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Heretic - A Movie Review
Faith won’t save you if you don’t believe in yourself. After choosing which way into theaters, Heretic is a 2024 film. Two young missionaries become ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they knock on the door of Mr. Reed. Trapped in his home, they must choose carefully among their beliefs to make it out alive.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions has proved itself to be an incredible adaptation. They didn’t change anything major from the plot. They simply added to it, giving the characters more time to breathe and develop. I think the change in setting was brilliant and really aided the story. And though some of the characterizations were adjusted I think the integrity of the source material is fully intact. We are now in the finale of the season (perhaps series) and I hope they continue their brilliant writing through the end of the last episode.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
We are now in the last two episodes of Cruel Intentions, we have hit upon nearly every plot point from the movie. There are only a few things left to go. I am not sure if they are going to follow the movie ending through but I really love the way that the show is going so far. I really really hate adaptations. I've made that pretty clear. But this is possibly the best movie to tv adaptation that exists.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions is reaching a peak point with Cece realizing that she is in love with her professor and Lucien and Caroline growing closer outside of their little arrangement. And then of course we have Annie who is stuck in the middle. There is still a lot to wrap up in these last few episodes and we will see if they leave any loose ends for a possible second season.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
We are now into the second half of the season for Cruel Intentions. Now originally it was a single season order for this show but I think it has a lot of potential and we all know that if a studio feels like they can make money off of it they will continue to produce it until everyone is tired and broke. So perhaps there will be a second season in our future. Though I suppose I should hold my horses and see how this season ends first.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions has actually proved that this story was always meant to be a tv show. This show was not the first attempt at expanding on this story. There was a very failed Cruel Intentions 2, and there were several tries at a tv show but perhaps it has been just long enough for this to actually work. The cast and writers also seem to have a great understanding of what the movie actually was and therefore have been able to capture its tone and purpose really well in the show.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
And the drama continues. Cruel Intentions started exactly how I expected it to, if anything it actually surpassed any quality expectations that I had. But now I am fully invested. Lucien seems to have fully turned on Caroline, yet Caroline seems completely unfazed. So we will see how this plays out.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions started off strong, and I am hoping that in their 8 episode series that they continue to be consistent. I also hope that there is a full beginning, middle, and end to this story because 8 episodes is not a lot and it's not like they are adapting the movie beat for beat, there is a lot of added stuff. The new stuff works and it makes sense. I just don’t want it to derail the actual telling of the story. We need to be able to wrap all this up in 8 episodes with the possibility of more seasons.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Cruel Intentions
I have loved the movie Cruel Intentions since I was far too young to be watching it. So when there was news that it was being turned into a tv show, I was cautious. Generally speaking tv shows that are based off of 90s and early 2000s films are really not good (Heathers, Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You). But after rewatching the movie I think it is fathomable that this could be good IF they let the characters be terrible people. That was the main problem with the Gossip Girl reboot is they were trying to make the spoiled rich kids, loving and inclusive and that was insane. That said, let's get into the first episode of Cruel Intentions.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
