Flower Power Trip
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Who killed the strange man staying at the Roarke and Daughters Inn? At a masquerade ball to raise...
Acanthea Grimscythe (300 KP) rated Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) in Movies
May 12, 2018
Character wise, Wilson does a far better portrayal of Josh/Not Josh and, almost as if my complaints were heard (which I know they weren’t), the kids are actually passed off and their disappearance form the film for many scenes thus explained.
The plot of this second installment deals with saving Josh. At the end of Insidious, we learn that it’s not Josh that came back from the Further in his body. Naturally, given that an entity from beyond has taken up habitation in his meat suit, the ghastly things that terrify his family follow them to their new house (or technically, old house since it’s Josh’s childhood home). Thus the goal of this movie is to save Josh (though this reverse damsel-in-distress is fairly amusing).
In Insidious: Chapter 2 we get to see the fun part of a ghost story – because this one is actually a ghost, rather than a demon. The Bride in Black, y’know the ghostly thing that Josh encounters in the first film, has a pretty interesting story behind her and much of this film is centered around discovering that… at a crawl. Worse, there’s not a whole bunch of originality in her, which is where I’ll leave it in order to avoid spoilers.
Once again, it’s the Further that seems to bother me most. We only get glimpses of it and we know next to nothing of it, aside from the fact that time is not linear. I do have to commend the writers for the whole dead body inside living body means the decaying of the latter, because that’s a neat thing that I expect to see in possessions. There’s just not anything that stands out about this film, though, and for me that’s a disappointment.
The Distant Dead
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A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of a...
The Complete Guide to Cybersecurity Risks and Controls
Ken E. Sigler, Anne Kohnke and Dan Shoemaker
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The Complete Guide to Cybersecurity Risks and Controls presents the fundamental concepts of...
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta
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A Dead Hand is a dark tale of crime in Calcutta, by Paul Theroux. Jerry Delfont is a travel writer...
Your Guide to Holistic Beauty: Using the Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) approaches the concept of achieving and maintaining beauty from...
Marked for Life
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When a high-ranking head of the migration board is found shot to death in his living room, there is...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2436 KP) rated Bronzed Betrayals in Books
Feb 13, 2021 (Updated Feb 13, 2021)
As always with this series, I have to warn you not to jump in here. There are so many ongoing plot threads that you won’t fully appreciate what happens here if you do – not to mention the twists that will be spoiled from earlier books. Fans of the series will be very happy with this book. There is plenty of action to keep them glued to the page, and the advancement we get on the ongoing stories is satisfying. All this while providing us with a beginning, middle, and end to the story told here. I went into the book thinking that this was the final book of the series, but clearly that won’t be the case with the plot threads that were left open and the cliffhanger we get. Meanwhile, the characters are showing some maturity, which I enjoyed. When you are in the mood for a cozy caper, I highly recommend this series. If you are already a fan, you’ll enjoy this chapter in Laurel’s story.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2436 KP) rated Boiled Over (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #2) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The story started out strongly and never faltered as it led me through several twists and turns. The characters were just as strong as in the debut, and I enjoyed spending time with all of them again.
Note: I was sent a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-review-boiled-over-by-barbara-ross.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Sarah (7800 KP) rated I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) in Movies
Oct 11, 2018
I’m shocked to see how many famous people are in this that I forgot about, namely Jack Black and Milton Dammers himself, Jeffrey Combs. Just a shame they couldn’t make this as good as the original.