Just a gathering
of my book
and movie reviews
from recent years.
These are my Book and Movie reviews I have written for Goodreads, Amazon, and IMDb. They are mostly Women’s fiction and mysteries in books, because that’s what I read now. In movies, I usually only review TV movies, where my thoughts don’t get lost in the shuffle among hundreds of others. Most of what I read and watch have one thing in common: They have upbeat hopeful endings with justice prevailing and closure achieved. Call me crazy.
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Caught by Love
Ho Hum Heist Nothing could save this one from being boring. Not the not-seen-often-enough charm and talents of Luke Macfarlane, the proven acting talent of Rachael Leigh Cook, nor the beautiful setting of Malta. All were pretty much wasted on a phone-it-in script. I went into this one with optimism thanks to the presence of…
Love on the Amazon
“Amelia’s Not Here” When I saw who the female lead was in this movie, I sighed. This actress, Jaicy Elliot, who reportedly was (is?-I don’t watch it) very good in Grey’s Anatomy has made it very clear with her acting that she just does not want to be in a Hallmark movie. In the 3…
A Melbourne Match
Fancy-free I’ve had a generally positive impression of Mallory Jansen as a Hallmark leading lady. She is very pretty but not in a beauty pageant way. As I have mentioned before, she reminds me a little of Audrey Hepburn, and that is certainly a good thing. She is credible as the typical Hallmark mid-thirties single…
Lost in Paradise
A Perfect Movie for a Cold and Dreary Winter’s Day Though unambitious plot-wise, this was a pleasant diversion set on a tropical isle. Two private jet passengers and their two pilots crash in the ocean on the way to Fiji and are marooned on an uninhabited-by-people island. Or so we are led to believe. Yes,…
Let the Bells Ring Out
By Milly Johnson Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous’, Einstein said. Freud disregarded such nonsense: everything could be explained was his mantra; whereas Jung believed coincidences were a manifestation of a deeper order in the universe. Certainly, after Clifford’s ‘experience’ he was more inclined to believe in the magic of them. ‘Accept the mystery,…
The Christmas Baby
Two Wise Women and a Baby Erin (Ali Liebert) and Kelly (Katherine Barrell) are a happy couple just as they are. They are two successful women with large families and good friends. Their lives are full and complete and they have no desire to add children to the equation. But in the words of an…
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