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Lenard (726 KP) rated Downton Abbey (2019) in Movies

Sep 23, 2019

Downton Abbey (2019)

2019 | Drama, History

8.4

(17 Ratings)

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A highly entertaining distraction that continues the story of Grantham Manor seen on PBS. A cast of dozens take turns in the spotlight, but mostly Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, and Allen Leech get the screen time. The King and Queen of Great Britain are visiting the Yorkshire countryside and send word that they will be staying at Downton Abbey. This sends the manor house into a frenzy as preparations must be made and old conflicts get settled. Similar to Gosford Park, Julian Fellowes's earlier film on the happennings of the upstairs, downstairs crowds, a secret affair is revealed in time. A quality waste of time, but some of the plots are settled too quickly and some plots linger so long that a sequel may be written already.

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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated In the Tall Grass (2019) in Movies

Oct 11, 2019

In the Tall Grass (2019)

2019 | Drama, Horror, Thriller

5.4

(30 Ratings)

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This was a strange one. A lot happens throughout the story but jumps around a lot. Ancient artifacts causing time warps will do that. The acting was pretty decent and the cinematography was well done. There's a few mildly graphic scenes., so probably not for kids. Otherwise this was an interesting watch. It plays to choices made by the characters and the varying outcomes. Patrick Wilson is in this one and, as usual, plays the part of villain quite well. Overall this one keeps the interest to the end(which is a little simplistic compared to the rest of the movie)and wraps it up nicely without the typical Hollywood "leave it open for a sequel" route. Worth a watch!

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Benjamin Wery (8 KP) created a post

Aug 28, 2019

So today I finally got round to watching 'Split' and found it entertaining.

James McAvoy as always is a brilliant actor and each personality he plays is perfect.

The lovely Anya Taylor Joy portrays a beautiful scare girl who has a history and her interactions with McAvoy are joyous (sorry for the pun) and kept me gripped.

The overall feel of the film, kept me gripped and has made up for M.Night Shyamalan terrible films between this and Unbreakable (especially The Happening - that was terrible).

Of course it wouldn't be one of his movies, without him playing a small part.

I recommend this film to others and look forward to waching the sequel 'Glass' shortly.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4972582/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

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NieR: Automata

7.8 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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Nier: Automata is an action role-playing video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by...

Nier: Automata

David McK (3600 KP) rated Arabian Nights Volume Two in Books

Aug 23, 2020

Arabian Nights Volume Two

Marty Ross | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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The second (of, currently, two) of Audible's Arabian Nights series, this is again framed - as the original tales are - as Scheherazade telling her Sultan increasingly fantastical tales so he will not kill her, and so that she will live another night.

This time around, the tales are all of Sinbad the Sailor and his many adventures, although I'm pretty sure that these are told in a different order than they usually, and with a different way of linking each tale rather than Sinbad going back to land, getting bored, and heading off on a new voyage.

You may note I said earlier of, currently, two - this is left open for a sequel: I must admit, also, to be surprised at the rather abrupt ending of the audiobook!