Warning: All subsequent reviews for this series may contain spoilers for earlier novels in the series. Finding an author I like usually means I am hooked and I rip through as many […]
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Star Trek: The Way to Eden – Space Hippies Take Over the Enterprise
Written by Michael Richards, Arthur Heinemann, Arthur H. Singer, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by David Alexander Episodes like this make cancelling the series after this season seem like a mercy killing. It can […]
Movie Review: The Exorcist – Even My Horror-Fan Teenager Was Freaked Out!
Written by William Peter BlattyDirected by William Friedkin When The Exorcist first came out on DVD (back in the early days of DVD technology), it was one of those films that generated […]
Book Review: Settling Accounts: Drive to the East by Harry Turtledove – When Pittsburgh Becomes Stalingrad…
Contains spoilers for earlier books in the series Alternate history is an interesting genre. It takes a pivotal point in history – in this case the Civil War – and supposes what […]
Series Rewatch: Babylon 5 -Born to the Purple
Written by Lawrence G. DiTillio and J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Bruce Seth Green Born to the Purple is a first-season episode of Babylon 5 that develops the character of Londo Mollari (Peter […]
Movie Review: Amadeus – Rock Me Amadeus
Written by Peter ShafferDirected by Milos Forman I confess that the year I graduated high school I probably wasn’t paying all that much attention to what I would term the more “cerebral” […]
Book Review: Alive and Killing by Jeff Carson
David Wolf is the sheriff of a Colorado resort town. He’s trying to take a few days for himself and get away on a camping trip with his son, when things go […]
Agent Carter: The Iron Ceiling – Redemption and Respect
Written by Jose Molina, Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Stan Lee, and Jack KirbyDirected by Peter Leto This episode finally gives viewers a glimpse of what Peggy Carter is made of. She shines […]
Movie Review: The Love Bug – San Francisco in the Sixties Complete With Hippies
Written by Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, & Gordon BufordDirected by Robert Stevenson Summers when I was younger meant a different Disney film at the local theater every week. I loved going to […]
Book Review: The Reversal by Michael Connelly – Two Great Characters Team Up to Take Down a Serial Killer
This is the third novel in Connelly’s series about defense lawyer Mickey Haller. This also brings in Harry Bosch as part of his team when he’s asked to switch sides and prosecute […]
