Book – **** In John Grisham’s recent offering, Sebastian Rudd is a lawyer who takes on the worst clients, invests in cage fighters, is a near total loner, but still manages to capture the reader’s interest in watching him thread through the mazes of the legal system.
Not John Grisham’s strongest novel due to it’s heavy message against capital punishment, delivered in many ways and at length. Still, Grisham is an excellent writer and I’ve yet to read a book of his that didn’t pay back my time spent.
Terrible Christian message film given 4/5 stars on Movie Roster, 7/10 on Movie Deputy. Do not trust these reviewing sites. Unbelievable main character whose actions on discovering his human cargo are absurd.
Bank robbery movie with a few new twists and good acting by Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges.
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.
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.
A troubled teen and a troubled loner are forced to go on the run together in the New Zealand bush changing both. Lovely film.
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.
Entertaining within its strange premise that kids in a survival setting have the discipline to outlearn college students and love a completely dictatorial father.