Phillip Parr
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Yes, flat performances (but Washington and Lucas were tremendous) and a thin storyline. Amazing cinematography. A daring historical muddle: was it set in 196AD … didn’t notice the then Emperor Septimius Severus, father of Caracalla and Geta.
Gladiator II
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I have always enjoyed Anne Tyler’s books until this one. I found it very dull and tedious: uninteresting characters who don’t develop and very thin storylines. Tyler includes too many characters: sorting out who’s who obscures any overarching themes.
French Braid: A Novel
Review·11mo
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I have found the feedback here very useful in helping me understand just what this film is trying to achieve. As a German speaker I wish the language had been clearer and easier to understand; subtitles are so wearing and language here fell between two stools. The psychology was sometimes crass (a steam-train ploughing along, red fires at night); I had my doubts as to the rightness of the presentation.
The Zone of Interest
Review·12mo
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This does not read like a Lee Child book: the plot unfolds in a completely different way, the characters are uncomplicated (indeed transparent) and even the language is somehow thin. Mercifully the author has ditched the usual obsession over detailed topography and directions!
To be honest this book is a disappointment.
Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel
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Jo Hamilton - top lady! Well done!
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Review·1y
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Excellent choice of Doctor and companion but a very poor storyline in the Christmas Day special.
Doctor Who
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The subdivision of the story between three women is initially interesting but it wears thin after a while and feels a tired device. I am finding this a slow book, ever so slightly dull. Saint becomes entangled in complicated descriptions of feelings and her English prose style can be laboured - and unclear in places, too (pp165-171 for example). The story needs to sweep on more energetically. The book needs cutting.
Elektra: A Novel
Review·2y
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