Unlike the last chapter, there’s quite a bit from this one that gets portrayed in the film. There are many details that have been left out, though. One of the scenes here […]
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: The Interpreter – The Residual and Global Effects of Genocide
Written by Martin Stellman, Brian Ward, and Charles RandolphDirected by Sydney Pollack Nicole Kidman is one of those actresses that I can’t quite put my finger on. I can’t say I love […]
Weekly Round-Up: May 3, 2022
Last week was spring break for our schools, which meant I was free from having to take my granddaughter to school all week. Earlier in the year, I booked our timeshare in […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Chapter 8: The Deathday Party
We have finally arrived at a chapter that is (mostly) missing from the film. In a way, it’s a shame. The events that take place and the characters readers meet add richness […]
Book Review: Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron
This is the fourth novel in author Paul Doiron’s series about Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch. Mike skirts the edges on the rules of being a Game Warden and the orders of […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs
This chapter is a much longer version of a small scene in the movie. I think the information in the chapter is conveyed well, and the details that are missing don’t make […]
DVD Review – Duran Duran: Sing Blue Silver – Big Hair and Synthesizers
I had the privilege to see Duran Duran before they hit it big, at a small club on Long Island called Malibu. At that point, they were only heard on a few […]
Book Review: Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S Forester – The Rise of a Hero
The third book in this series by C.S. Forester easily comes in as the strongest so far. The characters who have been introduced earlier in the series build on the qualities seen […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart
This is another chapter that is represented pretty faithfully in the movie, with just some details that make the story richer removed. Ron and Harry arrive in the Great Hall for breakfast. […]
Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown – One Classic and Two That You’ll Enjoy
This DVD consists of three Peanuts specials celebrating Charlie Brown’s continual love of baseball. If you’re from the same era I am, you probably had at least a few soft-cover books with […]
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