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Lord of the Flies: With an Introduction by Stephen King

Stephen King and William Golding

8.0 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Since it was first published in 1954, William Golding's classic debut novel has remained a stark...

Paradise Lost

John Milton and John Leonard

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John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's...

Gods Will Be Watching

Games

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Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair,...

The Craggus (360 KP) rated Dumbo (2019) in Movies

Apr 4, 2019

Dumbo (2019)

2019 | Animation, Family, Fantasy

6.5

(81 Ratings)

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Dumbo (2019) has a surprisingly metatextual moral for the House of Mouse

In seeking to carve out something new for this reimagining, Director Tim Burton – and screenwriter Ehren Kruger – find themselves leaning too heavily on the original version early on, racing through its main plot points in a brisk half-hour blighted by too many things which happen because they happened in the original story. It’s all a little bit inorganic, feeling rushed and forced in order to get us to the point where we’re telling a new story. A plethora of supporting characters are introduced but then barely used and while this version broadly switches the focus of the story away from the animals and on to the humans, those humans remain as crudely drawn and superficial as the forgettable background characters of the 1941 animation...

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 in TV

Apr 2, 2020

Star Trek: Picard - Season 1

2020 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

6.3

(6 Ratings)

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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.