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Movie **** Sweet Country (2018)

rmann May 16, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Harsh depiction of prejudice and abuse in the early Australian outback.

Book – **** Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005-9)

rmann May 15, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Rick Riordan’s five-part series of half-blood Olympian offspring harassed by transplanted Greek monsters where Mount Olympus has moved to 600 stories above the Empire State Building. Fast-paced, solid, middle-grade fantasy.

Movie ****+ Beirut (2018)

rmann April 23, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Complex war story of loyalty and betrayal.

Movie ***+ The Greatest Showman (2017)

rmann February 5, 2018 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Nice musical history of P.T. Barnum. Entertaining effort by Hugh Jackman.

Book – **+ Dragonteeth (2017)

rmann January 20, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Historical search for wild west fossils by two rival groups of archeologists. The weakest of many enjoyable Michael Crichton reads.

Movie **** The Post (2017)

rmann December 20, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Meryl Streep was excellent in this well put together piece of history. Her performance, as usual, was worth the ticket.

Movie ****+ Coco (2017)

rmann December 8, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Wonderful animated and musical excursion to the Land of the Dead to unravel Miguel’s family history.

Partial eclipse images projected through a spaghetti colander

rmann August 21, 2017 August 29, 2017Science, Seasonal, Travel 0

Partial eclipse at 10:03 AM in Madras . . . Eclipse light on tent at 12 min. to totality . . .Eclipse light at 20 seconds before totality.

Movie *** Dunkirk (2017)

rmann August 6, 2017 August 29, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Although given rave reviews by critics and audiences, I was disappointed. The best feature was the filming, but again editing and sound were terrible. Overlong sequences of confusing air combat with garbled dialogue (I guess the masks over the pilot’s faces didn’t help). Also, I was interested in how the…

Movie ***+ My Cousin Rachel (2017)

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

Dark period piece Rachel Weisz plays the supposed black widow, Rachel Ashley, bent on poisoning her husband.

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Movie **** Sweet Country (2018)

Book – **** Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005-9)

Movie ****+ Beirut (2018)

Movie ***+ The Greatest Showman (2017)

Book – **+ Dragonteeth (2017)

Movie **** The Post (2017)

Movie ****+ Coco (2017)

Partial eclipse images projected through a spaghetti colander

Movie *** Dunkirk (2017)

Movie ***+ My Cousin Rachel (2017)

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