Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 03/03/23

Dim Sum - Hong Kong Islander, Sacramento [/] Dim sum was tasty, carts came around fast, staff was responsive. Not a big place so will queue if you get there an hour after opening.

Novel - Raising Steam (2013) [/] The second to last Discworld novel (I respect that Pratchett's daughter decided there would be no more Discworld novels, though other products will be made). A young inventor creates the first steam-powered train and Moist von Lipwig is tasked with promoting it and getting train lines to neighboring kingdoms. Meanwhile an extremist Dwarven faction wants to stop it at all costs... It has the usual Pratchett humor though the plot is not challenging and our heroes are never in danger cause the bad Dwarves are rather inept.

Movie - Christmas Catch (2018) [-] Mack (Emily Alatalo) is a local police detective who is unlucky in love. She meets Carson (Franco Lo Presti) who into her but turns out he's being investigated by the FBI so she has to go undercover in order to retrieve valuable jewelry stolen last year. With Andrew Bushell as Mack's police partner and Lauren Holly as the police captain and Mack's mom. It's a harmless if a bit boring made-for-tv Christmas movie and Alatalo is not bad as the focus of the story.