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Tag Archives: drama

Book – The Brothers K (1992)

rmann October 22, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews book, drama, review, sports 0

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.

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Movie – **** Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

rmann October 21, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, history, movie, review 0

Tour de force by Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant bringing the story of a real tone-deaf diva to the screen.

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Movie – **** The Finest Hours (2016)

rmann September 26, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, review 0

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.

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Movie – ****+ Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

rmann September 4, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, review 0

A troubled teen and a troubled loner are forced to go on the run together in the New Zealand bush changing both. Lovely film.

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Movie – ****+ Departures (2008)

rmann August 19, 2016 September 15, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, foreign, movie, review 0

Wonderful foreign film about an out-of-work cellist who goes home with his new wife and unexpectedly finds work as a funeral director’s assistant, a profession looked down upon in Japan.

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Movie – ***+ Captain Fantastic (2016)

rmann August 2, 2016 August 16, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, review 0

Entertaining within its strange premise that kids in a survival setting have the discipline to outlearn college students and love a completely dictatorial father.

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Movie – ***+ The Infiltrator (2016)

rmann July 18, 2016 July 24, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, review 0

Bryan Cranston (Robert Mazur) plays a role remarkably like his character in Breaking Bad, where his undercover activities start to alter his normal personality. The film paints the life of an infiltrator well, but offers no insight for our investment in the journey.

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Movie Review – ***+ Love & Mercy (2016)

rmann July 4, 2016 July 6, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, music, review 0

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, was played by John Cusack and Paul Dano, both well cast. Elizabeth Banks was also good, but the story overindulged the portrayal of his mental state and glossed over how the controlling psychiatrist came to dominate him.

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Movie Review – ****** Dave (1993)

rmann June 15, 2016 June 27, 2016Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, political, review, romance 0

Once again, I watched Dave and enjoyed every minute. Few movies bear repeated viewing, but Dave is one of them. Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver got it just right and brought a fun script to life. I will post six stars in the future for movies that deliver their magic…

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Book review – The Chamber – John Grisham (1994)

rmann June 10, 2016 June 10, 2016Movie and Book Reviews book, drama, legal, review 0

Book – ***            The Chamber (1994) – Slow exploration of Sam Cayhall, a Klu Klux Clan murderer facing the gas chamber. His estranged grandson, Adam Hill, fights his impending death sentence for two murders he did not commit. Too much of a treatise against the death penalty, while leaving interesting…

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