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Pretty Little Liars: I'm a Good Girl, I Am (2015)
Season 5, Episode 24
10/10
Pretty Little Liars continues the trend of delivering amazing penultimate episodes.
18 March 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Maya Goldsmith and Oliver Goldstick does it again you all. The fourth time this year. Well the fifth for Oliver. Another amazing penultimate episode to add to the list.

I have always had high expectations for this episode, the same way I was super excited for last year's Unbridled and the third season's I'm Your Puppets. Even though I had an idea about what was going to happen(Thanks so much for the spoilers Daisy. I hate you), this episode still kept my interest throughout the entire thing. It builds up the anticipation slowly and then crushes your heart in the end into millions of tiny pieces. I loved how this half of the season felt focused and the writers seem to know where they are going for the first time. I loved how the Ice-cream factory visit tied in with this episode and was a cause for the Liars to be arrested. I loved Caleb/Ezra/Mike scenes. Honestly I strongly believe that if they ask for help from Caleb a bit more, they could easily solve this mystery.

All that being said, I cannot wait for the finAle. Bring it on already.
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Pretty Little Liars: Free Fall (2014)
Season 4, Episode 20
9/10
Best written episode in a long time!
6 April 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Wow! Can I just take a breath and say that it was easily the most exciting episode in a really long time! From the start to the finish it held my attention.

Spencer's drug addiction is getting worse and she wakes up in Ezra's classroom! Troain Bellisario delivers great performance throughout and the intervention scene where Spencer finally reveals to Aria the truth about Ezra was so good. The girls don't trust Spencer anymore as she is saying things that never really happened or hallucinating. To prove herself true, she plans to trap Ezra which fails as someone else appears in his place. Spencer's words have an effect on Aria as she begins to suspect Ezra, causing a lot of tension until the confrontation between them in a ski-lift. Which is where it all went down! Ezra reveals he is writing a book about Alison! What the hell Marlene? Another cop out? But thank god Aria's still mad at him for lying to her. And what's going on between Ezra and Mona? Is she working for him? If he's not 'A' then why is Mona working for/with him.

Overall amazing episode if you leave out the cop out! So thanks to Maya Goldsmith for creating a tension-filled episode that we all love to see. 9/10
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Pretty Little Liars: Who's in the Box? (2014)
Season 4, Episode 14
6/10
Knock, Knock, Who's In The Box?
7 January 2014
Warning: Spoilers
After a long time Pretty Little Liars returned to our televisions and it did not disappoint.

The liars are on a hunt to make Rosewood safer for Alison to return with Hanna being the one doing most of the works. Spencer is still helping Toby to find out what happened to his mom. Caleb is back and Hanna and him shares a very emotional moment before he leaves again! Peter Hastings also returned and is as shady as ever. Ashley Marin is jobless and is offered to work for Jessica DiLaurentis, who is visited by Alison often. And Aria is cheating on Jake with Ezra!

The best thing about tonight's episode was the battle of wits between Ezra and Mona! Mona definitely knows something about Ezra and tries her best to make Ezra talk or to work with him but he just scares Mona away. Both of them were spectacular tonight alongside Hanna.

However I missed Alison, and after a great start the episode became a little slow. That's why an 8/10. Looking forward to the next episode.
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9/10
midseAson finAles never disAppoints!
28 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Like all the previous mid-season finales of Pretty Little Liars, Now You See Me, Now You Don't did not disappoint! It was action-packed and full of mysteries, drAma, and revelAtions!! The episode kicked off with Hanna's mom being released from jail and Cece becoming the main suspect of Wilden's murder! Toby finds out Shana is helping Wren to move in with Melissa. The Liars are misled by A by making them believe that Mona's in danger. Hanna finds out that Mona has been released from Radley so she along with Caleb spends the night in front of Mona's House keeping an eye for her. Spencer and Toby reunites and Aria kisses both Jake and ezrA!Like that hadn't happened before. And guess what? Red Coat is shown spying on Ezria! The Liars goes to Ravenswood after receiving a mysterious puzzle from A. There they attend a magic show where Aria is part of a trick. While Spencer and Hanna watches the show Emily is kidnapped by A! She is in a sawmill and red coat leads the others there. There they discover Two Red Coats! One stops the machine to save Emily while other is probably the one that started it. Aria follows the bad one and Spencer the other one. Aria kicks open the Ali mask from Red Coat's Face and its.......... CECE Drake!!!!!! Cece tries to escape but falls! Aria and others think she is dead and while they comfort Aria Cece escapes. The other Red Coat leads Spencer to A's new Lair! The new lair is organized unlike the previous layers. There are many gadgets and expensive accessories. They look around the lair and there are whiteboards showing a timeline of each girl's lives since the messages began, reaching all the way back to Ali's funeral. Hanna glances at some desks and sees a diary with a lock on it. She slides it into her pocket. The girls walk around the apartment and find a large computer system with multiple screens, all monitoring the police, watching the streets and the girls' alarm systems, as well. They now know how A has been keeping tabs on all of them.

Toby follows Shana who leads him to Mona! She is well and in no danger! Could she be A again? Who knows? Back in A's lair, the girls try to hack A's computer system. They call Caleb for help, but his hacking talents don't appear to be working. Caleb says that he will get on the next bus to Ravenswood.

Spencer finds A's bank account, and it seems like A has formed a corporation. According to the document, CeCe is on the payroll. The girls wonder if A paid CeCe to dress up as Red Coat to lead the girls away from Ali. Meanwhile, the person behind the painting continues to watch them.

Hanna opens a wardrobe and sees multiple men's suits and shoes. "I think A is a guy," she says, and the girls look at the suits. Emily picks up what appears to be a large scrap book, which is filled with pictures of Ali posing, and she is wearing the same outfit in each one.

Aria calls the girls over to Ali's timeline, and says that A hasn't only been following the girls, but also Ali, too. He has pinned Ali to the fire at the lodge has been following her trail to Ravenswood, according to the timeline. The girls stare at it in shock, and Emily says, "If Ali has been alive this whole time, then whose funeral did we go to?" hey see a picture on the timeline of a gas mask costume, and they also see a flier for a celebration of Ravenswood later that night. On the flier, written in red, is a note that says: Tonight, Alison, 11 PM. The girls realize that Board Shorts thinks Ali is going to be at the celebration. Spencer says that they need to find Ali first.

They are approached by Mrs. Grunwald, who tells them that it is dangerous for them to go chasing after Ali. Spencer says that she thought she never knew Ali, but Grunwald says that she lied to protect Ali.

According to Grunwald, Ali called Grunwald that summer to find out who was stalking her. Mrs. Grunwald believes herself to be a psychic, which is why Ali called her. The night Ali went missing, Mrs. Grunwald had a bad feeling. So, she drove to Rosewood and to the DiLaurentis house. She walked into her backyard and saw Ali reaching up from the ground. Mrs. Grunwald pulled her out of the ground. She was bleeding from the head and was very confused. She put Ali into the car and drove her to the hospital. When they got there, Mrs. Grunwald ran in to get help, but while she was gone, Alison ran away. We don't know if we can believe her! In Rosewood, Caleb boards a bus that will take him to Ravenswood. Back in Ravenswood, Aria wants to leave the town, but the others say that they need to find Ali before A does. Aria isn't sure she believes Grunwald, but the rest do, so they decide to buy costumes for the celebration.

A figure dressed in black watches the girls from the shadows…he walks to A's apartment and walks inside, and when he sees that someone was in there, he angrily slams his wardrobe shut. He is Board Shorts, he is A. He is Ezra Fitz.

OMG!!! This episode left us with so many questions! Hope they are all explained properly and hope Ezra's not a double agent like Toby! Bring on the Halloween episode!
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Pretty Little Liars: Into the Deep (2013)
Season 4, Episode 9
6/10
A Huge Disappointment!
7 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Pretty Little Liars was going on the right track from the 6th episode of this season. But this episode took the season downhill.

Paige throws Emily a surprise birthday party and Hanna's mom is released after Pastor Ted pays the bail. Spencer was barely in this episode and all Aria does mostly is keep looking at Jake.Whenever I think that Aria can change she becomes more disgusting! A lot of screen time is wasted on Ezra's family drama where they could have shown some flashback or some scenes with Mona. Anyone but Ezra! I am rating this episode a 6 because of the beautiful Paily scene(although Paige seemed a little suspicious throughout the episode), Mona scene at the beginning and the scenes between Ashley/Hanna/Ted. The rest of the episode was boring.
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Pretty Little Liars: Crash and Burn, Girl! (2013)
Season 4, Episode 7
7/10
It was a bit slow but it was good!
28 July 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This week's Pretty Little Liars started slowly with the Liars trying to comfort Hanna. Caleb and Toby teams up to discover clues that'll lead them to the identity of Red Coat. And trust me they do discover a lot! At least more than the four girls could ever discover in one single episode! The acting was really good especially of Ashley Benson which was a surprise. Most of her scenes were emotional but subtle and the scene where Hanna packs up clothes for her mom was the best of the episode! So emotional! I actually liked Aria in this episode after a long time! Her dialogues were funny especially the one she delivers when she discovers porn in Wilden's house! Yes, Aria, Spencer and Emily breaks into Wilden's house using a key Emily stole from her mother to find a new suspect for his mother! This gets Pam suspended. And this also makes A angry and he/she crashes into Emily's house with a car and it nearly kills Pam! The only bad thing about this episode was the lack of Mona! Why does she disappear so often! Glad she's in the next episode! 8/10
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Pretty Little Liars: Gamma Zeta Die! (2013)
Season 4, Episode 5
8/10
Not What I Expected.
11 July 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I have been waiting for this episode since the day Troian posted a picture of things getting weird on PLL. But this episode was a letdown.

The episode opens with Hanna discovering that her mother is bald!..... But Alas! It turns out to be a nightmare, which is a good thing. Ella gets attacked by Bees in her car and she just sits there waiting for the bees to sting her! How stupid! Mona is still MIA for 3 episodes and now Melissa's also gone. And guess who returns! Mike, Aria's troubled little brother!I don't know why but the scene between Aria and Mike was my favorite scene of the whole episode.

Spencer and Emily ends up in a college led my the number Tippi gave them! Spencer plans on discovering who Alison used to call and talk with and so she visits a sorority party. Meanwhile Emily attempts to get into the college.At the party, Emily speaks with a member of the sorority about how to apply. She notices a strange paddle and mask and asks the member about it. The member replies that it belonged to Mrs. Grunwald, the sorority's house mother who had gotten fired years ago. She says that nothing could get past her and that she knew when girls sneak out before they even got the idea of it themselves. Hanna shows up at the party and shows the gun she found in her mother's closet to Spencer. She speculates it is her dad's missing gun and tells Spencer that she wants to hide it so that if the police question her dad, he will truthfully not know where it is. Spencer tells her to wait there while she goes to look for Emily.

Spencer goes upstairs and into the hallways, looking for Emily. Instead of finding Emily, she finds a secret door to a hidden room built into the wall. It is empty except for a disconnected phone and a radio. She uses the phone to call Aria, proving that it is indeed the phone that Ali had been calling the summer she went missing. While on the phone with Aria, Spencer notices scratch marks in the room.

Hanna decides not to wait any longer and leaves the party, heading for the woods. In the woods, Hanna begins to bury the gun but is suddenly surrounded by police officers. She is put in handcuffs and is hauled away, while Spencer and Emily look on. They get a text from A, which suggests that A called the police on Hanna.

In the final shot, A pours honey into some tea and takes out a dusty photo. A wipes away the dust and we see a picture of Carla Grunwald, the house mother of the sorority. And guess what! Carla Grunwald looks a lot like Jessica DiLaurentis! What do you think this means? It was a good episode but not as epic and full of actions as I hoped it will be! Hope the next one's better!
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3/10
Bad!
7 July 2013
This movie was a huge disappointment! The positive early reviews, Charlize Theron's involvement and the trailers sparked my interests but after watching the film I felt like I have wasted both my money and time on this irritating film! Kristen Stewart was totally miscast! She cannot act and should stick on to films where she can play date with her vampire bf. Chris Hamesworth wasn't good as well. The only reason I gave this films 3 stars is because of the cinematography and Charlize Theron's portrayal of The villain! Although Charlize didn't deliver much, she is , without any doubt the best part of the movie.

Don't waste your time watching this! 3/10
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8/10
A beautiful adaptation but it could have been a lot better!
7 July 2013
The Hunger Games is one of my favorite books. It has a really great plot and hats off to Suzanne Collin's for creating such a genuine but yet interesting novel! When I Went to watch the film I had really great expectations. And I enjoyed the movie through out but it could have been so much better.

Screenplay- The 1st half of the screenplay was pretty good. But I felt that the second half lacked in emotion. The Katniss/Peeta scene in the caves were completely butchered down and the interviews after the games were really very short. The only scene that I loved in the second half of the film was the scene in which Rue dies!

Acting- The acting was top-notch! Jennifer Lawrence was brilliant as Katniss. Her emotions, eye movement and everything else was perfect. Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks were also great in their roles. Liam Hamesworth's performance was too short to be judged. Josh Hutcherson.... His character was not well written and so its not his fault that we did not get the Peeta we deserved.

Action- The action scenes were pretty good but I still think they could have shown a lot more for a PG-13 movie.

Direction- Gary Ross' direction was amazing. Sad He's not doing the second one.

Overall the film was a good adaptation of the book but it could have been a lot better. Looking forward to the next one.
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Pretty Little Liars: This Is a Dark Ride (2012)
Season 3, Episode 13
10/10
It Was Chilling
24 October 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This was a Great Halloween Episode. At least a lot better than the last Halloween Episode.(2X13) Loved the story and the train scenes. The episode starts with Mona and ends with Mona if you don't count the last scene(hand coming out of the ground). I am glad that finally it was Aria who got trapped. And we Know One thing for sure now that Ezra's lying and he is probably guilty of something.... This episode showed us a murder scene and also two other jaw dropping scenes.

The writers did a great job but its the director and the set designer who steals the show. They did a great job making the sets scary.

Story- 9.5/10 Acting-10/10 Direction-10/10

Watch this one even if you missed the others. This is a standalone episode.........
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Pretty Little Liars: The Lady Killer (2012)
Season 3, Episode 12
9/10
Oh My God!
23 October 2012
Warning: Spoilers
The writers created an extraordinary mid season finale and i believe that it is the best pretty little liars episode. You won't believe who A is.... Don't wanna spoil the fun for those who did not watch it. So just don't miss this one. I will obviously watch this one a lots of times. It has now entered in my best pretty little liars episode list. I feel sorry for Spencer and Hanna.. They are my favorite Pretty Little Liars..

This truly was the biggest betrayal of them all. Hats off to I Marlene King.

The main thing that steals the show is the suspense, the acting, Mona getting out of Radley and the eagerness to find out who A is.Watch this and you won't regret it.
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9/10
Good and Bad things about the film.
14 August 2011
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This is the last film of the worldwide franchise. If they had to make the film in a way like this, then one film was better than making two films. David Heyman is an amazing producer but David Yates a completely fowl director. He ruined the fifth sixth and seventh film and so he did with the eight film. He cut of everything. The beginning was very good, but the battle was quiet miserable. Most of the things was shown in the trailer , what happened in the battle and there was too much Harry in the film. Ron and Hermione even didn't appear much and the stupid David Yates deleted many things from the memory of Snape. The dead scene of Fred was also omitted. Ariana's story gone!!! Duel of Hermione, Ginny and Luna with Bellatrix gone. And the battle of Harry & Voldemort though they made it a bit longer it was still disappointing. There was no one to see and and thus what is the proof that Voldy is dead???? The film was good and enjoyable but I think a lot more could be expected from this film.
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