Written by Gareth Jones and Eric TillDirected by Eric Till The July 20 Plot to execute Adolph Hitler has become more well-known recently. For the most part, that’s due to the film […]
Movie Review – Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace – Beyond Valkyrie
Book Review: When Hope Sank by Denise Weimer
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Barbour Publishing, and Denise Weimer for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of […]
Book Review – The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Knopf Publishing, and Kevin Baker for the advanced reader copy of the book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review of […]
DVD Review – Eleanor & Franklin: The Early Years – As Close To Being There as You’ll Get
Written by James Costigan and Joseph P. LashDirected by Daniel Petrie This award-winning mini-series was the product of an era when network television seemed to want to produce them in abundance. There […]
Book Review: The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
I picked up this book while planning our cruise through the Panama Canal. One of the excursions we chose was to a cacao plantation and chocolate “factory” and I was curious about […]
Book Review: Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen – A Must-Read!
The title of this book is a bit unfair. It’s not that the teachers intended to teach what they did, it’s that they were sort of forced to by the textbook makers […]
Book Review: Kindred By Octavia Butler – Where Has This Been All My Life?
I’ve always been a fan of science fiction. My earliest “adult” reads were Stephen King, who often treads the line between science fiction and horror. I devoured many of the science fiction […]
Series Rewatch – Outlander: Season 1, Episode 1 – Sassenach
Written by Diana Gabaldon and Ronald D. MooreDirected by John Dahl I have to be honest and say that when this series was first proposed, I didn’t have much confidence that they’d […]
Movie Review: Mrs Brown – Judi Dench Deserved the Oscar For This
Written by Jeremy BrockDirected by John Madden When most people think of Queen Victoria, they usually think of the moral standards she upheld as part of her reign, which was considerably long. […]
Book Review: On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell
I’ve followed author James fell for a while on Facebook. He’s funny and irreverent and an expert on history. The real history, not the fairy tales we’ve been indoctrinated with over the […]
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