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Christen (28 KP) rated Before He Kills in Books

Dec 13, 2020

Before He Kills

Blake Pierce | 2016 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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Mystery (1 more)

Suspense

A body is found in the middle of a cornfield in Nebraska. Detective Mackenzie White is on the case. All the men are intimidated by her. She is pretty and young. She is good at thinking outside the box and most of the men are older and are stubborn with their old school police work. Not only does she not have the support of her department, but her family also is a mess and doesn't really have anything to do with her and her boyfriend is a man child that doesn't want to move forward with life or the relationship. She believes this a serial killer so the FBI is called to help. It was a good read. Nothing to write home about. It's a typical murder mystery. I would recommend it to someone who wants a short read or is new to thrillers and murder mysteries.

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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Red Sparrow (2018) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019

Red Sparrow (2018)

2018 | Mystery, Thriller

6.8

(52 Ratings)

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Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.

It surprises me a little bit that this film is only rated 15. There's violence, sex, torture, nudity... so many things that make this one classic fodder for an 18 rating.

Red Sparrow was a good spy flick, gripping throughout but a little bit predictable at times. The more I think about this one the more I'm tempted to give it only two stars. While I found the story line interesting, there isn't much that made me enthusiastic.

People ask me what I've seen recently and this is the only one I can never remember. I don't think it's going to be one of this year's must see movies.

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Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) in Movies

Sep 8, 2019

Young cast - especially Zoe Margaret Colletti (1 more)

Spooky Stories that are gore-light in the main

Won't please horror fans looking for harder material (0 more)

Horror-lite yarn that might have benefitted from a 12A

Directed by “Troll Hunter” director André Øvredal, I really enjoyed this one. I’m not a massive fan of ‘slasher’ style horror films. I have no burning desire to be constantly reminded of what the inside of my body looks like. So this turned out to be much-more to my liking than the normal horror flick. It had enough spookiness to make me turn on the lights when I got back home, but not enough to pervade my dreams.

For the full review please check out One Manns Movies at https://bob-the-movie-man.com/2019/09/08/one-manns-movies-film-review-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-2019/.