Q-ell Betton
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I write stuff. A lot.
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A Remarkable Tale - review
Brief synopsis: In the remote Spanish village of Upper Fuertejuela, four black dancers find themselves caught up in the politics of an ageing town trying to avoid annexation. They are taken in by one of the villagers who has designs on becoming the new mayor by opposing the current mayor, her ex-husband.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
Uncorked - review
Brief synopsis: A son becomes estranged from his father when he decides to follow his dream of becoming a sommelier. When he takes a trip of a lifetime to study the craft in France, things after complicated further by his mother becoming gravely ill and financial difficulties.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
47 Metres Down: Uncaged
Brief synopsis: Four teenage girls decide to go and explore an ancient, submerged underwater, Mexican city. When one of the girls gets frightened by a fish, she knocks over a column the girls get separated. Found by a diver known by girls, they are about to leave the water when find out there is a shark down with them. As they try to escape, their exit becomes blocked. The girls must now find another way out.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Horror
Hollow Point - review
Brief synopsis: A professor of ethics family is killed when they stray into the wrong part of town and witness a drug lord murder someone and get killed for witnessing it. After getting imprisoned for trying to exact revenge, the professor is recruited by his lawyer, who is also a secret vigilante, to join his crew of outside-the-law warriors.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
Altered Carbon: Resleeved
Brief synopsis: In a future where a person's consciousness and personality can be transferred to a new body - a sleeve - their life is housed in a small disc that is implanted into the spine at the neck called a stack. Takeshi Kovac (Ray Chase), the last envoy - an exceptional soldier with empathic abilities -, is re-sleeved in order to use his particular skillset to protect a young Yakuza tattooist, Holly (Brittany Cox) from a dangerous cabal of red-clad ninja assassins. He is also tasked with finding the killer of the Mizimoto clan’s leader.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Futurism
Ready To Mingle - Netflix
Brief synopsis: When Ana (Cassandra Ciangherotti) gets dumped by Gabriel (Pablo Cruz) she is heartbroken. Six months later, she finds out he is getting married. Bemoaning her lot, she takes the advice of a friend and goes on a course that is designed to help women get a husband.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
Mercy Black - (Netflix)
Brief synopsis: When Marina (Daniella Pineda) is reluctantly discharged from a psychiatric hospital after fifteens years, she goes to stay with her sister, Alice (Elle LaMont) and her family; partner, Will (Austin Amelio) and young son, Bryce (Miles Emmons).
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Horror
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker - review
Brief Synopsis: When black washerwoman Sarah Breedlove’s (Octavia Spencer) hair begins to fall out due to life’s stresses a chance meeting with hair ointment saleswoman Addie Munroe (Carmen Ejogo) helps her to regrow her hair and regain her confidence.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
Live Twice, Love Once
Brief synopsis: Former mathematics professor, Emilio (Oscar Martinez), now in his twilight years, goes to see a doctor after showing signs of forgetfulness. He is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and asked if he has any relatives. He says he has none. When leaving the doctor office they bump into, Julia (Inma Cuesta), his daughter. She finds out he has early Alzheimer’s.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
Spenser Confidential
Brief synopsis: When ex-cop Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) gets out of prison and hears that dirty cop and his old captain, Boylan (Michael Gaston) who he got sent to prison for assaulting, got killed his curiosity is piqued. When another police officer, Terence Graham (Brandon Scales) is also killed and it is made to look like a suicide, a sceptical Spenser investigates.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Geeks
Cosily, Cuttingly, Connected
It is a curse and a blessing of the modern world that we are all connected. Opinions, beliefs, causes or any point of view can be promoted or voiced in seconds with just a few taps on a keyboard. No matter how outlandish or vociferous the view, one can always find a tribe that aligns with one’s point of view.
By Q-ell Betton4 years ago in Motivation