Written by Hank SteinbergDirected y Billy Crystal New York fans are brutal, there’s just no two ways about it. Through the years I’ve seen great players broken by a combination of the […]
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.
Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Believers – The Debate about Faith vs. Science from 1994 that Resonates Today
Written by David Gerrold and J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Richard Compton Back when I first began watching Babylon 5, this was one of the first episodes I saw, and one that resonated […]
Book Review: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn – The Most Important Book You’ve Probably Never Read
Truth be told, I haven’t “read” it yet either. I ended up purchasing the audiobook and listening to it over the course of a few months. It’s hard to digest rapidly, much […]
It’s Arbor Day Charlie Brown – Yankee Stadium Needs a Tree on Its Pitchers Mound
Written by Charles M. SchulzDirected by Phil Roman Who knows anything about Arbor Day? All I knew was it had something to do with planting trees. In the last few years, it […]
Movie Review: A Christmas Story – For Those Of Us Who Never Have the “Perfect” Christmas
Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob ClarkDirected by Bob Clark For some people, Christmas means the perfect celebration. You know the kind. Their kids all look perfect in the Christmas […]
Quantum Leap – The Complete Third Season on DVD
Quantum Leap was a television show that begin airing in March of 1989. The premise was that Sam Beckett was a scientist who in order to keep his funding, tests his experiment. […]
Book Review – Evil Eclairs: A Donut Shop Mystery by Jessica Beck
This is the fourth book in a cute series about a baker who keeps getting caught up in mysteries in her small town. Suzanne Hart owns a donut shop in a former […]
Movie Review: Wall Street – He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins
Written by Stanley Weiser and Oliver StoneDirected by Oliver Stone When I think about where I believe this country has gone wrong over the past twenty years or so, I often go […]
It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown – Just Your Ordinary Christmas Fare
When I saw this special, I thought I’d missed out on another classic similar to A Charlie Brown Christmas. I couldn’t remember ever seeing this special on television, so I thought I […]
Book Review: A Liverpool Girl by Elizabeth Morton
For those of us immersed in science fiction, the name Elizabeth Morton has ties to the Doctor Who universe. She’s currently married to Peter Davison, the fifth portrayer of the Doctor, with […]
