Backdraft 2 (2019)
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The sequel to the 1991 hit, follows an investigator with the Chicago F.D., who has to track down an...
ClareR (5556 KP) rated Templar Silks in Books
Aug 10, 2018
I'm sad to see that this is the end of William Marshall (I'm giving nothing away here!). I've enjoyed reading all of the books about him: even though they're largely speculation, Elizabeth Chadwick has still done her research in to the time very well.
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
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Still in grief over his wife's sudden death, village blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom) joins his...
Flatliners (1990)
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Are you afraid to die? Kiefer Sutherland isn't. He's an ambitious, charismatic medical student who...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Backdraft (1991) in Movies
Feb 17, 2021
The plot: Chicago firefighting brothers Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) have been rivals since childhood. Brian, struggling to prove himself, transfers to the arson unit. There he aids Don (Robert De Niro) in his investigation into a spate of fires involving oxygen-induced infernos called backdrafts. But when a conspiracy implicating a crooked politician and an arsonist leads Brian back to Stephen, he is forced to overcome his brotherly competitiveness in order to crack the case.
Like i said before the cast is really good, the drama and suspense is really good and its directed by Ron Howard.
I would recordmend this film.
The Paris Review Interviews: II
Philip Gourevitch and Orhan Pamuk
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A second volume of fascinating interviews from one of the world's best loved literary magazines...
Virus (1999)
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Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, True Lies) faces a new, unstoppable terror in this science fiction...
Unperfect Histories: The Mirror for Magistrates, 1559-1610
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The Mirror for Magistrates, the collection of de casibus complaint poems in the voices of medieval...
LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Beckman (2020) in Movies
Mar 17, 2021 (Updated Mar 17, 2021)
When I say Pure Flix's superbly silly Christian 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘤𝘬 + Holy Bible mashup with 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥's Pastor Dave in the Keanu Reeves role and William Baldwin as a twisted desert sex cult leader where a drill goes into some dude's eye at one point - I want you to know that not only is that as righteously (no pun intended) entertaining as that sounds... it's better. Shocking what good acting, minimal preaching, and a budget that costs more than a Happy Meal can do for these things even as there's still no real characterization. Made by people who aren't just trying to cash-in on the success of Wick, but people who clearly love and respect the franchise: this has the delicious wide-angle comically over-the-top fight sequences, bumping screechsynth score, general nasty brutality, portentous monologues, and weaponized masculinity in all their respective glories. Never thought I'd see the day where one of these is executed with actual competency, especially when they aren't afraid to get down and dirty. I haven't seen a film which instantly made me demand cult status in forever - but this one absolutely deserves it.
The Departed (2006)
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's 2006 crime...