David McK (3835 KP) rated Atlas (2024) in Movies
Dec 28, 2024 (Updated Dec 28, 2024)
Or her music career.
Not of what is, essentially, a version of the 1980s FASA miniatures game "Battletech" or the "MechWarrior" series if computer game spins offs.
Which is more-or-less what this feels like, with J-Lo's character in the future - who distrusts all technology - trapped inside the cockpit of a mobile armoured fighting robot (Gundam, perhaps, as another touchstone, or even Armoured Core) and needing to interact with the AI of said suit whilst on a mission to another planet to hunt down rogue AI - that she has a personal connection with - that attempted to commit genocide against the human race.
Actually better than I thought it would be, but unlikely to win any awards!
A Summit in Shadow
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Secrets gather beneath the snow. As winter settles across the land, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta...
David McK (3835 KP) rated Mercy (2026) in Movies
Apr 26, 2026 (Updated Apr 26, 2026)
In this, Pratt plays LA cop Chris Raven, who has just 90 minutes to prove his innocence whilst strapped into a chair that is counting down to lethal injection, over just who killed his wife. The bulk of this movie is thus carried largely on Pratt's shoulders (supported by Rebecca Ferguson's AI), with extensive use of video-cam footage as his character carries out an investigation without being physically present at the crime scene.
And, yes, the identity of the real killer is pretty obvious from early on.
David McK (3835 KP) rated Elevation (2024) in Movies
Mar 9, 2025 (Updated Mar 9, 2025)
With his son sick and running out of life-saving medicine, Mackie's character Will resolves to travel 'below the line' to the nearest hospital, alongside his now-deceased wife's best friend and the woman whom he blames for said wife's death, in an attempt to procure more medicine and return back home with the same.
Film has a mid-credit scene, that sets up where the sequel (if it comes!) will go!
The Midnight of Eights (The Island of Angels #2)
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1580. Nelan Michaels docks at Plymouth after sailing around the world aboard the Golden Hind. He...
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Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein
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In 1816, a nineteen-year-old single mother wrote a book that transformed our vision of birth,...
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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...
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Fahrenheit 501
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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 (3835 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.