36 reviews tagged with "novel, thriller, murder"

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Pineapple Express (2008)

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google_ad_section_start After Seth Rogen and his buddy Evan Goldberg wrote the script for Superbad when they were 15 years old, they also were itching to write a script for an action movie, but with a twist. Nobody has done this before: if an action...

Reviewed by Maxim via on 13 Aug 2008.

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Double Fault by Lionel Shriver

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So Wimbledon was in progress, I was in my local bookshop and this novel caught my eye. Its the story of Willy, a low ranking tennis professional on the way up when we first encounter her. She's been playing tennis since aged four and is now...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 18 Jul 2008.

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Dead Man (1995)

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google_ad_section_start This dramatic western starring Johnny Depp was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The plot : After death of his parents, William Blake, an accountant from Cleveland, takes a job offer and moves to the Town of Machine at...

Reviewed by Maxim via on 09 Jul 2008.

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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

*****

Easy to read, page turner of a novel whose main character is Peter, a bullied teenager, who heads into high school one morning armed and kills ten people. I found many of the characters to be cliched and a bit one dimensional. But despite that the...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 03 Jul 2008.

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Butterfly on a Wheel

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A completely by-the-numbers thriller which leaves you not guessing at all. How many "psycho kidnaps someone and forces people to do things to save them" movies can be made? Awful rubbish which wastes the talent of good actors. I won't waste too much...

Reviewed by Old Baldy via on 27 May 2008.

1 of 1 people found this useful.

My Favourite Wife by Tony Parsons

*****

Having read and enjoyed “Man and Boy” and “One for my baby”, I was looking forward to reading this latest novel from Tony Parsons. Alas it was a major disappointment. Having just finished it, I am left with a sense of...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 30 Mar 2008.

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In the Woods by Tana French

*****

My mother in law lent me this book a few weeks ago and it was a good read up to a point. My main gripe is its very disappointing ending which then tarred the whole novel as I wondered “why the hell did I bother reading that?” Its set in...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 06 Mar 2008.

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Sunshine Movie

*****

I always want Danny Boyle movies to be great but his record really is more misses than hits. This snoozefest is yet another miss. Kubrick has a lot to answer for. It's like everyone is trying to out-do him by making the most boring space walk of all...

Reviewed by The Bandonian via on 16 Jan 2008.

1 of 1 people found this useful.

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