I lived just outside of NYC for the first 39 years of my life. We moved away 16 years ago this October, and I haven’t been back much since then. Through it […]
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.
Book Review: Bridgerton – An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
Here we are in the third book of the Bridgerton fairy-tale. Yes, I am one of the late-comers to the series, having become sucked in by the Netflix series. It was so […]
Time to Watch the Doctor – Doctor Who: The Robots of Death – Before the Borg…
Written by Chris BoucherDirected by Michael E Briant Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series which has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is just known […]
Movie Review: Twister – The Tornadoes Get the Best Story
Written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie MartinDirected by Jan de Bont Being a Weather Channel junkie, I was already pretty familiar with storm chasers and what they did prior to the 1996 […]
Emergency! Season Two on DVD – My How Times Have Changed
I was greatly surprised by how much my kids loved Emergency! Season One on DVD and happily bought Emergency! Season Two on DVD soon after. This season ran from September of 1972 […]
Book Review: The Ghost in the Little House by William Holtz – Mothers and Daughters Are Complicated
In my younger days, I developed a deep love of the Little House books. As I grew older, I wondered about what happened beyond what Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in the books […]
Back to NYC: Bruce Springsteen on Broadway
I was lucky enough to score a ticket when they went on sale for Bruce Springsteen on Broadway a few weeks back. He’s trying to give a shot in the arm to […]
Movie Review: Cannes Man – Laughing at the Whole Culture of the Film Industry
Written by Deric Haddad, Richard Martini, Irwin M. Rappaport, and Susan Shapiro Directed by Richard Martini Hollywood has been accused at times of taking itself too seriously. This is often true when […]
DVD Review: 2000 Years of Christianity Episode VI: This Side of Heaven
This is the sixth part of a 13-part German documentary mini-series covering the history of Christianity from it’s beginnings to the modern day. Although it’s a German production, the narration is in […]
Book Review: Hot Six by Janet Evanovich – Stephanie Plum Gets Hot and Heavy
Warning: All subsequent reviews for this series may contain spoilers for earlier novels in the series. There’s really something to be said when I can enjoy a series of books with both […]
