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When an earthquake shakes California, Alys, Janie, Charles and Claudia suspect it isn’t just a...
The Beast of Nightfall Lodge (The Institute for Singular Antiquities, #2)
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A mysterious explorer hires a team of adventurers to join him in a hunt for a monstrous beast, in...
Night of Nonsense (The Magic Magnifying Glass #3)
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Join me (Finley James Carter) in this fast-paced and unpredictable adventure where I ask: - Will the...
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Weyward
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KATE, 2019 Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage,...
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
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After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay...
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1993) in Movies
Feb 5, 2023
Of those three, this has probably aged the least well - I would be shocked if they could get away with some of the stuff they did here nowadays (particularly the whole Einhorn and Finkle plotline).
Anyway - provided you're not too easily offended - Carrey plays the eponymous Ace Ventura, a detective who specialises in finding missing animals, and who is hired (by none other than Courtney Cox) when the Miami Dolphins mascot - an actual Dolphin - is kidnapped on the Superbowl weekend.
Which probably means more the American audiences than any other.
The film does still raise the odd wry chuckle, but I was obviously easier amused back in the day ...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Extinction in Books
Aug 11, 2024 (Updated Aug 11, 2024)
(The movie 'Relic', on the other hand, was a bit of a dud).
They're the only 2 novels by Douglas Preston I'd ever read, until I decided to give this one a go based on both the premise (extinct animals being brought back to life) and the blurb.
I knew it wouldn't be a 'Jurassic Park' (which is name-checked) scenario; wasn't quite sure what it would be. What I got was an enjoyable enough read that put me in mind of something from the late Michael Crichton: I also have to say that, whilst I didn't get either the specifics nor who was behind it (or the reason), I did see what was coming from just over roughly the halfway mark!
Cheetah Simulator
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Enter into the wild savanna and live the life of a Cheetah! Explore a vast grassy plain filled with...
Survivalcraft Day One
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You are marooned on the shores of an infinite blocky world. Explore, mine resources, craft tools and...
Survivalcraft
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You are marooned on the shores of an infinite blocky world. Explore, mine resources, craft tools and...