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The cast of the 2015 BBC miniseries adaptation of And Then There Were None

Books to Film: ‘And Then There Were None’ book review

Post author:JL
Post published:August 7, 2017
Post category:Book Reviews Books to Film

I recently finished And Then There Were None, a thriller by Agatha Christie. I haven't read an Agatha Christie book in ages, but I picked it up on the recommendation of Anne Bogel from Modern Mrs Darcy in one of her "What Should I Read Next" podcast episodes. Her son also read the book and said it was the best book he ever read, which intrigued me to see what about this book could cause a teenager to love it. I ended up agreeing it is great too. What a baffling mystery and chilling thriller!

Ansel Elgort (Baby), Jamie Foxx (Bats), Eiza González (Darling) and Jon Hamm (Buddy) in Baby Driver

‘Baby Driver’ review: Visionary

Post author:JL
Post published:July 28, 2017
Post category:Movie Reviews

Baby Driver is a film that I said I wasn't sure I would watch in my "Movies Coming Soon" post at the beginning of this month. It stars a cast that I'm not wild over, especially Ansel Elgort, who looks kind of wimpy for a leading man (an impression I can't get over from his cowardly role in the Divergent series), though I don't mind the rest of the actors. This is a movie that is built around the soundtrack, and as I'm not such a huge music lover, that didn't appeal to me either.

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner in Furious 7

‘Furious 7’ review: Thrilling but bittersweet

Post author:JL
Post published:April 7, 2015
Post category:Movie Reviews

What can I say about Fast & Furious 7 (or Furious 7, as it is known in the U.S.), which I haven't already said about Fast & Furious 6? Or any other film in the franchise, for that matter?

Miles Teller (Andrew Neyman) and J.K. Simmons (Terence Fletcher) in Whiplash

‘Whiplash’, ‘Blackhat’ and ‘Into the Woods’ reviews: Choose ‘Whiplash’.

Post author:JL
Post published:January 26, 2015
Post category:Movie Reviews Awards Season Me and the Movies Show Business

Whiplash is an awesome, AWESOME film. Go watch it.

Denzel Washington as Robert McCall in The Equalizer

‘The Equalizer’ review: Denzel Washington is every reason to watch this film

Post author:JL
Post published:September 28, 2014
Post category:Movie Reviews

Denzel Washington as man-with-a-secret-past Robert McCall in The Equalizer The Equalizer is an old school vigilante action thriller. (How old school? There is a classic…

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ review: Vulgar and excessive, but so HILARIOUS

Post author:JL
Post published:January 16, 2014
Post category:Movie Reviews

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street The Wolf of Wall Street review in a nutshell A movie that reaches such…

The all-star cast of American Hustle: Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence

‘American Hustle’ review: Messy plot, memorable characters

Post author:JL
Post published:December 28, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews Awards Season

When a movie spends its first three minutes on Christian Bale carefully arranging his sparse hair into a comb over, with his shirt unbuttoned to show off a paunchy stomach, you know somehow that plot isn't its biggest concern.

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his gang of motor racers are back, faster and furiouser in Fast & Furious 6

‘Fast & Furious 6’ review: Don’t think, just go along for the ride

Post author:JL
Post published:December 2, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews

Fast & Furious 6 review in a nutshell: So fast! So furious! So ridiculous!

‘Gambit’ review: This gambit doesn’t pay off

Post author:JL
Post published:March 24, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews

If the stellar duo of Colin Firth and Alan Rickman, and the prestigious pedigree of the Coen brothers had attracted you to Gambit, you will be sorely disappointed.