Q-ell Betton
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I write stuff. A lot.
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'Kidnapping Stella' - Review (Netflix)
Ex-convicts, Vic (Clemens Schick) and Tom (Max von der Groeben) go shopping. They buy soundproof cladding, handcuffs, blackout curtains, locks, and other miscellaneous objects. They prepare a room; a sturdy double bed, blackout windows, extra locks on the doors, both the bedroom door and the door to the small, remote apartment. The apartment is in an abandoned block of flats.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Point Blank' - Review (Netflix)
With the conclusion of the MCU’s Infinity saga with April’s epic Avengers Endgame release, and all of the characters—and the actors who played them—taking a break—except for Spider-Man: Far From Home having Tom Holland reprising his role as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, and Samuel L Jackson returning as Nick Fury—the rest of the main players, with, once again, the exception of the omnipresent Jackson, have been doing other less celebrated projects. Without the juggernaut that is the MCU, and because so many of the actors are now wedded to their famous super-powered personas, getting eyeballs on to their other films and projects is challenging.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
The Reality Is
I must admit, right out of the gate, that I am not a fan of reality television. That is not to say it has no merit, or even that all reality television is terrible—though a lot of it is—it is just that, as an aspiring writer, looking at it from a purely selfish point of view, it is lazy television. When I say ‘reality television’, I am not referring to talent shows.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Rim of the World'
Alex (Jack Gore) is a nerdy, thirteen-year-old recluse, obsessed with all things space related. His mother, Grace (Annabeth Gish) signs him up for a summer camp, Rim of the World, to try and get him involved with other kids after the death of his father.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Review
A decade plus project, that concluded with a couple of the biggest films in recent memory, was always going to be difficult to follow up. The two-part culmination that was Infinity War and Endgame are already classics of modern cinema, covering over the less well-received films in the MCU.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Elizabeth Harvest' - Review (Netflix)
Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) is the young beautiful, newly-married wife of billionaire Henry (Ciarán Hinds). He takes her to his sprawling modern mansion, located in a remote and mountainous region. There, she meets his son, who is blind, Oliver (Matthew Beard), and his housekeeper, Claire (Carla Gugino).
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Futurism
Rough Night
Jess (Scarlett Johansson), Alice (Jillian Bell), Blair (Zoe Kravitz), and Frankie (Ilana Glazer) are close friends in college. They promise that they will always stay in touch, ten years later with their lives all in very different places, the friends get together for Jess’ bachelorette party.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Shaft' (2019) - Review (Netflix)
Back in 1971, a seminal blaxploitation film was released. Gordon Parks’ Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree in the lead role as John Shaft, was a landmark film in cinema. Shaft was a character that unashamedly was black, embracing black culture and attitudes of the times against the backdrop of an America trying to find an identity after the upheaval of the sixties, a decade that saw the civil rights movement, the assassination of John F Kennedy, and the last years of the Vietnam war.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Father of the Year'—Review (Netflix)
Ben (Joey Bragg) and his best friend Larry (Matt Shively) go to visit Ben’s layabout, wastrel of a father, Wayne (David Spade). Ben is a college valedictorian and is leaving for New York, having got a job at a progressive, tech company, ISG. Ben is not overly excited to see his father, only doing so out of duty. Wayne shows himself to be as much of a loser as Ben believes.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Fist Fight' - Review (Prime)
It is the last day of school at Roosevelt High school and that means senior's prank day. Amongst the many teachers trying to get through the day is Coach Crawford (Tracy Morgan), Holly (Jillian Bell) and English teacher, Andy Campbell (Charlie Day). One teacher who is not tolerating any pranks is the fearsome history teacher, Strickland (Ice Cube).
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
