Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post
Dec 7, 2021
FashionTIY
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Focusing on supplying professional fashion jewelry and accessories, FashionTIY cuts off all...
Brown Sugar Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from Everyone's Favorite Soul Food Restaurant
Tanya Holland, Jan Newberry and Jody Horton
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Brown Sugar Kitchen is more than a restaurant. This soul-food outpost is a community gathering spot,...
Draw a Stickman: EPIC
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Pencil your way into one of the most creative drawing puzzle games ever designed: Draw a Stickman:...
Draw a Stickman: EPIC HD Free
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Pencil your way into one of the most creative drawing puzzle games ever designed: Draw a Stickman:...
Home Design 3D: My Dream Home
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[This version offers you an one-hour trial, during which you will have access to all the...
Draw a Stickman: EPIC HD
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Pencil your way into one of the most creative drawing puzzle games ever designed: Draw a Stickman:...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated Your Neighbour's Wife in Books
Jan 3, 2021
I am a fan of Tony Parsons' work having read most of his series starring DC Max Wolfe and thoroughly enjoying them but this is a break from those stories but is no less enjoyable.
The story is gripping and most definitely a cautionary tale of how one "little" mistake can cause so many ripples and affect so many lives in ways you wouldn't see coming. The characters Mr Parsons creates are an interesting mixed bag of those you will love and those you will love to hate, those you will initially like and grow to dislike and the other way around - I love it when that happens!
The pace is good and there are twists, turns and red herrings that will keep you second guessing yourself and totally engrossed and I have no hesitation in recommending this to anyone who enjoys a great psychological thriller.
Thank you to Random House UK / Cornerstone and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus #2)
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Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep...
JT (287 KP) rated Chernobyl Diaries (2012) in Movies
Mar 10, 2020
The premise in itself sounded good, a group of tourists/friends travelling the globe decide upon a little bit of extreme tourism and take a venture out to the site of the Chernobyl disaster.
Finding a picnic spot wasn’t going to be a problem
In particular they head to the city of Pripyat which has become a desolate ghost town since its inhabitants had to drop everything and leave in a hurry, something about a nuclear disaster.
The location provides an eerie setting, empty desolate buildings are submerged by overgrown trees giving off a sinister mood. The group, after getting refused entry by the guards take a back road inside, and spend time wandering about. When the van they are travelling in fails to start they have to spend the night and try to locate a way back out.
Oren Peli wrote the screenplay, but still seems to be living off the success of his debut chiller Paranormal Activity as he reuses the same horror clichés that we have seen too often in the past. Children wandering about aimlessly and shadows in the dark are all present in this, as well as a group of humanoids who give off a similar feel to that in The Descent.
That isn’t too say the film doesn’t have its good points (although rare), and there are some brief moments of tension. But the resulting final act in which the remainder of the party run haplessly about being chased by some unwelcome guests is poor. Slamming doors here, screaming there does little to satisfy the imagination.
The ending falls flat but you could see it coming, if only more had been done to elaborate on the back story it might have given the overall plot a bit more credibility. This was Bradley Parker’s debut directorial role after cutting his teeth in visual effects through-out his career.
While he might have done a credible job with some aspects of this film visually, once again he becomes another director in a long line who fail to deliver on tension and suspense.