
Satantango
Book
In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a...

Looking out of Broken Windows
Book
Shortlisted for The 2013 Scott Prize The characters in this Scott Prize shortlisted debut collection...

Perdido Street Station
Book
The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its own bewildering world. Humans and...

Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Predator (2018) in Movies
Sep 14, 2019
The first part of the film is actually quite good. I like the Predator's arrival on earth and subsequent escape, and some of the nods to the original film. The problem is the second half with the ridiculous super Predator and turns it into even more of a farce. The cast could have been good, and there's a decent amount of names in this, but they've been let down by a very poor script and characterisation. I mean Olivia Munn's biologist who can fight and handle weapons too without any explanation? And Sterling K Brown's ridiculously hammy villain was beyond cheesy. A lot of the deaths in the second half of the film were also farcical but sadly not in an enjoyable way, and unsurprisingly the ending has been set up yet another sequel. Do we really need another Predator film after this?
This wasn't as bad as Alien vs Predator at least...

The Burning Girl
Book
A bracing, hypnotic coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends, from the New York Times...
Fiction Young Adult

The Raw Shark Texts
Book
Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to...

Mask of Shadows
Book
"I love every aspect of this amazing book―a genderfluid hero, a deadly contest, and vicious...
Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy

Zombie Road Trip
Games and Entertainment
App
In Zombie Road Trip the rules are simple - escape the zombie horde or have your brain eaten. Are you...

Lies & Deception(Soldiers of Fury MC #1)
Book
Detective Mitch O’Neill is the ideal man to infiltrate the Soldiers of Fury Motorcycle Club. His...
3 stars male/male MC police dudes romance contemporary

His Wicked Touch
Book
Bound by his cursed heritage, shapeshifter Luc Agassou must constantly fight the call of the great...