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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Mould (Liam Tate #1) in Books

Apr 3, 2023  
Mould (Liam Tate #1)
Mould (Liam Tate #1)
Steven Jenkins | 2023 | Horror, Paranormal
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A really good, short story that despite its shortness, was packed full of great characters and a general overriding sense of the creepy.

I don't really read a lot of supernatural books now but every now and again I like to hark back to my teenage years and indulge myself in a bit of creepiness and Mould definitely hit the spot and I very much look forward to reading more in this new series to see which eerie place it takes me to next.

Many thanks to Steven Jenkins for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of Mould and for making me a part of his Advance Reader Team but this in no way influenced my thoughts on this start to a new series which I thoroughly enjoyed.
  
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David McK (3623 KP) rated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) in Movies

Mar 21, 2020 (Updated Sep 28, 2024)  
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
6
6.9 (199 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Also known as "Salazar's Revenge" (instead of "Dead Men Tell No Tales") in certain circles - I think maybe Dead Men is the American subtitle? - this is the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film, with Johnny Depp again reprising what is (for me) his most iconic role of the Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow.

This ties itself closer to the original trilogy than the last entry ("On Stranger Tides"), with the return of certain key characters from that trilogy 'bookending' the plot, and with a close familial tie to one of the key characters of this.

Indeed, we're also back to basics with the plot of a supernatural threat to Sparrow, and of his wish to reclaim the captaincy of the Black Pearl (his ship), ALONGSIDE the return of Captain Barbossa (yet again)...
  
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David McK (3623 KP) rated Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) in Movies

Apr 1, 2024  
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
2024 | Adventure
6
7.0 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Who ya gonna call? The Spengler family.
Sequel to 2021s 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', which moves the action away from the small town setting of the latter and back to the New York City of the original 1980s films.

(As an aside, I'm not sure whether to count this as #5 or #4 in the series, what with the atrocious Paul Feig 2016 version!)
(Aside to my aside: and what about the 2008 videogame?).

Anyway, this follows pretty much the same core cast as in Afterlife, although - personally - I found James Acaster to be rather an off-putting presence, as they struggle to find their fight and face down a new supernatural foe.

Lacks the magic of the original, I felt, maybe on par with Afterlife bit no better or worse.
  
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ClareR (5996 KP) rated The Weather Woman in Books

May 19, 2025  
The Weather Woman
The Weather Woman
Sally Gardner | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Weather Woman is a thoroughly lovely book about a girl/ woman who can predict the weather. When she’s orphaned, she’s adopted by a clockmaker who helps her to go public with her predictions from within an automaton. When she wants to debate with scientists (all men), she wears the disguise of a man. No one sees through it.

And then she falls in love with a young man - except he doesn’t know that the man he knows is actually a woman.

Despite the fantastical element, there’s a real sense of the time in history (Regency), with the attitudes towards women, the poverty and entertainments. All of this was woven together really well, so that the supernatural blended seemlessly with the history.

It’s a lovely story, narrated perfectly on the audiobook by Sophie Roberts.