When I saw that actor Patrick Stewart had penned a memoir, I was eager to read it. Being the huge Star Trek fan that I am, it seemed like a no-brainer. While […]
Book Review – Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart – 80 Years in a Life
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: Outlander Season 1, Episode 7 – The Wedding – Claire and Jamie’s Marriage Episode
Written by Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, and Anne KenneyDirected by Anna Foerster This is the pivotal episode of the first season. If you’ve read the book, you will know how it […]
Book Review – Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
This was a book that I really wanted to like. The author had made the subject his life’s work, and when he was dying from cancer, he set about to get the […]
The Twilight Zone: Volume 14 – Be Careful What You Wish For II
The Twilight Zone originally aired on television from 1959 to 1964 and has often been regarded as one of the best shows on television during that time. It’s one of the few […]
Book Review: Adoption Healing … a path to recovery by Joe Soll LCSW – All Babies Are Loveable
This book is not about finger pointing. It is about learning from our mistakes so that we can perhaps reduce suffering in the future, especially for those who are separated from their […]
Movie Review: Don’t Look Now – Do Take a Look at This Film
Written by Daphne du Marier, Allan Scott, and Chris BryantDirected by Nicolas Roeg What happens to a family when tragedy strikes? Before Donald Sutherland would explore this topic with Mary Tyler Moore […]
Book Review: A Fountain Filled With Blood By Julia Spencer-Fleming – Hate Crimes in a Small Town
This is the second novel in Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series about Army helicopter pilot turned Episcopal priest, Clare Fergusson and local Police Chief Russ Van Dyne. They became good friends in the first […]
Movie Review: Religulous – Where Bill Maher Empowers the Anti-Intelligence Conservatives
I am presenting this as I wrote it in 2010. It’s even more true now, and I think a lot less of Maher now than I did when I wrote this. Let […]
Book Review: But Not Forgiven by BJ Bourg – Hunting For Revenge
This is the second in a series of books surrounding the character of Clint Wolf. He lost his wife and daughter to violence while he was sitting right next to them, unable […]
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity – Adventures in Amsterdam
Written by Johnny Byrne and Sydney NewmanDirected by Ron Jones Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series which has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is […]
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