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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling | 1997 | Children, Young Adult (YA)
8
9.2 (174 Ratings)
Book Rating
Rowling's first foray into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, is simple, but a wonderfully delicious time. Well written and very interesting, we are delightfully introduced to a new world that we have never seen before!
  
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Monster-in-Law (2005)
2005 | Comedy, Romance
5
8.0 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
This was not the movie I expected it to be. I don't think it holds together very well and feels like a collection of skits as opposed to a cohesive film. Would not watch it again.
  
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The Nightmare Dance
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Firstly, I would like to draw your attention to the cover of the book - the look on the little boy's face is haunting. What threat is he? What happened to him? Who is the man behind the machine gun and why? This book provides an explanation.

I don't think you could ever describe this book as enjoyable or a thrilling read because of the nature of its content, however it was well written and well researched although I am no expert.

Full review - http://haziegaze.blogspot.co.uk/
  
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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated Escape in Books

Jul 25, 2017  
Escape
Escape
C.L. Taylor | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
While nothing new, it is well executed
The structure of this jam-packed, fast paced novel is well-laid out, moving from the protagonist's voice to a mysterious person continuously. While the enigmatic chapters were less than mysterious, as I figured out who it was near the beginning, it is clear and not too overdone. It is sad as there are many mothers treated this way especially through the systems, not believed and thought of as unfit. Hence it seems realistic with a sense of tension throughout
  
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Passenger (Passenger, #1)
6
6.4 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
At first it was hard to follow this book due to the writing style. As well as that it irked me a bit when the main character wasn't using the language customs of her time even thought she never traveled prior to that, it seemed like it blended in well to either time she was but it didn't seem that believable.After that bit i really loved the story as a whole. It was captivating and adventurous and im excited for another in this story.
  
Lights Out (2016)
Lights Out (2016)
2016 | Horror
Could have been so much better
When I first saw the original short film it scared the crap out of me, the whole idea of what is in the dark that we just can't see is such a base fear for most people and the short film played on it so well.

Just like the short film Lights Out played on this fear so well but due to an uninteresting plot and frankly unmemorable characters, they really lost what made the short film so good.
  
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Scott Tostik (389 KP) Oct 8, 2017

I agree with you 100 percent. This movie had the most amazing marketing campaign that any film could ask for, a scary as fuck short film that seriously messed with your head.
But when brought to full length feature it didn't really deliver. It dropped the proverbial ball so to speak and left me wondering what I just spent 90 minutes watching.
Normally I am a huge Theresa Palmer fan too. She was awesome in Warm Bodies. But for as good as she usually is, she looked kind of lost in this role.
This movie could've been so amazing had it stayed independent in my opinion.

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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) Oct 8, 2017

I feel like they suffered from what a lot of horror movies do now a days they simply try to add too much plot and engage emotions that frankly don't really need to be engaged when watching a horror movies, some times the simple route of a boogieman killing people is all we need I don't need some angst ridden backstory. Plain and simple scare the shit out of me and we're good.

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
2009 | Adventure, Animation, Crime
8
5.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
This film is superb, following the original three games, The Eternal Diva shows style and fluidity matching the games. The scenes are very well done and provide and excellent story that manages to fit puzzles like that of the games within it.

The fact that they have Luke begin the film by acting as a PR man for the first three games is amusing too.


I particularly enjoyed the operatic scenes of the film, as well as the revealing of Melanie's possession of Janet.
  
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Deadly Sins (1995)
1995 | Drama, Mystery
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Well it was far from great, it sounds like a slasher but it was more like a thriller. It doesn't have many deaths, not the greatest plot, very predictable without much reasoning for the motive. At times it was even more like an erotic thriller. It looks very dated as well for '95, looking a good 10 years older than that, a lot of use of smoke machines here. Overall a funny, odd cheesy film for a late night when nothing else is on.