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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Dead Ant (2017) in Movies

Feb 16, 2021

Dead Ant (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Horror

5.5

(2 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Let's get the obvious out of the way first...the CGI giant ants, or course, look awful...but honestly, if one can look beyond that, Dead Ant is a genuinely funny and entertaining B-Movie blast.

It has a cast that's not to be sniffed at - Sean Astin, Tom Arnold, Jake Busey, Danny Woodburn, Twin Peaks legend Michael Horse, Sydney Sweeney, Entourage's Rhys Coiro - not too shabby for a low budget creature feature.
It's screenplay is constantly humourous, and everyone involved seems like they're having a good time.
As mentioned, the special effects are bargain bin level, but I don't know, that sort of adds to the whole experience.

I might just be a sucker for heavy metal themed comedies, but Dead Ant is a perfectly fine way to spend 90 minutes, and the song "Sideboob" from the movies fictional band Sonic Grave is now on one of my Spotify playlists 🤘

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David McK (3752 KP) rated Sea Lord in Books

Jun 13, 2021

Sea Lord

Bernard Cornwell | 1989 | Thriller

5.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

I'm sure if you mentioned the name Bernard Cornwell to most readers, they would immediately think of historical-set 'boys-own' mainly and-based action-adventure novels, which I once read described by one critic as 'men behaving badly, but with incredible brio' (which I had to go and look up what that meant).

So, not a contemporary (at the time of Cornwell's writing) set mystery, then, with a heavy slant towards nautical matters.

Yet that is precisely what this is.

While I can't comment on the accuracy (or otherwise) of the naval segments - other than to say they seemed plausible to this land-lubber - I have to say, I also found this to be rather predictable fare, with it startlingly obvious - at least to me - just who stole the priceless Van Gogh (the McGuffin that provides the drive for the plot) further early on, not long after that character is introduced.

Sorry, Mr Cornwell: not your best effort.

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Pete Wareham recommended White Chalk by PJ Harvey in Music (curated)

White Chalk by PJ Harvey

2007 | Singer-Songwriter

6.7

(3 Ratings)

Album Favorite

"Now that we're talking about it, I realise that a lot of these albums are trying to merge those two worlds: the classical or jazz aesthetic with the trashy, rock & roll, electric kind of thing. Obviously PJ Harvey would normally fall on that rock & roll/indie rock side of things but this album is different from all her other albums. It's a real step between those two worlds. It feels really ghostly. It's funny because I was obsessed with this album for a long time, and I didn't listen to it again for ages. Then I started listening to it again earlier this year and I've become obsessed with it again with the same intensity as before. It's just so incredibly evocative of colours and textures and sounds. It's just so delicate but heavy as well. She hasn't been explicit on the meanings of the song from this album but I know that the subject matter is extremely dark."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin, #2) in Books

Sep 5, 2019

As a romance reader, I love any hint of romance between the characters in books and in this, after what happened between Gin and Donovan in the first book, my hopes soared. But with it being Urban Fantasy, romance isn't really a major plotline in it.

The more I read the more I understood that things probably weren't going to work out well between these two. A (semi) retired assassin and the only un-crooked cop in the force? Hmm...

But lo and behold we have a new love interest! So I'm still pretty happy.

As for the rest of the story, I got dragged into it. I really wanted Gin to kick everyone's arses and come out on top and although it got a little dicey in places she did!

I'm off to start book 3 to read what she's going to get up to next (and hopefully she'll get a little hot and heavy with the new guy!)

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Fake the Weather

Weather and Entertainment

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'Fake the Weather' lets you forecast the weather. Enter the temperature, type, location and weather...

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Pete Wentz

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Sometimes, late at night in the hotel room, after the lights have gone out and the mistakes have...

Dress Up Anime Princess

Games

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Anime Princess Dressup is a dressing game for girls in anime-style. If you've watched bunch of anime...

Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Kicks (2016) in Movies

Aug 3, 2020

Kicks (2016)

2016 | Action, Drama

8.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

I grew up in a time and place where it was very real to have concern about a pair of kicks being stolen from you by force, or even death. Surely my thoughts on this movie are reflective of that.

Brandon is a boy who is struggling to completely fit in anywhere in his world. He has a couple of loyal friends, but struggles to understand his place in society. He believes that the ultimate pair of Air Jordan 1's will help solve all the issues he carries internally.

After copping a pair out of the back of a van, he is promptly beaten at gunpoint and they are stolen by a known heavy in his urban neighborhood. The rest of the movie essentially involves his efforts to return the shoes to his feet and the lengths that he is willing to go (and the sacrifices he's willing to make) to make that a reality.