David McK (3623 KP) rated Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) in Movies
Jul 1, 2019 (Updated Jun 21, 2022)
Do you save the 'de-extinct' Dinosaurs (who are only 'alive' because of man's intervention, or is this nature's way of course-correcting (as Jeff Goldblum's Dr Ian Malcolm puts it).
With the government falling in with Dr Malcolm's Point of view, (Bryce Dallas Howard's) Dr Claire Dearing (now a Dinosaur's Rights activist, following the events of Jurassic World) and (Chris Pratt's) Dinosaur behaviorologist Owen Grady find themselves back on the island to rescue as many of the Dinosaurs as they can.
And that's the first half of the movie.
The second half then turns into - effectively - a haunted house story as (of course) the Dinosaurs break out of containment in the Lockwood estate for story reasons (which I'm not going into here), before the film ends with the (metaphorical) gates to the Park now wide open.
The Verderer (Pitch & Sickle #2)
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Silas Mercer is a dead man walking. And the mysterious Order of the Golden Dawn have big plans for...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Bound ( Destine Academy book 6) in Books
Sep 21, 2022
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Bound ( Destine Academy book 6)
By Sara Snow
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As Caroline embarks on year eleven at magical Destine Academy, she’s more determined than ever to find out what has happened to her mother and brother
...even if it means taking down her aunt, headmistress for the academy, Marguerite Destine.
Her feelings towards Aldrick and Corbin are more complicated than ever, as both gentlemen keep their distance, leaving Caroline confused.
While the headmistress denies that Tempeste and The Entiere pose any imminent threat, Caroline is still haunted by her encounter and is determined to master the POWERS of the four factions; Magicks, Surnaturals, Metamorphes and Voyantes.
With the help of her friends, Caroline’s strength grows as she learns what it means to harness her destiny—but will it be too late?
I love this little series I look forward to each book. They are quick read that always packs a punch!
The House with the Golden Door
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Amara has escaped her life as a slave in Pompeii's most notorious brothel. She now has a house, fine...
Historical fiction Roman Empire Pompei Feminism
Born of Fire (Myths and Whispers #1)
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The nightmares are back. Years after the deaths of his parents, the dreams that haunted Jax have...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Dead Simple (Roy Grace book 1) in Books
May 23, 2023
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Dead Simple ( Roy Grace 1)
By Peter James
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It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank. A few hours later four of his best friends are dead, and Michael Harrison has disappeared. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Grace - a man haunted by the shadow of his own missing wife - is contacted by Michael's beautiful, distraught fiancee, Ashley Harper. Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael Harrison's whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot to gain - more than anyone realizes. For one man's disaster is another man's fortune ...
I really enjoyed this and didn’t take long at all! A gritty crime and a few bits that had me feeling claustrophobic! Grace is an easy character to like too!
It may have been a bit to easy to work out the who done it though.
Barrowbeck
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Welcome to Barrowbeck. A hard place to live. A harder place to leave. For centuries, the...
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The Hungry Dark
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As a child, Ashley Whitelam was haunted by ghostly figures no one else could see. Silent and...
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Charlie Cobra Reviews (1840 KP) rated Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) in Movies
Jul 7, 2020
Three teenagers in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Stella (Zoe Colletti), Auggie (Gabriel Rush) and Chuck (Austin Zajur) incur the wrath of school bully Tommy Millner after playing a prank. They are chased by him and saved by a drifter named Ramon (Michael Garza) who let's them into his car. The group including Ramon explore a haunted house belonging to the Bellows, founders of the town, Inside of a secret room belonging to the Bellows' daughter Sarah, they find a book of scary stories written by her. After taking the book with them, they start to believe that there is more to the rumors about the house being haunted when stories in the book appear to happen in real life.
This movie was actually pretty good. I thought it could have been scarier but I think it was done well for being rated PG-13. Of course, I'm old enough to remember the books and they were really creepy, especially the illustrations. The movie was good at building suspense, and being creepy. I really liked the characters and felt that they were likeable and had a little something for everyone in how they were relatable. The character development could have been better for sure but the creature effects were spot on. The Monsters were definitely awesome and I like the way the made it an anthology movie without it actually being an anthology. It was pretty unique in that way and I can see how a sequel could work if it's financially successful enough to warrant one. I give this movie a 7/10.