Back in February of 2017 I was still on medical leave from my job at a Hilton Brand hotel. The best perk of that job was employee rates at all Hilton properties. […]
Favorite Travel Photos: Palomino Island, Puerto Rico
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.
Movie Review – Wonder Woman 1984: I Was Hoping For So Much More (Some Small Spoilers)
I’ve been anticipating this movie for a long time. I loved the first Wonder Woman film and having it set in the era I grew up in just felt like a win […]
CBS All-Access The Stand – Episode 2: Pocket Savior (Spoilers Included)
Being the world’s biggest fan of the book meant I was *really* looking forward to this limited series. The 1994 mini-series was okay, but there were a few mis-steps with that, especially […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Naked Time – Emotional Turmoil and Character Insights
Written by John D.F. Black and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels With the introduction of a character who was from an entirely different race of beings, Star Trek needed time to get […]
Sharpe’s Sword – There’s More Than One Hero ‘Round These Parts
Written by Eoghan Harris and Bernard CornwellDirected by Tom Clegg The Franco-Spanish Frontier, 1813 – The French Army is in full retreat from Spain, but Napoleon is planning a surprise counter-attack. To […]
“Wholesome” vs. Fiction vs. The Truth
I started reading the Little House books when I was in second grade, after receiving On The Banks of Plum Creek as a gift from a family friend at Christmas. I read […]
Corona Virus Diaries: December 22, 2020 and Thoughts on Skylar Mack and the Cayman Islands
Heading into Christmas, we’ve reached 735 total COVID cases in the county I live in, yet only 3 deaths. That’s a little lower than the 1-2% rate of death the virus is […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Where No Man Has Gone Before – The Beginning of Television Revolution
Written by Samuel A. Peeples and Gene RoddenberryDirected by James Goldstone “Captain’s log, stardate 1312.4. The impossible has happened. From directly ahead, we’re picking up a recorded distress signal, the call letters of a vessel […]
Favorite Travel Photos: Bellagio Fountains, Las Vegas
In 2017 I went to Las Vegas for the first time. I used my timeshare points to get us into the Jockey Club, right on the strip between the Cosmopolitan and the […]
Babylon 5 Season Three on DVD – A Pioneering Sci-Fi Narrative
If anyone thinks that Aaron Sorkin was the first creator of a series (The West Wing) to write every episode each season, they are wrong. J. Michael Straczynski was the first to […]
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