Q-ell Betton
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I write stuff. A lot.
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'In the Fade' - Review (Netflix)
Nuri Sekerci (Nurman Acar) is happy. He is marrying the love of his life, Katja (Diane Kruger). Such is their love and devotion to one another that, rather than buy wedding bands, they have them tattooed on their wedding fingers. The marriage takes place in prison as Nuri is serving a sentence for drug dealing.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Geeks
'Swiped' - Review (Netflix)
Ann Deborah Fishman should never be allowed to write or direct a film again. She should definitely not be allowed to write again. I’m not too sure she has encountered other people or overheard a conversation before. As for her grasp on relationships and their intricacies, on the evidence of Swiped, her film on Netflix, it is pretty tenuous. Let me explain.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Geeks
'A Simple Favour' - Review (Netflix)
Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) is a widowed, single mother who, after the death of her husband, started a cooking vlog. She is overly nice and volunteers for every activity at the school her son, Miles (Joshua Satine) goes to, much to the irritation of the other parents.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Geeks
'We Belong Together' - Review (Netflix)
Tracy (Draya Michele) is released from incarceration. She decides to enroll in college. Thomas Lewis is a recovering alcoholic who is trying to get his life together after a divorce from his ex-wife, Megan (Elise Neal). Because of his alcoholism, Megan got custody of their daughter, Brittany (Cassidey Fralin), who he has not been allowed to see whilst recovering.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Geeks
'Look Away' - Review (Netflix)
Maria Brennan (India Eisley) is an awkward, unpopular, seventeen-year-old high school student, who lives with her parents; plastic surgeon, Dan (Jason Isaacs) and her mother, a pill dependent, mildly depressed, Amy (Mira Sorvino). Aesthetics matter a lot to Dan.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Horror
'Secret Obsession' - Review (Netflix)
Jennifer Williams (Brenda Song) is running for her life from a mysterious man hunting her on a rainy night. Desperate to get away from him, she hides out in a remote service station restroom. He follows her into the restroom, but she manages to escape, running out and getting into her car outside. He follows her and sees her in the car.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Criminal
'The Laws of Thermodynamics' - Review (Netflix)
It is a truism that, generally, a person likes to believe themselves to be right. That is not to say that their every utterance is correct or that they are never wrong. No, it more relates to what they believe, what their guiding principals are. One tends to embrace beliefs that make them feel safe and that reinforce their view of the world.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Humans
'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 Betton5 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 Betton5 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 Betton5 years ago in Geeks