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Modern Art is best described as the ultimate auction game. Each player is a museum, auctioning your...
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David McK (3770 KP) rated Meg 2: The Trench (2023) in Movies
Sep 7, 2025
If you're expecting anything different from the sequel, you'd be disappointed!
Yes, several - bit not all -of the cast return, with this film very much broken into two distinct sections: the first (roughly) half or so on the seabed below "the Thermocline" - which the creatures below are usually unable to swim up beyond - and the second half on the surface itself.
Second half is also almost a re-tread of the second half of the first movie.
In short, a B-movie writ large.
David McK (3770 KP) rated Star Wars X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (Rogue Squadron #1) in Books
Jun 30, 2024 (Updated Jun 30, 2024)
Which is understandable, from a certain point of view.
This, however, meant they threw the good out with the bad - for my money, this series was one of the major losses of that decision.
Essentially, these books - based on the old X-Wing/TIE fighter video games - are Top Gun in space, and - IMO - are far more interesting than just about anything Disney has done since (including the 'new' Alphabet Squadron series).
Corran Horn himself is a major loss in the 'new' Disney films.
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated The Rumour in Books
Feb 13, 2018
There is a small group of novelists who write about Nantucket, and I tend to get them confused, because I'm awful like that, but this book had been on my "hold" list at the library forever, so I probably read a review of it somewhere. It was a pleasant and refreshingly enjoyable read; I would categorize it as an ideal beach book. It's not going to win any writing prizes, but it was a surprisingly captivating tale of these two families on Nantucket. There was no one real identifiable character (both Grace and Madeline have their strengths and weaknesses and could be rather irksome at times) but it was still enjoyable. Even better, while the plot was silly and a little ridiculous at times, with the families still having far too much money, they also had some real problems and issues, which they actually had to address. It also wasn't completely predictable, nor did it just focus on a love story, which was nice for this genre.
Overall, 3.5 stars: put a paperback of this in your beach or pool bag this summer; it will be a fun diversion.