Tag: review
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“Deadbeat” Is A Lively Read
C.Kinzie || Kamloops, BC “Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger” is a hell of a fun book. Now, this review is going to be tricky. I want to write about all the amusing quips and snide remarks but there just won’t be time. In addition, if you’re unfamiliar with the characters in this book – I don’t…
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“Plague Nation” || Ashley Parker Is Back and She’s (Still) Kicking Ass
When “Plague Town” by Dana Fedsti was published, I was happy to review a “genre” book with such a cool heroine. The main character, Ashley Parker, is just your average student at the beginning of the book; and then things get crazy. There’s a zombie virus, “walker flu” and people get sick and then mutate…
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“Orphan Black” Is Okay With the Mute Button On
The new series, “Orphan Black” from BBC America, looked like it might be an interesting show. Sadly, I will never know if it improves because I couldn’t even get through one episode. To begin with, “Orphan Black” feels like a strange rehashing of The CW’s “Ringer” without the star power of Sarah Michelle Geller. The…
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Review: “Mama” Is Topping Box Office For a reason.
Title: Mama (2013) Director: Andrés Muschietti (Mama, short) Cast: Jessica Chastain (“The Help”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Take Shelter“), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones“, “Kingdom Of Heaven“, “Blackhawk Down”), Megan Charpentier (“Supernatural“, “Jennifer’s Body“, “Resident Evil”), Isabelle Nélisse (“Whitewash”) Synopsis: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest…
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Review: “Seven Psychopaths” and All The Best Actors
Films about killers are made better with humor. It eases the viewer into suddenly realizing that they’re feeling sympathetic toward characters who are killing people. It’s sneaky and I love it. Films where people get into an inordinate amount of trouble without really trying also please me. Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken in the same…
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Review: Apartment 143
I like horror movies; that’s no secret. In particular, I enjoy horror movies that are more traditional. There’s a place for slasher films but I’d much rather watch a good ghost story. “Apartment 143” has a lot of the things that I really enjoy in a good scary movies. There were a few moments when…
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Review: “Red Lights”
There have been quite a few movies about paranormal investigation teams encountering a phenomenon they can’t explain. Perhaps the greatest in this genre was “Poltergeist“. I will never forget the look on the scientist’s face when his steak began crawling across the counter. There’s no steak in “Red Lights” but there’s a hell of a plot and…
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“World Without End”: Epic Mini Series
Ken Follett’s much-loved novel “World Without End” was made into a mini-series. It can be difficult to capture the depth of a novel; a challenge to find the same pace and ability to build character. This mini-series is spot-on. If you need a little bit of excitement to entice you well – there are epic…
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The Possession: Don’t Listen to the Naysayers
There are a lot of films released each year that, some may say, are “horror films”. Most of the “scary” flicks that are around are slasher films; the kind of gore-fest that’s certainly got a place. I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to the darker side of film. Give me a good…
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“The Cocktail Waitress” Serves It Up
If you don’t know the name James M. Cain I’d be willing to bet money that you know the title “The Postman Always Rings Twice”.Cain authored his most well-known work in 1934 and it remains a much-loved work today. He penned many works although the most well know remain“Mildred Pierce” and “Double Indemnity”. Cain wrote right up until…
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AppStravaganza: Hipstamatic
I love photo apps for my iPhone. Many of the free ones are fantastic but there’s one app that I think is worth the $1.99 fee: Hipstamatic (by Hipstamatic LLC) If you’re the kind of person who just snaps the occasional pic, or wants everything to be fast and efficient then this probably isn’t the…
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