Written by Steven SternDirected by George Roy There are a few names in sports that manage to evoke images of an iconic American hero. With his boyish good-looks and amazing talent on […]
Movie Review: Mantle – Good But This Could Have Been Longer
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: Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
I received the second book in author Yasmin Angoe’s series as an advanced reader copy, and as I started reading it, I felt lost. I went back and saw that the first […]
Movie Review: No Way Out (1987) – A Political Thriller You Probably Never Heard Of
Written by Kenneth Fearing and Robert GarlandDirected by Roger Donaldson It often seems that political thrillers are a dime a dozen. Whether or not they are executed well usually hinges on their […]
Book Review: Home Again by Kristin Hannah – Familiar Plot that Still Draws Out the Tears
Perhaps it was just reading too many Kristin Hannah books too close together, including one with a remarkably similar basic premise as Home Again, but I had trouble with a book that […]
Movie Review: Girl With a Pearl Earring – Wake Me When We Get to the Exciting Part
Written by Tracy Chevalier and Olivia HetreedDirected by Peter Webber There are all sorts of hidden dangers when crafting a movie based on a book. There are issues with some scenes not […]
Book Review: The Message in the Hollow Oak – Nancy Drew Violates a Native American Burial Site
The Message in the Hollow Oak is one of the books in the Nancy Drew series in which the first version, written in 1935, and the second version when it was re-written […]
DVD Review: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown – I Want to Dye Fried Eggs
Written by Charles M. SchulzDirected by Phil Roman The Peanuts characters seem to have a special for every holiday season. By far, the best one is A Charlie Brown Christmas. However, many […]
DVD Review – Roots: The Next Generations – Alex Haley Finds the Old African
Following the astounding success of the first mini-series based on Alex Haley’s novel Roots, a second mini-series was filmed to finish the story from when the Harvey family moved to Tennessee until […]
Book Review – Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
With the release of the film Return of the Jedi, it seemed to indicate that the Empire had been vanquished and all was right with the universe once again. That might have […]
DVD Review: The Twilight Zone: Volume 3 – Four Comments on the Human Condition
The Twilight Zone was a series created by Rod Serling which had its run from the fall of 1959 to the spring of 1964. It’s a testament to the all-around quality of […]
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