2/11/2012
I’ve got to admit, I’ve actually got tonight’s episode of QI on, at the moment.
And happily laughing aware, merrily.
And at the same points I did the first time around.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, it’s not a repeat: it’s actually the one I and my youngest sister — my nephew, Jude’s mum, Ruth — saw being recorded a few months ago.
Fascinating to see it again: although it has to be said, John Sessions couldn’t half go on … !
At ANY rate … ?
That’s not quite what I meant to start telling you about.
Nope … !
I was going to start telling you about the film I rented from iTunes, tonight. The 2012 release, The Pact.
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3/11/2012
And when I say interesting …
Directed by first timer, Nicholas McCarthy, The Pact sees Annie — played by Caity Lotz — returning to her old home for the funeral of her mother.
But also to meet her sister, Nicole*: who has disappeared, along with her cousin Lizª.
In trying to find them … ? In trying to find them, Annie has to go for some unconventional routes: including to a local policeman (Creek, Casper van Dien) and local medium, Stevie (Haley Hudson).
All of THAT … ?
All of that leading to finding that an old friend of her mother is now a LATE old friend.
And — like some of the ghosts I can remember reading about in my childhood — that old friend want’s Annie to find her killer: the serial killer known as Judas …
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Now, I said interesting … ?
It’s definitely that.
It’s ALSO definitely a first time effort: but one that certainly does a lot better — and has a lot more budget — than the last first-timer I saw, the 2011 film, Absentia.
Personally … ?
Personally, I’m thinking The Pact isn’t stunning.
But IS a nicely polished hour and a half’s worth of entertainment.
The Pact.
★★☆☆
* Agnes Bruckner.
ª Kathleen Rose Perkins
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