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Book – The Keeper (2015)

rmann April 17, 2017 March 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Davis Baldacci’s YA fantasy adventure is a well-plotted quick read. Unfortunately, not the first of the series. Puzzles and plot twists abound.

Movie **** Beauty and the Beast (2017)

rmann April 17, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Surprisingly good adaptation with Emma Watson a credible Belle and Dan Stevens as Beast. No remake, however, will replace the magic of Jean Cocteau’s French 1946 classic.

Movie ****+ Colossal (2016)

rmann April 14, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Oddball masterpiece of fantasy/sci.fi. with Ann Hathaway returning to her hometown after disaster in N.Y. to unfinished business with Oscar, a childhood boyfriend. Unexpectedly a world-threatening battle between giant monsters in Seoul, Korea, is controlled by them from a sandlot in a hometown playground.

Book – Beastly (2007)

rmann April 10, 2017 March 24, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Book – **** YA love story playing off Beauty and the Beast in a delightful way. A very quick read.

Movie **** Ghost in the Shell (2017)

rmann April 3, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Well-made sci.fi. of cyber-enhanced Major, Scarlett Johansson, a created weapon. Despite controversy about the casting of Johansson in the original comic books Asian main role, she does an excellent acting job. I bought her conflict over her uncertain origins.

Spring fawn

rmann April 3, 2017 August 28, 2017Uncategorized 0

Returned from Chanticleer Writers Conference to find a new neighbor in our side yard.

Movie – ***** Galaxy Quest (1999)

rmann April 2, 2017 August 29, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Classic sci-fi comedy with Tim Allen and Sigorney Weaver. Every scene and bit part is played to perfection. Worth watching and re-watching.

Movie ***+ Power Rangers (2017)

rmann April 1, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Power Rangers (2017) After successfully introducing the main characters and giving them their powers, their characters are lost inside the machines they do battle in, becoming another episode of Transformers.

Chanticleer Authors Conference

rmann March 31, 2017 August 28, 2017Travel, Writing 0

First day at #cac17 excited to engage with storytellers. Fox Deatry who inspired me to start this blog, just told me I needed to move it to Tumblr if I wanted anyone to see it! I’m going to try that this September before NaNoWriMo consumes me.

Poem – Snow Melts

rmann March 31, 2017 August 28, 2017Poems, Writing 0

Book – The Keeper (2015)

Movie **** Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Movie ****+ Colossal (2016)

Book – Beastly (2007)

Movie **** Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Spring fawn

Movie – ***** Galaxy Quest (1999)

Movie ***+ Power Rangers (2017)

Chanticleer Authors Conference

Poem – Snow Melts

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