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Micky Barnard (542 KP) rated Sully (2016) in Movies

Jan 20, 2019 (Updated Jan 20, 2019)

Sully (2016)

2016 | Action, Drama

8.2

(28 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Gripping

Sully was more than I expected. It superceded normal disaster movie/plane crash territory and took a narrative built on the personal story of Sully, the Captain of the plane.

This film viewed the crash from various perspectives and as a viewer you build an understanding of what happened and why. The experience of Sully himself and the first officer as their decision making and performance was investigated was rather brutal and made fascinating watching.

Tom Hanks played a believable character, controlled on the outside, doubting on the inside. Great performance.

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Dean (6926 KP) rated The Sinner - Season 1 in TV

Dec 20, 2018 (Updated Dec 21, 2018)

Jessica Biel & Bill Pullman (1 more)

Great story

Must watch TV

A truly binge worthy TV programme that will whizz by at just 8 episodes long. I had heard many good reviews for this and highly rated by TV critics as well. It has a very good gripping storyline that will hook you in. As slowly more is revealed over time and in flashbacks why an apparently random act of violence has a lot more to it. Great acting from the leads as well. If you like crime thrillers then check this out!

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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Force of Nature in Books

Nov 13, 2019

Force of Nature

Jane Harper | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

7.0

(4 Ratings)

Book Rating

Gripping and dry

What I love about Jane Harper's books is the biggest character is always the landscape the story takes place in. Force of nature is set in one of Australia's cold and dark national parks, rugged and unforgiving and so the atmosphere is set. Take office politics up a notch to a brutal level and add intriguing and constant suspense and you will find it difficult to not read just another chapter. If you like crime novels Harper's and human and most importantly believable. Won't get a better thriller/crime novel this year

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Rome's Last Citizen

Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni

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Cato's life is a gripping tale rich with resonances for our own turbulent politics. Cato grappled...

Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb

Francois-Rene De Chateaubriand

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The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous...

Nomad Deluxe: Wandering with a Purpose

Herbert Ypma

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Nomad Deluxe reawakens the deep-seated desire to escape to the most distant reaches of the globe....

Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated And the Mountains Echoed in Books

Apr 29, 2021

And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

7.8

(9 Ratings)

Book Rating

I loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns and was not disappointed with And The Mountains Echoed. Hosseini is a masterful writer whose storytelling is arresting, captivating and spellbinding. Each of the stories in this book are beautiful. It is a particularly admirable skill to write stories that are so thought-provoking, but are still gripping and compelling. The themes of family, what makes us human, the beautiful personal perspectives and the evocative locations of the stories all combine to make this book immensely rich and hugely enjoyable. Just brilliant!

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Tanisha Jade Hope (16 KP) rated Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) in Books

Aug 20, 2019

I love this book!! So much excitement and adventure, it had me continually wanting to read more. Highly reccomend reading this before watching the film. (0 more)

Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief review

This book is such an amazing, attention gripping story about the adventure of half blood Percy Jackson. The link between the real world and the fantasy world of Greek mythology makes this novel stand out amongst others, it makes the whole plot of the story much more exciting as well as being educational about Greek beliefs in mythology.