Dean (6927 KP) rated Free Guy (2021) in Movies
Aug 13, 2021 (Updated Aug 13, 2021)
It's a real mix of Ready Player One meets the The Truman Show. A non playable Character in a game suddenly becomes alive and decides to make his own decisions after encountering a player in the game.
The film is funny and will be especially fun for those who do play video games. Feeling like a real life version of a GTA game. The SFX to recreate so much crazy video game action in real life is great.
Definitely an enjoyable film worth seeing at the cinema and one I can imagine watching multiple times in future.
Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2)
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the longing. Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know that they must fight to stay...
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1)
7.1
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the cold. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed...
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) in Movies
Feb 23, 2023
The Origins (The Olason Chronicles #4)
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A young mother, Mt Askja and an unbreakable love In the harsh landscapes of Iceland in 1850, a...
Historical Romance
Fahrenheit 501
8.0
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When Samantha Kidd is invited to fill a vacated spot in a secret society, she jumps at the chance....
David McK (3663 KP) rated King of the North (Fire Born #4) in Books
Oct 22, 2023
Of which this is the fourth.
Personally, I think I've always preferred his Outlaw Chronicles, followed by the Holcroft Blood trilogy, with these Viking-era bringing up the rear.
Having said that, it is what it is.
In this particular entry, Bjarki and his sister Tor end up involved in the little-known (and semi-legendary) Battle of Bravellir, initially on opposite sides of the Shield Wall.
I have to say, it's a battle that I have never heard of before ...
Anyway, the result is an OK read, but (as previously stated, and for my money) the characters and history are just not as interesting as those in the Outlaw Chronicles or in the Holcroft Blood series.
I'll still probably read any future entries, though.
It's Complicated (Reservations #2)
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Nightclub manager Julian Cullen runs Reservations with impeccable precision and a deep sense of...
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Marella (Wraidd Elfennol 1)
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NO LONGER IN PRINT Marella has grown up on the Isle of Wraidd Elfennol, where humans, animals,...
Young_Adult Fantasy Novella
David McK (3663 KP) rated Doctor Strange (2016) in Movies
Apr 27, 2019 (Updated May 15, 2022)
The timestone? Yep, was essential to resolving Infinity War in Endgame
<original review below>
The film that introduced magic (and the Time Stone, which will probably be essential to resolving Infinity War in Endgame), in which Benedict Cumberbatch plays Benedict Cumberbatch as the future Sorcerer Supreme, with Tilda Swinton as the current holder of that title.
As an aside: that was actually a cause of controversy at the time: why not cast an Asian or Eastern actor in that role instead of whitewashing it? went the argument.
The plot may also seem to be a reprise of Iron Man: rich, arrogant, privileged white man suffers personal catastrophe and heads East, returning a changed man. What sets this apart, however, is the somewhat psychedelic effects that often seem to owe more than a bit to Christopher Nolan's movie Inception!