Wrath of the Lemming-men
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Zero-G
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Arrah Na Pogue
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Written in 1864 and set during the Irish rebellion of 1798, Arrah na Pogue is is an entertaining...
Ben-Hur
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Blood's Game
6.0
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It is the winter of 1670. Holcroft Blood has entered the employ of the Duke of Buckingham, one of...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Devil Bat (1940) in Movies
Jun 17, 2020
The plot: Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath (Suzanne Kaaren) and Henry Morton (Guy Usher), have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter (Dave O'Brien) decides to investigate.
Its a classic fun entertaining horror movie with bats attacking people and their master is Bela Lugosi so that is a plus.
Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Gift (2015) in Movies
Jul 12, 2020
This has a good cast, I always love Jason Bateman and it's nice to see Joel Edgerton directing and acting and I think he does a good job in both. The plot itself seems very similar to other stalker/obsessive/revenge films but it's still quite entertaining and fortunately not overly long. The problem is I wouldnt say this is particularly thrilling or tense. The ending is a little surprising but it feels rather lacklustre in general as a psychological thriller. I also found character motivations and actions to be a little unusual and unexplainable, to the point it makes the film even more unbelievable than it is to begin with.
Overall it's an average watchable psychological drama which is sadly ultimately forgettable.
Midnight Run (1988)
6.9
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Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas...
Literary Stationery Sets: William Shakespeare
8.0
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Write as if from the desk of the Bard himself with this Shakespeare-themed stationery set. Often...
Debbiereadsbook (1582 KP) rated Burn Baby Burn (Fairytales of the Myth #1) in Books
Feb 3, 2021
I'm really not sure I liked this book, and mostly cos I did not get the ending, it made little sense to me!
It's a dark book, certainly. There is (but not detailed) reference to child abuse, both physical and sexual. It's there, you know? Ella talks about what happens to her, but we don't get it all. There is bloodshed, and a lot of it at the beginning and the end.
Only Ella has a say, so it made the perplexing ending a little more so. Daman is given a voice in the epilogue though.
Ella voice is strong though, and even what she went through, she manages to get her revenge.
What Ella does say is well written, and well delivered. I finished it, so for that reason. . .
3 stars
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