I haven’t been online that much the last 5 days. I was on my first-ever business trip. I work from home for a small vacation rental company in Florida. I handle all […]
Thoughts for October 13, 2020
Movie Review: Far From Heaven (2002) – The “Perfect” 50’s Wife Also Needs To Be A Brilliant Actress
Written by Todd HaynesDirected by Todd Haynes I had never heard the name Douglas Sirk prior to my viewing of the film Far From Heaven. To be more accurate, I hadn’t heard […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Five on DVD
If there’s one thing that makes the fifth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation stand out, it’s the lack of the “alien of the week” syndrome. The season opens with the […]
Book Review: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks
There’s a saying that the books are better than the movie. That’s usually true when the book came first. It’s not always true when the movie came first. In the case of […]
Rest in Peace, Eddie Van Halen
I was fortunate enough to see Van Halen several times. Once, in 1982, when David Lee Roth was still the lead singer, and a couple of times with Sammy Hagar singing lead. […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Time’s Arrow Part I
Written by Joe Menosky and Michael PillerDirected by Les Landau As season-ending cliffhangers go, Time’s Arrow Part I is one that has a good story and weaves a good mystery. The problems […]
Book Review: Stiff Arm Steal by A.J. Stewart
Here’s the first story in the series about former minor-league baseball player turned detective Miami Jones. If you cringe at the name, I don’t blame you. When I started this book, everything […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Inner Light
Written by Morgan Gendel and Peter Allan FieldsDirected by Peter Lauritson When Star Trek: The Next Generation was first announced and I looked at the cast list, with the exception of LeVar […]
The River Wild – Beautiful Scenery and the Wrong Story?
Written by Denis O’NeillDirected by Curtis Hanson Although much of the plot of The River Wild is inherently predictable, there are enough twists that coupled with some terrific performances make this film […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Next Phase
Written by Ronald D. MooreDirected by David Carson The Enterprise comes to the aid of a Romulan science vessel that has blown a graviton generator. Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) leads an away […]
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