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Jon Cryer recommended Aliens (1986) in Movies (curated)

Aliens (1986)

1986 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

9.0

(90 Ratings)

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"Not Alien, which is great, but doesn’t quite hold up, partially because there is a couple of special effects issues. The chest-burster, as originally conceived, just doesn’t work anymore. But Aliens is, in my mind, the perfectly constructed thriller. People forget that it starts off real slow. I mean, there’s like 40 minutes of quiet. And then all of a sudden you can’t leave your seat. It’s beautifully constructed in terms of, every time you think that they’re gonna get some respite, they get a moment to get their stuff together and maybe get out of this, things get worse and yet they somehow keep going. It was one of the most pure moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had. I loved every minute of it and it made me feel lucky to be an audience member. You can’t get around an experience like that."

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The Radium Girls: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark (Young Readers' edition)

Kate Moore

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Synopsis from Goodreads: Amidst the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young...

Nonfiction Middle grade Middle school Science History Strong women

On A Beautiful Day

Lucy Diamond

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

It’s a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch. But then...

Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero Vol. 4

Kelly Sue DeConnick and Kelly Thompson

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Stellar combat and Secret Wars! Captain Marvel's time as an astronomical Avenger has pitted her...

Tournament Fishing: The Deckbuilding Game

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Tabletop Game

Tournament Fishing is a card game that involves memory, luck, and strategy. Each participating...

David McK (3909 KP) rated A Court of Thorns and Roses in Books

Jun 29, 2025

Romantasy.

A mix of Romance and Fantasy.

Not a genre I'm familiar with, nor one that - to be honest - really holds all that much appeals to me. However, I still thought I would give this a go, mainly out of curiosity.

This is the first in Sarah J Maas's 'Court of Thorns and Roses' series, set in a not-too-dissimilar world to our except where fairies (and not necessarily the Tinkerbell, happy-go-lucky type) are real, and in which - after killing one such who was in shapeshifted wolf form to feed her starving family - Feyre is dragged across the wall (which is the dividing line between their world and ours) to the faerie realm, where things prove not at all to be what she expected.

I can say I've read it now.

I *may* read some more of the series, but not in any rush to do so.