drama – Richard Mann Author

Movie **** Downton Abbey (2019)

rmann September 20, 2019 September 24, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Another successful Julian Fellows take on the long running series. Knowing the characters from the series is a big asset in following the many personalities upstairs and downstairs.

Movie ***** Whale Rider (2002)

rmann September 16, 2019 September 24, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Here is a fine gem of a movie. Kiesha Castle-Hughes’s Oscar-nominated performance is outstanding. All the secondary performances are terrific as well. Will make you cry.

Movie **** Blinded by the Light (2019)

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

Slow but satisfying look at a Pakistani boy’s life-long infatuation with Bruce Springsteen’s music. Javed must push back against his domineering father to find himself as a writer.

Stage Show ***** Cambodian Rock Band (Ashland, OR, 2019)

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

Fantastic script, music, and acting. The cast of seven felt like twenty as they personalized the horror after the US departure while celebrating the resilient creativity of the Cambodian people.

Stage Show *** As You Like It (Ashland, OR, 2019)

rmann August 23, 2019 September 1, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Clever song inclusions and staging retold the tale, but the modern gender twists got in the way of the story rather than aiding the modern audience in taking in Shakespeare’s language. Duke Senior, and the other female leads were excellent, but being called Duke and mother was less than satisfying,…

Movie **** Maiden (2018)

rmann August 2, 2019 September 1, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Documentary of Tracy Edwards leading the first all-woman crew in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Race. Terrific recreation of the internal drive, pressures, rivalries, and dangers of such competition.

Book – ****+ The Cobweb (1996)

rmann July 16, 2019 July 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George thriller. Very engaging drama of a fanciful Iraqi scheme to build bio-weapons near an Iowa university. Equally interesting is the government compartmentalization that tries to avoid discovering what’s going on.

Stage Show *** Wicked (Portland, OR, 2019 production)

rmann July 16, 2019 July 18, 2019Shows 0

Clever twists on the Oz legacy. Fine performances, but the songs did not reach the Andrew Lloyd Weber level of musical legends.

Movie Re-runs *-*** Only Lost in Translation disappointed

rmann July 10, 2019 July 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Movie ***** The American President (1995) – Douglas and Benning Movie ***** As Good as it Gets (2000) – Nicholson and…

Movie ***** Almost Famous (2000)

rmann July 4, 2019 July 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fantastic journey of William Miller. A teenage writer, voyages thorough the world of travelling rock bands and their groupies. Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Frances McDormand complete a stunning cast for this coming-of-age epic.

Tag: drama

Movie **** Downton Abbey (2019)

Movie ***** Whale Rider (2002)

Movie **** Blinded by the Light (2019)

Stage Show ***** Cambodian Rock Band (Ashland, OR, 2019)

Stage Show *** As You Like It (Ashland, OR, 2019)

Movie **** Maiden (2018)

Book – ****+ The Cobweb (1996)

Stage Show *** Wicked (Portland, OR, 2019 production)

Movie Re-runs *-*** Only Lost in Translation disappointed

Movie ***** Almost Famous (2000)

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