Book – **** David James Duncan’s novel of the Chance family which explores the interfamily and external relationships of the family members and the seemingly disperate worlds of minor league baseball, religion, and the Vietnam War. Duncan, however, blends them seamlessly with humor and pathos. Excellent book.
Tour de force by Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant bringing the story of a real tone-deaf diva to the screen.
Crowded but fun super-villain story where the solution creates the problem. Robert Aldrich could have taken a lesson though from the 1967 war movie The Dirty Dozen which managed to connect the viewer to every one of the twelve criminals.
Entertaining fantasy by Tim Burton. Imaginative visuals and world building. Full on interesting odd ideas, including time loops.
Cracking methane into hydrogen and carbon had been done with steam, but mechanisms would get clogged with the sooty carbon byproduct. Now a method of breaking methane over molten tin has been discovered, where the soot floats to the surface for removal. Check the implications for clean energy. http://bit.ly/rma_free_hydrogen
Book – *** – Stephanie Tromly’s story is weakest of the three books on my current YA mystery reading list, as almost all the relevant discoveries are made by the secondary character, Digby, who we meet on page one. The main character, Zoe Webster, isn’t named until page ten. Like…
Beautiful story and animation, a film for the whole family.
Coast Guard rescue and love story that fully delivers the dangers seamen and coast guard face combating storms at sea and bureaucracy on land. Nice acting by Chris Pine, Holiday Grainger, and Casey Affleck.
Book – **** Beth Fantaskey’s YA story is set at school where an unpopular coach is murdered after Millie Ostermeyer, the protagonist, has already made a list of the people who would like to do him in, including her father. This book, in tone, style, and incidental romance is very…
