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Anne-Marie (3 KP) rated Despicable Me 3 (2017) in Movies

Jul 16, 2017  
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
2017 | Animation, Comedy
8
7.1 (85 Ratings)
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Great story about family and lotalty (0 more)
Bob wasn't in it (0 more)
As good as the others in the series!
Contains spoilers, click to show
Gru gets fired from AVL and Lucy jacks it in to support her hubby, all because an ex Child TV star gets away from them. When at his lowest Gru discovers he has a twin brother, Dru. Dru is soft and giggly and a disappointment to their villain father; Dru wants to make it up to his memory by talking Gru into a heist, taking the world biggest diamond! Hilarity, family, love and a real unicorn make this movie a great continuation from the other two. Pity Bob isn't in it but Mel leads the other minions to mutiny and jail!
  
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Chelsea (166 KP) rated Artemis in Books

Apr 30, 2018  
Artemis
Artemis
Andy Weir | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
6
7.6 (35 Ratings)
Book Rating
After reading The Martian and loving it, I was super excited to read this book. I got through Artemis really quickly, but I think it’s because I kept hoping for something interesting to happen.
The whole concept of a settlement on the moon is cool, and I enjoyed exploring that. The main character, Jazz, is not a very likable or relatable character. Her jokes weren’t funny and the way she interacted with other characters was boring. The other characters weren’t very memorable or well-developed. The heist scenario seemed promising, but really fell flat.
Honestly the book wasn’t terrible, but if you're expecting an awesome, scientific, space-life read like The Martian you’ll be disappointed.
  
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Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) in Movies

Jun 10, 2019  
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
2014 | Action, Sci-Fi
9
8.5 (91 Ratings)
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I’ve always said that the best Marvel films are the ones that feature a different genre, rather than just ‘superhero movie’. Case in point with The Winter Soldier. Directed by the Russo brothers, this second outing for the First Avenger is almost heist-like in its presentation.

With a great cast and some absolutely breath-taking action sequences, it remains one of the very best films in the MCU with very few negatives. If I had to criticise, I’d say that Henry Jackman’s score is a little forgettable but this is a very small point in a film filled with surprises.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/04/21/the-entire-marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked/
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Limited Wish in Books

Dec 20, 2019  
Limited Wish
Limited Wish
Mark Lawrence | 2019 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
7
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
More of the same (timey wimey)
The second book in this trilogy is largely a retelling of the first book. Nick sees some mysterious people, who turn out to be from the future, there is a lot of talk about time travel and parallel universes and there is a heist sequence at the end.
This book was a lot heavier on the pseudo-science and that got a little tiring and head-scratchy at times, with all the talk of paradoxes and whatnot.
This was an enjoyable read, but as with anything time travel related too much creativity and inventiveness can only lead to stretches in plausibility and lengthy justifications for the "science".
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Army of the Dead (2021) in Movies

May 22, 2021  
Army of the Dead (2021)
Army of the Dead (2021)
2021 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
7
6.8 (21 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Great action scenes (1 more)
Good SFX
Up and down pacing (0 more)
Zombie Heist
This looked like a good mix of action and zombies on the trailer. It is a fun film with a simple plot. Las Vegas is now a walled off Zombie zone and before the place gets nuked a team are formed to gather 250 million from a casino vault.
When the action is going it's a fun film with some great scenes and some new twists on the Zombie gerne. At nearly two and half hours long though there are a few lulls between the action. Not quite the action packed Zombie blaster it could have been but definitely enough to satisfy the fans.
  
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Brian Raferty recommended The Asphalt Jungle (1950) in Movies (curated)

 
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
1950 | Classics, Drama
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"In a year filled with epochal films—Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, the great In a Lonely Place—this 1950 noir may have secretly had the greatest impact. Every heist film or let’s-get-a-team-together caper of the last seventy years owes a huge debt to Huston’s twisting and intense thriller, whose delightful ensemble cast features a bright-eyed Marilyn Monroe (then just about to take over Hollywood) and a grizzled Sterling Hayden (who was already looking to leave the industry altogether). The final moment is a genuine heartbreaker—as is the documentary about Hayden on the Criterion edition, which finds the great actor living on a boat, seemingly set adrift from society."

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