Life Drawing
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Augusta and Owen have taken the leap. Leaving the city and its troubling memories behind, they have...
Murder House
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No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful...
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
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In Bilbao, Spain, James Bond, meets with a Swiss banker to recover a large sum of money. The banker,...
Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire #6)
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Convicted of treason despite thier heroic defense against Napoleon's invasion of England, Temeraire...
The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)
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When Artemis commits his entire fortune to a project he believes will save the planet and its...
Casshern (2004)
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Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa – now merged as Eurasia –...
Dark Roads
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The Cold Creek Highway stretches for five hundred miles through rugged wilderness. For decades,...
Pacific Odyssey
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The South Pacific Islands conjure dreams of romantic charm and escape from the pressures of modern...
KyleQ (267 KP) rated The Signal (2007) in Movies
Jul 21, 2020
Mya (Anessa Ramsey) is traveling across the city to escape from her crazy boyfriend Lewis (AJ Bowen), while Ben (Justin Welborn) seeks Anessa too.
The Signal (2007) is done in three parts, the first part introduces the characters and the plot and throws them into a world of violence. It's brutal, crazy, and disturbing. The movie starts out like a good horror movie.
The second part shifts the tone entirely. It becomes a hilarious dark comedy. The cast is perfect in their dry witty delivery. I loved it!
The third part concludes the plot, returning the tone to a serious one again.
Overall, the acting was solid, the action was well done. The horrifying moments were disturbing, the comedic moments were hilarious. I minus one star for the big tonal shifts, which may turn away some viewers. But I still loved it. Highly recommended.
David McK (3692 KP) rated Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1) in Books
Aug 27, 2021
As such, this is actually set prior to the Napoleonic Wars, with Sharpe - as the novel starts - a young private in the regiments of Arthur Wellesley's battalion of the 33rd regiment of foot, who are on campaign in India against the Tippoo Sultan of Mysore.
For plot reasons, Sharpe - in the company of William Lawford (who was a character mentioned in the 'original series' as having taught Sharpe how to read, thus making the jump to Sergeant easier) - have to go undercover in Seringapatam, just as that city is about to be besieged by the Allied forces.
It helps that, by doing so - or so Sharpe thinks - he'll be able to escape from the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill: one of those creations that you just love to hate!