
  
Behaving Badly (2014)
Behaving Badly (2014)
2014 | Comedy, Drama
Good cast (0 more)
Not funny (1 more)
Very loose idea for a plot
Very poor 80's style teen comedy
This definitely tries to capture the vibe of films like Ferris Bueller's day off and Risky Business to name a couple. It fails badly though. Despite quite an ensemble cast most only have a few scenes or cameo roles. It's just not that funny and goes from one odd scene to the next. There are better more recent teen comedies than this around.