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Movie – **** Arrival (2016)

rmann November 28, 2016 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

An adult science fiction movie that delivered the best alien arrival story since Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Movie – **** Harry and Snowman (2016)

rmann November 25, 2016 December 8, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

Excellent documentary about horseman and the nag he saved from the glue factory to become a world champion show jumper. A story of human perseverance.

Book – Spellbound (2011)

rmann November 22, 2016 December 4, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

Book – ***+ Blake Charlton’s second novel is full of novel magic, spells composed in your muscles or out of the air. His extremely complex fantasy world is managed very well.

Book – Rogue Lawyer (2015)

rmann November 15, 2016 October 22, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

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.

Book – The Chamber (1994)

rmann November 7, 2016 October 22, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

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.

Movie – * Priceless (2016)

rmann October 27, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

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.

Movie – ***+ Hell or High Water (2016)

rmann October 24, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

Bank robbery movie with a few new twists and good acting by Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges.

Book – The Brothers K (1992)

rmann October 22, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

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.

Movie – **** Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

rmann October 21, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

Tour de force by Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant bringing the story of a real tone-deaf diva to the screen.

Movie – ***+ Suicide Squad (2016)

rmann October 17, 2016 October 21, 2016Movie and Book Reviews 0

Crowded but fun super-villain story where the solution creates the problem. Robert Aldrich could have taken a lesson though from the 1967 war movie The Dirty Dozen which managed to connect the viewer to every one of the twelve criminals.

Category: Movie and Book Reviews

Movie – **** Arrival (2016)

Movie – **** Harry and Snowman (2016)

Book – Spellbound (2011)

Book – Rogue Lawyer (2015)

Book – The Chamber (1994)

Movie – * Priceless (2016)

Movie – ***+ Hell or High Water (2016)

Book – The Brothers K (1992)

Movie – **** Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Movie – ***+ Suicide Squad (2016)

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