Powder Burn is another of Hiaasen’s early books. It’s steeped in the cocaine culture of the 1980s, like the show Miami Vice. There’s a little more fun and intrigue here, but no […]
Book Review: Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen – Smuggler’s Blues
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 Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming – Laughter Abounds in This Cold War Misadventure
Written by Nathaniel Benchley and William RoseDirected by Norman Jewison For a generation that’s been pretty much removed from all of the hysteria we lived through during the Cold War, it might […]
Book Review: Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose – Entertaining Historical Fiction Mystery
Thank you to Andrea Penrose Kensington Books for sending me this as an Advanced Reader Copy. This is my unbiased review. Picking up a series in the middle can sometimes be difficult. […]
Series Rewatch: Babylon 5 – A Race Through Dark Places – Being a Telepath Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Written by J. Michael Straczynski and Larry DiTillioDirected by Jim Johnston While Psi Corps has been involved in several stories up until now, A Race Through Dark Places fills in even more […]
Book Review: The Final Tour by A.J. Stewart – An Iraq War Political Thriller
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Movie Review: Schindler’s List – One Man Can Make a Difference
Written by Thomas Keneally and Steven ZaillianDirected by Steven Spielberg It’s hard to believe sometimes that there are still those who deny the Holocaust happened. Not only were there disbelievers as to […]
Book Review: Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World’s Best Kept Secrets by Steven Barrett – Slow Down and Find the Hidden Mickeys at Walt Disney World
Some of us go to Disney World a lot. Okay, that might be an understatement. Regardless, there are many things that keep people coming back again and again. One of those things […]
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Written by Louisa May Alcott and Robin SwicordDirected by Gillian Armstrong Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women has been adapted numerous times for stage and screen. Every adaptation seems to have its […]
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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Spider in the Web – Can’t We All Just Get Along
Written by J Michael Straczynski and Larry DiTillioDirected by Kevin G. Cremin This episode deals quite a bit with the situation on Mars Colony. It’s been mentioned several times up until now, […]
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