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Movie ****+ Vice (2018)

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Psudeo-documentary of Dick Cheney political career and his role in the Iraq war.

Book – **** Skyward (2018)

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Brandon Sanderson’s futuristic fighter pilots battle aliens who’ve constrained humanity to a single planet that the human space fleet once crashed on.

Movie ****+ Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

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Excellent addition to the Star Wars films. More story and character interest than other performances and history.

Movie ***** Spider-man into the Spiderverse (2018)

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Wonderfully complex animated film. Best Animated Feature Film Oscar by a long shot. No one but Miyazaki’s work and a few Pixar and Laika films are the same league.

Book – ****+ Death’s End (2010)

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Completion of Cixin Liu’s sci.fi. trilogy of galactic threat, where mankind’s discoveries and adaptations allow humans access to interstellar space and influence over the future of the galaxy as a whole.

Movie **+ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

rmann December 15, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Plotless sequel with a large CGI budget.

Movie ***** The Favorite (2018)

rmann December 11, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fascinating sexual history of Queen Anne.

Movie ***+ Green Book (2018)

rmann December 1, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Totally deserving of its Best Picture Oscar and Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Mahershala Ali. Vigo Mortenson had my vote for Best Actor at the time, but I had yet to see Bohemian Rhapsody and Rami Malek’s work.

Book – ****+ The Dark Forest (2010)

rmann October 30, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Continuation of Cixin Liu’s sci.fi. trilogy where wallfacers are selected to thwart the Trisolaris invasion fleet. Through hibernation, characters extend their story threads far into the future where humanity has adapted to the threats surrounding it.

Movie ****+ A Star is Born (2018)

rmann October 30, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Superior remake of the 1976 Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson Oscar winner. The new Lady Gaga rendition won best Original Song and the film garnered slew of other nominations.

Category: Movie and Book Reviews

Movie ****+ Vice (2018)

Book – **** Skyward (2018)

Movie ****+ Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

Movie ***** Spider-man into the Spiderverse (2018)

Book – ****+ Death’s End (2010)

Movie **+ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Movie ***** The Favorite (2018)

Movie ***+ Green Book (2018)

Book – ****+ The Dark Forest (2010)

Movie ****+ A Star is Born (2018)

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