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Movie ***** RGB (2018)

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

Fantastic documentary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to the Supreme Court while fighting gender discrimination.

Movie **** Incredibles 2 (2018)

rmann June 16, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Top-notch sequel where the baby steals the show.

Book – **** Hungry as the Sea (2015)

rmann June 10, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Wilbur Smith’s fine action/adventure saga of the tough world of marine salvage. Every bit as readable as his Egyptian fantasy series, River God.

Book – ***+ Dragonsbane (2015)

rmann June 5, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Babara Hambly’s fantasy of Jenny and Gareth facing down the ancient dragon Morleleb to save their kingdom from evil.

Movie **** Get Out (2017)

rmann May 30, 2018 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Well-done sci.fi. horror story of stolen lives

Movie ***+ Serendipity (2001)

rmann May 27, 2018 June 4, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Lovely, if improbable, light romantic fare. Cusack and Beckinsale have chemistry.

Book – *** Ancillary Mercy (2015)

rmann May 25, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Continuing Ann Leckie sci.fi. story of human and AI minds in multiple host bodies called ancillaries. Weakest of the first three books for not establishing fresh plot and locations, but enjoyable for the characters already established in the series.

Book – **** Mythborn – Rise of the Adepts (2017)

rmann May 20, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

V. Lakshman’s sci.fi./fantasy series of inter-dimensional invasion by demon-like creatures whose power source, The Way, is used and shared by human adepts.

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.

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Movie ***** RGB (2018)

Movie **** Incredibles 2 (2018)

Book – **** Hungry as the Sea (2015)

Book – ***+ Dragonsbane (2015)

Movie **** Get Out (2017)

Movie ***+ Serendipity (2001)

Book – *** Ancillary Mercy (2015)

Book – **** Mythborn – Rise of the Adepts (2017)

Movie **** Sweet Country (2018)

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

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