God Collar
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'There's probably no God ...but I wish there was. I've got some things I need to ask him.' Based on...
George Herbert: Poems
George Herbert and Jo Shapcott
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In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of...
The Thief's Journal
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First published in France in 1949, The Thief's Journal is Jean Genet's iconic work of...
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
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In this mystery From the national bestselling author of Murder on Trinity Place, midwife Sarah...
Dreddknight (28 KP) rated Wonder Woman (2017) in Movies
Jul 27, 2017
It's Wonder Woman! As in, it's a wonder that WB took THIS long to make a movie about one of DC's Trinity. And she was portrayed flawlessly. The only reason this didn't get 10/10 was the way the main villain paid off, which isn't great. Gal Gadot needs an Oscar. Also, there was no super feminism or lack of feminism; it was addressed and then back to the story. LIKE IT SHOULD BE WITH ALL COMIC MOVIES. We aren't paying $10+ a ticket to see a movie about political views! We came to see heroes be heroes! Good on you, WB. Now let's not have Aquaman suck...
Andy K (10821 KP) rated The Matrix Revolutions (2003) in Movies
Jun 2, 2019
After Agent Smith visits the Oracle at the beginning of the film, he really disappears along with Neo while the large dogfight between the humans who are using these Avatar/Aliens type robot machine things to defend Zion.
Most of the battle scenes are mediocre at best. The whole time I was thinking I had seen all of this done better in other movies.
The scenes between Neo and Trinity at the end tie the story of the three films together somewhat, but the ultimate climax is not very interesting and somewhat of a letdown.
Ultimately, Warner Brothers wanted to make The Matrix a film trilogy, and although the original will always maintain its status as truly revolutionary, the sequels will always be remembered as disappointments.
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Pictures of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe #14) in Books
Nov 25, 2019 (Updated Nov 25, 2019)
We have the usual Dalziel blunt language and Pascoe's schooled intuition but it is here that Wield finally gets a chance to step forward and form the 'holy trinity' of Mid Yorkshire CID. Hill has cultured his characters very carefully and writes them with great affection and this story shows how much chemistry they have.
The plot in this novel is outstanding and perfectly shows off Hill's willingness to play with the police procedural genre and the reader's expectations. There are some terrific rug pulls here and Hill could almost be said to get away with murder when everything falls into place at the end.
A brilliant tour de force for one of the greatest crime fiction writers. I can't fault it. It is in itself a picture of perfection
The Accidental Soldier: From Civvy Street to Afghanistan
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When Stephen Paul Stewart found himself embedded alongside British troops as they battled the...
Oxford College Gardens
Andrew Lawson and Tim Richardson
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The gardens of Oxford's thirty or so colleges are surprisingly varied in style, age and size,...
The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall
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In her nearly 60-year career as a groundbreaking primatologist and a passionate conservationist,...