Noise: The Political Economy of Music
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“Noise is a model of cultural historiography. . . . In its general theoretical argument on the...
Lost in Care
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Jimmy Holland was born into a family suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. At...
Budgetary Politics in American Governments
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This comprehensive book describes and analyzes the substance and politics of public budgeting at the...
Film Mavericks in Action: New Hollywood, New Rhetoric, and Kenneth Burke
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The book's ambition is to uniquely yoke familiar histories of New Hollywood with aspects of critical...
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Final Destination 3 (2006) in Movies
Aug 28, 2019 (Updated Oct 25, 2019)
The opening premonition feels pretty hollow when compared to the impressive and mostly practical set piece of the second movie. Here we get a lot of cheap CGI instead.
As the film waddles along, none of the characters are even slightly likable (except Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who is always a plus)
The plot by now has no surprises to offer so the only appeal here is purely aimed at horror fans and gore hounds, with some (to it's credit) pretty inventive kills thrown in.
I could only reccomend FD3 if you have some time to kill and want to watch some mindless horror nonsense 👍
Theft Between the Rains
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What would you do if you worked at a reputable international museum and art works listed as still...
International Art Theft Mystery
Food Additives 2
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► Avoid those additives that are potentially dangerous or unsafe to your health & see which ones...
Hex Mechs Free
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In the year 2523, a large wormhole opened up on the outer limits of Jupiter's orbit. E-CON's Navy...
Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated Total Recall (1990) in Movies
Mar 20, 2018
As a whole, though, Total Recall succeeds in a number of ways, some expected, some surprising. The film centers around Arnold Schwarzenegger's character Douglas Quaid who is bored with his life and needs an escape. After visiting a place called Recall where your dreams become reality, Quaid becomes mixed up in the center of a crazy mystery where he is a secret agent.
The film provides a solid mystery that keeps you entertained. The puzzle unravels in layers as you figure out a little bit more with every minute that passes. I appreciated the nice twists that kept things interesting. Director Paul Verhoeven wasn't just satisfied with getting by with swanky visuals and a big budget action star. The story's substance ultimately makes it better than what it could have been.
The twists and turns of the story are set against the backdrop of a creative future world. I liked the small touches like the lady changing her nail color with the touch of a pen and the bland driving robots. One of my favorite scenes, both in this movie and in film period, involves Quaid outsmarting the bad guys with a number of holograms. It was a cool trick that had I been watching in a theater in 1990: Mind blown.
Fun film that hits you with more substance than your run-of-the-mill action-sci-fi flick. I give Total Recall an 83. The film's quality made me hate the 2012 version even more.