2019 – Page 5 – Richard Mann Author

Movie **** Late Night (2019)

rmann June 23, 2019 June 25, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Entertaining comedy partnership of Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling bringing new, and politically correct, blood to an aging talk-show-host’s writers team.

Movie – ****+ Arrival (2016)

rmann June 20, 2019 June 25, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

An adult science fiction movie that delivers the best alien arrival story since Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I just re-watched this amazing film and it was better yet on a second viewing. I’ve upped my rating

Book – **** The Hazel Wood (2018)

rmann June 19, 2019 June 25, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Melissa Albert’s YA horror fantasy is a moody and inventive dark tale of a hidden magical story world a little too connected to reality. Echoes of Labryinth.

Movie – **** Men in Black: International (2019)

rmann June 18, 2019 June 25, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Smart science fiction comedy that entertained while delivering much the same fare as prior MIBs. Tessa Thompson was great as the first (Woman in Black). Family fun.

Spring flowers entering summer

rmann June 17, 2019 June 25, 2019Seasonal, Travel 0

Foxgloves share a garden with… a Portland daisy apron.

Movie ****+ Long Shot (2019)

rmann June 6, 2019 September 24, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Wonderful adult comedy with Theron and Seth Rogen as unlikely romantic leads. Both fish-out-of-water make the movie work on many levels. And the theme of the need for integrity in all things political couldn’t be more timely or germane for the audience.

Neal Stephenson reading at Powell’s Bookstore

rmann June 4, 2019 June 25, 2019Readings, Writing 0

one hour before… Neal reads from D.O.D.O.

Movie ***+ Aladdin (2019)

rmann June 3, 2019 June 12, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fun but predictable live-action remake. Will Smith gets all the kudos while the musical numbers, other than his, are flat. Will’s genie was worth the ticket price.

Spring banana slug

rmann May 30, 2019 June 25, 2019Science, Seasonal, Travel 0

One of Portland’s finest.

Book – ***** The Green Mile (1996)

rmann May 29, 2019 June 21, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Stephen King masterpiece centered on all those servicing and sitting in the electric chair with fantasy and supernatural elements sprinkled on top to make the terrifying dish palatable.

Year: 2019

Movie **** Late Night (2019)

Movie – ****+ Arrival (2016)

Book – **** The Hazel Wood (2018)

Movie – **** Men in Black: International (2019)

Spring flowers entering summer

Movie ****+ Long Shot (2019)

Neal Stephenson reading at Powell’s Bookstore

Movie ***+ Aladdin (2019)

Spring banana slug

Book – ***** The Green Mile (1996)

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