Smashbomb

"I first read this book ten years ago and was so taken with the fluidity of the prose that I read it a second time, and then a third. And then to my surprise, I listened to it several times as an audio book. I could not and did not want to escape that place at the bend in the river. It is a total experience of a place and a time, and a thrilling read."

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Kevin Phillipson (10017 KP) rated Escape From Alcatraz (1979) in Movies

Jan 8, 2023 (Updated Jan 8, 2023)

Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

1979 | Action, Classics, Drama

7.8

(10 Ratings)

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Clint Eastwood (0 more)

Watched for the first time on paramount plus today one of those films I've probably wanted to over the years but couldn't find the time to watch it . Ok film its good film stats off slow but picks up over time as u watch clints character and his fellow inmates plan their escape from the island as its based on true story u wonder did they make it or not overall good movie

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Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics

Jeff Lemire

9.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Tim-21, Telsa and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient...

robots space future

Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Crawl (2019) in Movies

Jul 30, 2019

Crawl (2019)

2019 | Horror, Thriller

6.5

(38 Ratings)

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A good simple story (0 more)

Crawl is the tale of a father and Daughter who find themselves trapped in a rapidly flooding cellar/crawl space during a hurricane in Florida, their escape is hindered by an increasing number of man eating alligators. There’s not much else to add, plot wise. Crawl is mainly a two and a half cast driven film (two humans and one yappy dog) as Haley and Dave attempt to escape the cellar and get to safety. We do see other characters but usually from a distance and only for short periods of time.

Crawl is a classic creature feature and really works, the small cast helps portray the looming danger and the combination of the alligators and rising flood waters make the threat very believable and the yappy dog is used to enhance the tension as you find yourself waiting for it to be eaten.

And that’s it, Crawl has a simple premise, a simple story and is an hour and half of tension, jump scares, people being eaten and, oh yes one yappy dog.

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The Borderlands: The Complete Trilogy

Aderyn Wood

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Dale longs to escape the school bullies who torment her for being different. But when a dark...

Young Adult Fantasy

Colin Campbell (25 KP) rated Suicide Squad (2016) in Movies

Apr 28, 2019

Brings a little light to the DC darkness (0 more)

Need to know a little of the DC backstory (1 more)

The limited work of Enchantress

Don't know why it got slated

If you follow the comics or some of the games there is a lot of references to Escape from Arkham, admittedly some of the actors were for the sake of the name though taking it purely to the story it is close to the style of the graphic novels.

Rather than watching it expecting happy shiny marvel and the dark Justice League stories approach with an open mind. You will be pleasantly surprised

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David McK (3396 KP) rated First Sword (Roman Arena, #3) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The third book in Simon Scarrow's Arena series of e-book exclusives, this (like the previous two) only consists of 9 chapters and so is a pretty short read.

Unlike the last entry, however, Macro plays more of a role in this story, which is set in and around the running of a lanista (Gladiator 'school') rather than in an Arena. Again, the culmination of the novel is a fight between two Gladiators: this time, though, they are fighting in the grounds of the lanista (one for survival, the other to escape) rather than in the Arena for the amusement of the mob ...