Jodi Picoult is an author that likes to tackle the hard questions in our society in her novels. From school shootings to individual rights to child molestation, she seems unafraid to tackle […]
Book Review: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
DVD Review: Streets of Laredo – Are These the Same People from Lonesome Dove?
Written by Larry McMurtry and Diana OssanaDirected by Joseph Sargent The original mini-series Lonesome Dove was so successful that CBS almost immediately wanted a sequel. Depending on who you listen to, author […]
Time to Watch the Doctor: Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks – Classic Sci-Fi Which Holds Up Through the Generations
Written by Terry NationDirected by David Maloney Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television series that has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is just known as “The […]
The Great Mask Debate: Sending Your Child to Potentially Die on Your Sword
There is great debate going on right now about masks in schools. Honestly, I don’t see why it’s an issue. It seems to me to be pretty cut-and-dried that children can’t be […]
Book Review – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life in the Music Business by Miles Copeland III – Behind the Scenes with The Police and Other Bands
I turned 18 in the year 1984. I say this because I approached this book as a memoir of my formative years. Music was very important to me at the time. I […]
Movie Review: Finding Nemo – There’s No Place Like Home, Even If It’s An Anemone
Written by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David ReynoldsDirected by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich Pixar continued its string of great animated children’s films with Finding Nemo. Like many other offerings from […]
RIU Palace Peninsula All-Inclusive in Cancun, Mexico – July 2021
This year, my spouse turned 57; not a milestone birthday, but with everything that’s gone on this past year, it’s one I wanted to celebrate. I looked around at various options. I […]
Book Review: Too Late to Die by Bill Crider – Classic Texas Sheriff Mystery
In a small Texas town, everyone knows each other. There are also numerous secrets bubbling beneath the surface. When Jeanne Clinton is found murdered, it threatens to throw the sleepy town into […]
Movie Review: It Happened One Night – A Classic Romantic Comedy, Period
Written by Samuel Hopkins Adams and Robert RiskinDirected by Frank Capra My exposure to Clark Gable can be stated in four words: Gone With the Wind. As much as he is revered […]
DVD Review – Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color Volume 2 -1939 to Today – The Evolution of Mickey Mouse Through Animation
Believe it or not, there was a time when Mickey Mouse was known as more than a theme park icon. Many children of today know Mickey Mouse primarily as a character at […]
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