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Movie *** Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

rmann August 13, 2019 September 24, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fun, but uneven, adventure. Psychedelic jungle flowers and all the animated sequences and characters could have been eliminated and made the movie stronger.

Portland Thorns meet North Carolina before record crowd.

rmann August 11, 2019 September 3, 2019Sports 0

Movie ***+ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

rmann July 24, 2019 September 1, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Quintessential Tarantinio, brilliant and flawed. Great performances by Pitt and DiCaprio. Several terrific set pieces and Julia Butters’ performance saved the film from Tarantino’s signature violence. With a great editor, this film could have caught another star.

Movie ****+ Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

rmann July 14, 2019 July 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Excellent follow-on to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Story wins out over special effects proving once again what folks really go to the movies for.

Kites over Hood River, OR

rmann July 13, 2019 July 16, 2019Seasonal, Travel 0

Just a few of the 100 kite surfers preparing to compete in Hood River.

Movie ****+ Avengers: Endgame (2019)

rmann May 11, 2019 June 12, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Long but satisfactory continuation of the killer downer of the prior film. Characters bits seem more balanced and the audience responded.

Truck or Train?

rmann May 1, 2019 June 22, 2019Science 0

Check out the little training wheels fore and aft. This truck can go anywhere.

Movie ****+ Hanna (TV 2019 – Season 1)

rmann April 4, 2019 June 12, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Esme Creed-Miles is terrific as the engineered assassin, raised until a teen in the forest, looking for her identity and her real parents. Enos and Kinnaman are also exceptional as her creators and handlers, now pitted against each other.

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 ****+ 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.

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Movie *** Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

Portland Thorns meet North Carolina before record crowd.

Movie ***+ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Movie ****+ Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Kites over Hood River, OR

Movie ****+ Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Truck or Train?

Movie ****+ Hanna (TV 2019 – Season 1)

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

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

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