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Movie ***** Black Panther (2018)

rmann February 18, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Wonderful origin movie for the Black Panther character where the fictional country of Wakonda is fully realized. Chadwick Boseman was terrific in the lead role.

Book – **** Forty Signs of Rain (2004)

rmann February 17, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci.fi. novel collecting stories with climate impact as a common thread and unheeded urgency as its warning.

Movie **** Baby Driver (2017)

rmann February 6, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Unusual heist movie sold by Ansel Elgort and Kevin Spacey.

Movie ***+ The Greatest Showman (2017)

rmann February 5, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Nice musical history of P.T. Barnum. Entertaining effort by Hugh Jackman.

Movie ****+ The Oscar-nominated Short Films 2018: Live Action (2018)

rmann January 28, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Excellent collection of short films. All these films were worth watching, but although The Silent Child won, my favorite was Watu Wote/All of Us which showed the crippling effects of religious intolerance and the simple power of people bonding with each other in spite of their different backgrounds and surroundings.

Movie ****+ Phantom Thread (2017)

rmann January 28, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Wonderful Daniel Day-Lewis film with exceptional performances by Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville.Full of surprises and interesting characters.

Book – ***+ The Rithmatist (2013)

rmann January 20, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy of Joel, a Rithmatist wanna-be who discovers the power to control wild chalklings, magical creatures praying on his fellow students.

Book – **+ Dragonteeth (2017)

rmann January 20, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Historical search for wild west fossils by two rival groups of archeologists. The weakest of many enjoyable Michael Crichton reads.

Book – ****+ Ready Player One (2011)

rmann January 11, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fantastic futurist romp leveraging a mystery adventure based on video gaming’s past. Totally entertaining.

Movie *** The Other Side of Hope (2017)

rmann January 7, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Strange movie of a poker-playing restaurant investor.

Category: Movie and Book Reviews

Movie ***** Black Panther (2018)

Book – **** Forty Signs of Rain (2004)

Movie **** Baby Driver (2017)

Movie ***+ The Greatest Showman (2017)

Movie ****+ The Oscar-nominated Short Films 2018: Live Action (2018)

Movie ****+ Phantom Thread (2017)

Book – ***+ The Rithmatist (2013)

Book – **+ Dragonteeth (2017)

Book – ****+ Ready Player One (2011)

Movie *** The Other Side of Hope (2017)

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