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Month: December 2017

Movie ****+ The Shape of Water (2017)

rmann December 26, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews fantasy, movie, review, romance, sci-fi 0

Lovely, surprising movie by Guillermo del Toro, but maybe not so surprising since he wrote Pacific Rim, Hellboy, and Pan’s Labyrinth ***** – one of my all time favorites which he also directed.

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Book – ****+ Uprooted (2016)

rmann December 25, 2017 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews book, fantasy, review, YA 0

Naomi Novik’s wonderful fantasy of an apprentice wizard and her awakening to the world of magic.

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Movie **** The Post (2017)

rmann December 20, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews drama, history, movie, period, review 0

Meryl Streep was excellent in this well put together piece of history. Her performance, as usual, was worth the ticket.

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Movie **** Star Wars – The Last Jedi (2017)

rmann December 14, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews movie, review, sci-fi, YA 0

Rey fights the First Order with the unwilling help of Luke Skywalker. Well-made addition to the franchise, but the franchise, in my opinion, is sorely in the need of breaking some new ground.

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Movie ****+ Coco (2017)

rmann December 8, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews animation, comics, fantasy, foreign, history, movie, review 0

Wonderful animated and musical excursion to the Land of the Dead to unravel Miguel’s family history.

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Movie **** Victoria & Abdul (2017)

rmann December 6, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews drama, movie, period, review, Victorian 0

Fine Judy Dench period piece with a very good performance from Ali Fazal.

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Movie *** Justice League (2017)

rmann December 4, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews comics, movie, review, superhero 0

Batman, Wonder Woman, and friends face off against Steppenwolf parademons to protect three Mother Boxes that can destroy everything. This movie suffers from the tortured plot and many characters needing their scene.

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December blackberries – edible!!!

rmann December 3, 2017 May 27, 2018Science, Seasonal biology, Fall, Science, Winter 0

Yes, I ate one of these berries. It wasn’t the sweetest blackberry I ever had, but I didn’t die.

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Another Fall tree…

rmann December 1, 2017 May 27, 2018Seasonal biology, Fall 0

This half-finished ‘Fall’ spoke to me.

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