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David McK (3679 KP) rated Fast Five (2011) in Movies

Aug 29, 2021  
Fast Five (2011)
Fast Five (2011)
2011 | Action, Drama, Mystery
6
8.1 (14 Ratings)
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The point at which the Fast and the Furious movies started moving more and more away from their petrol head origins - as exemplified by the cut from pre-race to after race roughly halfway through, instead of showing that actual race - while also the movie that first brings Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to the cast, as Luke Hobbs.

This one picks up directly from the ending of the previous movie, and starts with O'Connor and Mia on the run from the law, ending up in Rio de Janeiro where they get pulled into another 'one last job' (and you know how those always go ...), leading to them reuniting with Dom, assembling a 'crew', and then onto a heist that very much put me in mind of 'The Italian Job'!
  
    Mythic Mischief

    Mythic Mischief

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    In Mythic Mischief, you play as a faction of Mythic Manor students competing to get as many of the...

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David McK (3679 KP) rated Moriarty: The Silent Order in Books

Nov 17, 2024  
Moriarty: The Silent Order
Moriarty: The Silent Order
Charles Kindinger | 2024
6
6.5 (2 Ratings)
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The second in Charles Kindinger's 'Moriarty' series of Sherlock Holmes re-imaginings, positing what if Sherlock was an imposter and Moriarty an innocent man driven to a life of crime by the former, which - I have to say - I did not find *quite* as enjoyable as the first.

It also took me a wee while to get used to the recasting of the role of Colonel Sebastian Moran - not to say that the actor was bad, by any means, just that he sounded different.

Anyway, this time round, the story starts in the United States, following both Moriarty and Sherlocks death at the Reichenbach Falls, before - in the latter half - moving back to Merrie Olde Englande - with a new nemesis in the form of Helen Mirren's blackmailer Lady Milverton.
  
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David McK (3679 KP) rated Shakespeare in Love (1998) in Movies

Oct 19, 2025  
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
1998 | Comedy, History, Romance
6
6.8 (11 Ratings)
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Award-winning 1998 film (supposedly) telling the story of how Shakespeare - here, suffering from writers block - came to write the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet' (which, here, starts life as 'Romeo and Ethel the Pirate King's daughter'), as well as where he gets inspiration for several of his other plays from.

Whilst this is a bit slow starting, it gets better once the plot starts moving, roughly half an hour or so into it, with the introduction of (a very young) Gwyneth Paltrow as Lady Viola who - in the best traditions of Shakespeare - wants to become an actor herself, a role forbidden to females of the time, and so is forced to 'go undercover', pretending to be a young man.

Sound familiar?

It's a plot device Shakespeare would return to, time and time again.
  
    Focus Builder

    Focus Builder

    Medical and Health & Fitness

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    Focus Builder is optimized for use on an iPad. Eye movements are a very powerful way to exercise...

    Blueturn

    Blueturn

    Weather and Education

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    This is the real Earth. Check our website for our vision and achievements: http://blueturn.earth/ ...