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Dean (6927 KP) rated Not Another Teen Movie (2001) in Movies
Jun 5, 2018 (Updated Jul 10, 2021)
One of the best Spoof films
A lewd, crude, rude and a rather funny film. Not heard much about it, so I expected the worse.....but actually found myself laughing an awful lot! It's a great spoof mainly of She's all that, American Pie, Cruel Intentions and Pretty in Pink. Featuring a great cameo from Molly Ringwald, Lindsay Lohan from Mean girls and even Mr T! Along the way there are scenes aimed at Porky's, Grease, Risky Business, the list is endless. Every type of humour is here and if you know the mentioned films well you could like it. Not a bad DVD with a quiz on teen movies, Music videos, Making of as well. Overall a fun package and even a lot of females on my friend list liked it to my surprise!
Dean (6927 KP) rated Cashback (2007) in Movies
Oct 5, 2018
A charming little British comedy, originally a short film that won a lot of awards. So they decided to just expand it a lil to a full length film. Starring Michelle Ryan in a small role, the cast is largely unknown. It also caused a stir when released as it featured a topless model (Keeley Hazell) although very briefly. It does have a few nude scenes, but they are actually quite artfully done. It's a good story, with some nice ideas right from the opening break up scene. It uses a lot of different techniques film wise, the idea of freezing time is done well. It is quite funny, add a great soundtrack and I have to say I prefer this over 500 days of summer which was a bit similar in theme. Check it out.
Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Dying Light (Logan McRae #2) in Books
Feb 6, 2020
A successful return of this gritty Scottish police procedural.
I feel I could just copy a lot from my review of the first book in this series; Cold Granite. This was like tuning in to the second series of a program you liked and they haven’t changed much - thankfully. We still have a gloomy atmosphere but this time we are facing an arsonist and a dog killer so still horrific on the crime front. We have a police investigation, some internal politics and a bit of banter. All feels very BBC post 9pm drama and I loved listening to Steve Worsley’s narration in the audiobook version.
We do get a lot more of DI Steel in this book and this is welcome as she’s a vivid character. Can’t wait for the next season oh wait book I meant next book……….
We do get a lot more of DI Steel in this book and this is welcome as she’s a vivid character. Can’t wait for the next season oh wait book I meant next book……….
Ross (3284 KP) rated Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 in TV
Apr 2, 2020
High hopes let down
I'm sure we all had a vision of what the triumphant, long-awaited return of Captain Jean-Luc Picard would look like. The series starts and ends in that vein, being exciting, thoughtful and with a moral lesson, but with a lot of padding throughout the series. Much like Discovery, the series decided to throw a lot of side adventures in the mix and while Picard is much more focussed than its Netflix cousin there are still times when it drags.
Stewart tries well to play his most famous role, but his age shows at times and I felt the makers missed the chance to sensitively keep his character but replaced with a younger actor in the last episode. This would have allowed Stewart to bow out gracefully and show more promise for the future series of his life.
Stewart tries well to play his most famous role, but his age shows at times and I felt the makers missed the chance to sensitively keep his character but replaced with a younger actor in the last episode. This would have allowed Stewart to bow out gracefully and show more promise for the future series of his life.
Summer Day's Dream
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"""I spent more than half my life, when I ought to have been enjoying myself, arguing and planning...
Foxtrot Oscar
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It's 1976 and England is sweating its nuts off. As an unrelenting heat wave beats down on the...
Kate Mara recommended Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) in Movies (curated)
Alice (117 KP) rated The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life in Books
Mar 3, 2021
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and Second Story Press
Okay so I love Shakespeare and I love stories set in high school drama departments so that alone should have done it for me but I just really didn't vibe with this book! I didn't enjoy any of the characters (especially the main character) and as a character driven reader that's such an impportant thing for me! I can forgive a lacklustre plot if the characters are good and enjoyable! There were parts that I enjoyed and I generally didn't hate it but I did find myself just reading it solely so that I could get it finished rather than enjoying the experience. It had a lot of potential and I'm sure a lot of people will like it but it just didn't do it for me, unfortunately!
Okay so I love Shakespeare and I love stories set in high school drama departments so that alone should have done it for me but I just really didn't vibe with this book! I didn't enjoy any of the characters (especially the main character) and as a character driven reader that's such an impportant thing for me! I can forgive a lacklustre plot if the characters are good and enjoyable! There were parts that I enjoyed and I generally didn't hate it but I did find myself just reading it solely so that I could get it finished rather than enjoying the experience. It had a lot of potential and I'm sure a lot of people will like it but it just didn't do it for me, unfortunately!
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated A is for Abstinence (V is for Virgin #2) in Books
Jan 8, 2021
I expected more, i guess
Hmm, the first book left me wanting them to get together so badly after everything that went on, and I'm glad that they did, but i really didn't get Val's reaction to a lot of the stuff Kyle did or said in this. She was keeping him at arm's length for a lot of the book and it annoyed me. It was pretty obvious to me from the first book that he wanted to be with you but was just refusing to marry you because at 18 and 20 that's a little young but still? He'd been chasing you for months!! So to do it to him again?! I got annoyed.
BUT they got their HAE in the end, so I'm happy about that. It just seemed to end a little sudden.
Hmm, the first book left me wanting them to get together so badly after everything that went on, and I'm glad that they did, but i really didn't get Val's reaction to a lot of the stuff Kyle did or said in this. She was keeping him at arm's length for a lot of the book and it annoyed me. It was pretty obvious to me from the first book that he wanted to be with you but was just refusing to marry you because at 18 and 20 that's a little young but still? He'd been chasing you for months!! So to do it to him again?! I got annoyed.
BUT they got their HAE in the end, so I'm happy about that. It just seemed to end a little sudden.
