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Miss Aldridge Regrets
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London, 1936 Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career...
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The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
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From New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, the first novel in his series featuring...
Darren (1599 KP) rated Dark Crimes (2018) in Movies
Jul 25, 2019
Story: Dark Crimes starts when Tadek (Carrey) still investigating the murder of a police officer, gets a new lead when Kozlov (Csokas) writes a new book which has an eerily similarity to the murder, leading him to take a dangerous road investigating the murder, which includes challenge the former girlfriend Kasia (Gainsbourg).
The investigation has plenty of ties to the secret sex club known as the cage, where the men get to do whatever they want to the women, Tadek must put his professional and person life on the line to get to the bottom of this investigations.
Thoughts on Dark Crimes
Characters – Tadek is a police officer, he is preparing for retirement (I think) only he wants to solve one final case, which involves the murder of a fellow officer, he goes down dangerous paths which put his career on the line, his marriage on the line, hoping to find the answers. Kozlov is an author that has written a book that sounds too similar to the unsolved case, he becomes the target of the investigation because of his history with the known sex club. Kasia is a former worker in the club, she does have a connection to Kozlov and the victim.
Performances – Jim Carrey is an actor that I like seeing him doing serious roles, sadly, this is one of his worst performances in a long time, he can keep the accent up jumping around all over the place. Marton Csokas usually does well in film, but because the character isn’t very interesting, he struggles to keep our attention. Charlotte Gainsbourg disappoints too, she does everything we expect her to without making the impact.
Story – The story follows a detective that is investigating the murder of a fellow officer that could have found the confession inside a novel, which leads him to target the author in search for the truth. The problem here is we get slow moving conversations which don’t go anywhere, we don’t get into the evidence of the case, it just seems to be watching one man starting to go too far in his search. The case doesn’t seem long enough to make feature film story either.
Crime – The crime side of the film follows the investigation into the murder of a police officer which might be opened up again, it never feels urgent either.
Settings – The film uses the settings to show how the club could be easily accessed without needing to be too far away.
Scene of the Movie – Nothing.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – The dragging story.
Final Thoughts – This is one of the worst crime stories because it just never feels like the case is that important.
Overall: Just a drag.
The investigation has plenty of ties to the secret sex club known as the cage, where the men get to do whatever they want to the women, Tadek must put his professional and person life on the line to get to the bottom of this investigations.
Thoughts on Dark Crimes
Characters – Tadek is a police officer, he is preparing for retirement (I think) only he wants to solve one final case, which involves the murder of a fellow officer, he goes down dangerous paths which put his career on the line, his marriage on the line, hoping to find the answers. Kozlov is an author that has written a book that sounds too similar to the unsolved case, he becomes the target of the investigation because of his history with the known sex club. Kasia is a former worker in the club, she does have a connection to Kozlov and the victim.
Performances – Jim Carrey is an actor that I like seeing him doing serious roles, sadly, this is one of his worst performances in a long time, he can keep the accent up jumping around all over the place. Marton Csokas usually does well in film, but because the character isn’t very interesting, he struggles to keep our attention. Charlotte Gainsbourg disappoints too, she does everything we expect her to without making the impact.
Story – The story follows a detective that is investigating the murder of a fellow officer that could have found the confession inside a novel, which leads him to target the author in search for the truth. The problem here is we get slow moving conversations which don’t go anywhere, we don’t get into the evidence of the case, it just seems to be watching one man starting to go too far in his search. The case doesn’t seem long enough to make feature film story either.
Crime – The crime side of the film follows the investigation into the murder of a police officer which might be opened up again, it never feels urgent either.
Settings – The film uses the settings to show how the club could be easily accessed without needing to be too far away.
Scene of the Movie – Nothing.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – The dragging story.
Final Thoughts – This is one of the worst crime stories because it just never feels like the case is that important.
Overall: Just a drag.
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Knots And Crosses in Books
Nov 9, 2017 (Updated Nov 9, 2017)
Detective Rebus is totally clueless
From the outset it was completely obvious who was responsible for the murders and abductions and yet it took the entire novel for the detective to figure it out. I became rather frustrated with the character's various flaws which stopped him from solving the murder. I was told Ian Rankin has a good reputation for writing thrillers so slightly disappointed overall.
Erika (17789 KP) rated My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots in Books
Feb 25, 2019
This is supposed to be the 'new' and 'definitive' biography of Mary, Queen of Scots. Honestly, there was nothing mind-blowing about this biography at all. Most noticeably, of course, is that John Guy is peddling is that Mary wasn't aware of the Darnley murder. I still haven't been given enough evidence to believe that.
Overall, this was an ok book that inspired an ok movie.
Overall, this was an ok book that inspired an ok movie.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated Death of a Cozy Writer (St. Just Mystery #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
When a best selling mystery writer invites his children to his English manor, murder makes an appearance. I enjoyed the good, but I really felt like the main character was a bit too cardboard. The other characters certainly made up for it.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-death-of-cozy-writer-by-g-m.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-death-of-cozy-writer-by-g-m.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The death of a retired school teacher shocks the community of Three Pines. But was it an accident or murder? It took me quite a while to sort out the characters. Once I did, I really got hooked on them and the story.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-still-life-by-louise-penny.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-still-life-by-louise-penny.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
As yet another serial killer attacks San Francisco, the ladies of the Women's Murder Club are rocked by tragedy. I really am getting hooked on these thrillers, but the cardboard characters are hard to really bond with, a problem driven home by this book.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-3rd-degree-by-james.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-3rd-degree-by-james.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
When Aimee Leduc takes a decoded picture to a client in the Jewish quarter of Paris, she finds the woman dead and things quickly unravel from there. Honestly, I found the book too busy, which left not enough time to wrap everything up in the end.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-in-marais-by-cara.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-in-marais-by-cara.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.