2019 – Page 9 – Richard Mann Author

Movie **** Isn’t it Romantic (2019)

rmann March 5, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Rebel Wilson pulls of the challenging premise of a heavyset woman architect trapped in as the star of a romantic comedy.

Book – ****+ Spinning Silver (2017)

rmann March 4, 2019 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Another compelling book by Naomi Novik, but not the sequel to Uprootedthat I thought it was. Naomi has a gift for character that turns her story of moneylenders into a major work of magical fantasy.

Book – ****+ The Animals after Midnight (2019)

rmann February 27, 2019 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Another Darby Holland crime novel by Jeff Johnson. In the same setting as Luck Supreme, Darby avoids a deadly nemesis from his past, while struggling to adjust to the imminent wedding and departure of Delia.

Movie ** The Oscar-nom. Short Films 2018: Live Action (2018)

rmann February 25, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Terrible selection of depressing child-aggression and endangerment plots.

Movie **** Wandering Earth (2019)

rmann February 24, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Cixin Liu story of Earth, threatened with destruction, beginning an interstellar journey to save humanity that’s burrowed into the mantle of the planet to survive.

Movie ****+ Captain Marvel (2019)

rmann February 24, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Nice origin story for Captain Mar-Vell, an alien upgraded human woman returned to earth to prevent dangerous new technology being acquired.

Movie ****+ Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

rmann February 16, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Well-done animated post alien-invasion sci-fi where android bots battle for the floating-city masters who control them.

Valentine’s dinner.

rmann February 15, 2019 March 31, 2019Romance, Seasonal 0

Anticipating dinner at Q.

November Amaryllis decides to bloom.

rmann February 12, 2019 March 31, 2019Science, Seasonal 0

Late bloomer.

Book – ***** Sapiens (2016)

rmann February 12, 2019 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Masterpiece of historical philosophy. Yuval Harari has put together a consistent model of the development of human society identifying businesses, nations, and religions as convenient fictions that humans indulge in to allow themselves to cooperate in large numbers delivering first the Agricultural Revolution, then the Industrial Revolution, and finally the…

Year: 2019

Movie **** Isn’t it Romantic (2019)

Book – ****+ Spinning Silver (2017)

Book – ****+ The Animals after Midnight (2019)

Movie ** The Oscar-nom. Short Films 2018: Live Action (2018)

Movie **** Wandering Earth (2019)

Movie ****+ Captain Marvel (2019)

Movie ****+ Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Valentine’s dinner.

November Amaryllis decides to bloom.

Book – ***** Sapiens (2016)

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