Smashbomb

"She’s an actress who has worked in television and film for decades. She played Tupac’s mother in ‘Poetic Justice’ and Tina Turner’s mother in ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It?’ Now she’s in ‘Black-ish.’ Her book was hilarious. I listened to the audiobook, and it was so good that it made me step up my audiobook game for Creative Quest"

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Conan the Barbarian (1982)

7.0 (61 Ratings) Rate It

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After his parents and his tribe were murdered at the hands of an evil sorcerer when he was young,...

Sword and sorcery

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020), Volume 2

Greg Pak

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

THE FACE OF THE QUEEN! In the wake of the shocking revelations of The Empire Strikes Back, DARTH...

Ash’s Big Challenge

Pokemon

2.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

If there’s a challenge to be faced, Pokémon master-in-training Ash Ketchum is in the zone. So...

Horror Story (2013)

4.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Movie

When seven Indian friends decide to bebunk a haunted hotel myth they inadvertently start a chain of...

Hotel Haunting Girl Mental Asylum

Neoliberal Power and Public Management Reforms

Peter Triantafillou and Mark Haugaard

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Book

This book examines the links between major contemporary public sector reforms and neoliberal...

David McK (3801 KP) rated The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) in Movies

Feb 26, 2022

The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

2019 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

7.1

(29 Ratings)

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The Sword in the Stone.

Excalibur.

I always thought they were two different blades, but not according to this movie, which transplants the action from ye-olde medieval England to modern-day times, with young Alex discovering the sword and setting off on a quest (alongside his best friend Badders, and two of his former bullies Lance and Kay) to stop the evil Sorceress Morgana from reawakening.

So, yes, it does follow pretty much the standard quest trope, complete with enemies who become friends and the battle against evil. I also found it to drag somewhat, and was sitting - for large portions - watching it with my mouth hanging open.

Unfortunately, that's not in a good way - just at the sheer plain ridiculousness of it all!

Then again, that may be simply because I'm not really it's target audience ... ?

Kudos

Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The 13th Warrior (1999) in Movies

Jan 30, 2018

The 13th Warrior (1999)

1999 | Action, Adventure, History

7.3

(26 Ratings)

Movie Rating

right woman, wrong place , wrong time

Arabic man who falls for the sultans daughter and sultan docent approve sends him to the land of the vikings to get supplies and then eventually gets roped into going on a quest to destroy a viking king that is almost unbeatable. His knowledge of sword and the trust of his party is all he will have to make it back