Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Prince of Darkness (1987) in Movies
Jun 23, 2019
the film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing (1982) and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness (1995).
The film is about cellar, a priest finds an otherworldly vial filled with slime. Frightened, he brings his discovery to a circle of top scholars and scientists, who eventually learn that the strange liquid is the essence of Satan. The slime then begins to seep out, turning some of the academics into zombified killers. As the possessed battle the survivors, student Kelly is infected by a large quantity of the liquid and becomes Satan personified.
It has supernatural elements, psychological elements and horror elements.
Its underreated and i think more people should watch it.
Natari (73 KP) rated Curse the Dawn (Cassandra Palmer, #4) in Books
Jul 19, 2019
The stakes are higher in book 4, with a God on Cassie's tail. At one point, quite literally. But when I look back over the books, I can't get over my love of book 3 enough and book 4 seems lacking in comparison.
Not that it is a bad book. Quite the opposite. Curse the Dawn is a necessary book in the series. It takes the series to a higher level. It's the start of a new arc for Cassie. We've had the trilogy of her finding herself, and now this starts her journey to find her power and place in the world. I can't wait for more.
Deborah (162 KP) rated Captain Ingram's Inheritance (Rothschild Trilogy, #3) in Books
Dec 21, 2018
English readers may know Carola Dunn from her Daisy Dalrymple books, but she is originally English and has written a fair number of regencies. It looks like most have only been published in the US, although they are available on Amazon as Kindle editions.
The three books are very much related and should be read in order to give you the bigger picture; this book and the previous volume very much cross over, almost like one story.
The Bandersnatch (199 KP) rated The Novice (Black Magician Trilogy, #2) in Books
Nov 7, 2019
I loved the second book especially How Sonea dealt with the class abuse form the other students and the threat of the high lord Akkarin after he finds out she knows his dirty little secret. And I especially loved Sonea defeating her bully in a duel showing both the bully and the guild she wasn't to be messed with especially since she took a lot of hell from most if not all of them.
David McK (3770 KP) rated Inception (2010) in Movies
Nov 20, 2019
He's virtually unrecognizable here.
Mind-bending action/adventure by Christopher Nolan - who directed The Dark Knight trilogy - following a team of crooks who specialise in extracting information from their targets subconscious whilst said target is asleep.
When a job goes wrong, Cobb (di Caprio) is thrown a lifeline by his target (Ken Watanabe): rather than stealing information, he wants him to implant an idea in another persons subconscious i.e. Inception.
With a quite impressive cast list - Leonardo di Caprio, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, that-now-grown-up-kid-from-Third-Rock-From-The-Sun (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Cillian Murphy, this might take a while to get going but is undeniably visually impressive once it does!
(snap-poll: does the spinner stop spinning at the very end? Yea or Nay?)
Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr
Book
In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty...
Ikebana Through All Seasons
Book
After the success of Ikebana Today (9789058562081) and Contemporary Ikebana (9789058562692),...
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
8.0
Rate It
Book
In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from...
Clockwork Angel
9.0
Rate It
Book
In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle...
Menorahs and Minarets
Kamal Ruhayyim and Sarah Enany
Book
In the third part of Kamal Ruhayyim's trilogy, Galal, the son of a mixed Jewish/Muslim family...