Two good leads portraying hard-to-like characters in a unappealing rom com.
read more'La Femme Nikita' - Movie Review
Still carries a wicked emotional clout, a damn good movie.
read more'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' - Movie Review
A couple very good characters couldn't save this from its own overheated silliness.
read more'The Edge of Seventeen' - Movie Review
Steinfeld's outstanding performance can't save an otherwise common teen coming-of-age movie.
read more'Il Sorpasso' - Movie Review
Old Italian comedy - driven by a particularly good performance by Vittorio Gassman.
read more'Lion' - Movie Review
Wrenching but eventually surprisingly upbeat story of an Indian not-quite-orphan adopted into an Australian family.
read more'Gateway' - Book Review
One of the best SF novels there is.
read more'Die Hard 2' - Movie Review
A less funny, less likeable retread of the original.
read more'Ignition! An Informal History of Rocket Propellants' - Book Review
A hugely entertaining history of rocket propellant technology through 1972. Recommended for anyone with basic physics and chemistry that wants to know about the subject ... or needs a good laugh (I'm not kidding).
read more'Sing' - Movie Review
A few good gags in a very pedestrian film.
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