Weekly Movie Reviews: Jun 4-10, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) I first heard about Hunt for the Wilderpeople when I was reading about the upcoming Thor movie, which is also…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: May 28-Jun 3, 2017
The Fighter (2010) I’ve enjoyed director David O. Russell’s other movies (Three Kings, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, Joy) quite a bit, so I was pretty excited about watching this…
Read more“The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August” by Claire North
Claire North’s The Sudden Appearance of Hope become an unexpected favorite of mine and I’ve been looking forward to reading more by her. It seems like she writes about people…
Read more“The Summer Dragon” by Todd Lockwood
Todd Lockwood is one of my favorite fantasy/science-fiction illustrators, and I especially love the covers that he did for the Memoirs of Lady Trent series (which are all about dragons…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: May 21-27, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week Empire of the Sun (1987) Empire of the Sun is adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard about Jim Graham, a boy who ends…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: May 14-20, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week Kung Fu Panda (2008) I watched Kung Fu Panda a long time ago and remember really enjoying it. I don’t expect a lot from American…
Read more“Assassin’s Fate” by Robin Hobb
Warning: This review contains spoilers for the previous books in the Realm of the Elderlings series. Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings books are one of my favorite fantasy series’…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: May 7-13, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week The Science of Sleep (2006) We started watching The Science of Sleep in 2015, but I hadn’t watched a lot of movies then, and its…
Read more“City of Miracles” by Robert Jackson Bennett
I enjoyed the first two Divine Cities books (see my reviews of City of Stairs and City of Blades) so I was looking forward to see how City of Miracles…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: Apr 30-May 6, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week Thelma and Louise (1991) I’ve been wanting to watch Thelma and Louise for a long time – it’s a classic, plus Ridley Scott is one…
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