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Movie ***+ Gifted (2017)

rmann May 10, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fun “hidden genius” movie where Mckenna Grace plays a 7-year-old super mathematician, but slightly too super to be believable. Even Bobby Fisher didn’t beat Boris Spassky when he was seven.

Book – ****+ Knottspeed (2017)

rmann May 8, 2017 March 23, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Unconventional love story by Jeff Johnson beginning with oddball characters, Knottspeed and Fencepost, struggling with mobility issues in nearly homeless circumstances. Sticking until the Part II story line kicks in will reward you with a plot that comes together and the characters of Dr. Simon Resner and Tay Tay, both…

Book – ****+ Amped (2014)

rmann May 1, 2017 March 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Terrific Daniel H. Wilson sci.fi. mutant story. Will the world destroy or embrace the next evolutionary step?

Book **,*+ Doublesight and Memory Tower(2006-2007)

rmann April 26, 2017 March 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Terry Persun’s fantasy world where shape-changers are a common if misunderstood human variant, even between different clans of their own kind.

Book – The Keeper (2015)

rmann April 17, 2017 March 18, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Davis Baldacci’s YA fantasy adventure is a well-plotted quick read. Unfortunately, not the first of the series. Puzzles and plot twists abound.

Movie **** Beauty and the Beast (2017)

rmann April 17, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Surprisingly good adaptation with Emma Watson a credible Belle and Dan Stevens as Beast. No remake, however, will replace the magic of Jean Cocteau’s French 1946 classic.

Movie ****+ Colossal (2016)

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

Oddball masterpiece of fantasy/sci.fi. with Ann Hathaway returning to her hometown after disaster in N.Y. to unfinished business with Oscar, a childhood boyfriend. Unexpectedly a world-threatening battle between giant monsters in Seoul, Korea, is controlled by them from a sandlot in a hometown playground.

Book – Beastly (2007)

rmann April 10, 2017 March 24, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Book – **** YA love story playing off Beauty and the Beast in a delightful way. A very quick read.

Movie **** Ghost in the Shell (2017)

rmann April 3, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Well-made sci.fi. of cyber-enhanced Major, Scarlett Johansson, a created weapon. Despite controversy about the casting of Johansson in the original comic books Asian main role, she does an excellent acting job. I bought her conflict over her uncertain origins.

Movie – ***** Galaxy Quest (1999)

rmann April 2, 2017 August 29, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Classic sci-fi comedy with Tim Allen and Sigorney Weaver. Every scene and bit part is played to perfection. Worth watching and re-watching.

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Movie ***+ Gifted (2017)

Book – ****+ Knottspeed (2017)

Book – ****+ Amped (2014)

Book **,*+ Doublesight and Memory Tower(2006-2007)

Book – The Keeper (2015)

Movie **** Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Movie ****+ Colossal (2016)

Book – Beastly (2007)

Movie **** Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Movie – ***** Galaxy Quest (1999)

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