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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
2024 | Action, Sci-Fi
5
6.5 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Well, that was ... different.

Or, as one my my mates put it, mental.

This is part of the so-called Monsterverse that saturated with Kong: Skull Island, so did have a few references sprinkled throughout to previous movies.

I *think*, however, you could get away with not having seen all of those - I know I have, but also can't really remember the ins and outs of each, but was still able to follow what was going on.

Most (not all) of this is also set on Hollow Earth, mostly centering around Kong rather than Godzilla.

However, if you want to see gigantic beasts battering each other while building collapse around them and people run screaming for their lives, then this will do you.
  
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David McK (3832 KP) rated Avatar: The Way of Water (2021) in Movies

Jan 8, 2023 (Updated Jan 13, 2026)  
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
2021 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
9
8.7 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
2021 sequel to the 2009(!) original, which was the first movie - I felt - to really make 3d feel like part of the experience rather than a gimmick.

The less said about 'Unobtainium' the better, however.

That might be why that resource is NOT mentioned at all in this, with the humans again returning to Pandora but now in search of a new resource instead, and with Jake Sully and his family initially fleeing from those settlers (to join a tribe of sea-people) before events lead them to fight back.

Yes, the story (this time around) is perhaps even more basic than the first time. That might be because this is part 2 of (projected) 5.

The effects, however?

Absolutely mind blowing.
  
The Bay (2012)
The Bay (2012)
2012 | Horror
7
5.6 (9 Ratings)
Movie Rating
I've never been the biggest fan of the found footage sub genre (there are of course some notable exceptions!) but there's something about The Bay that really gets under my skin. The documentary style provides a strong sense of realism, and the footage shown captures the panic of an outbreak with eerie accuracy, and with recent real world events, it's all feels a bit too familiar, especially when negligence from people in charge is thrown into the mix.
The way the town descends into panic is executed in a truly disturbing way. The gore is seldom but hard hitting. The resulting film is one that makes me question both swimming and drinking tap water ever again, because those parasites are real, and absolutely fuck that.
  
All the King's Men: The Beginning (All The King's Men #6)
All the King's Men: The Beginning (All The King's Men #6)
Donya Lynne | 2014 | Paranormal, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This novella provides a history of All the King's Men, providing background on the vampire/dreck races, the suffering, mate bonds, and even those that aren't mated. Although I enjoyed this book, it didn't grab me as much as the others have done. Perhaps it is because there are a wide variety of people and subjects covered within a short amount of time, I'm not sure.

Still well-written and with no editing or grammatical errors that I found, I would recommend this novella to fans of the AKM series.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Apr 28, 2016