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

rmann August 13, 2019 September 24, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, animation, comedy, fantasy, movie, review, YA 0

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

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Portland Thorns meet North Carolina before record crowd.

rmann August 11, 2019 September 3, 2019Sports action, sports 0

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

rmann July 24, 2019 September 1, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, movie, review, thriller 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.

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

rmann July 14, 2019 July 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, comics, movie, review, romance, superhero 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.

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Kites over Hood River, OR

rmann July 13, 2019 July 16, 2019Seasonal, Travel action, sports, Summer, travel 0

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

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

rmann May 11, 2019 June 12, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, comics, fantasy, movie, review, superhero 0

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

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Truck or Train?

rmann May 1, 2019 June 22, 2019Science action, Science, travel 0

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

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

rmann April 4, 2019 June 12, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, movie, political, review, superhero, YA 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.

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

rmann February 27, 2019 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, book, crime, mystery, review 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.

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

rmann February 16, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews action, comics, fantasy, graphic novel, movie, review, sci-fi, superhero, YA 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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