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Why Amazon is No Longer Safe for Kids For the past decade Amazon has been selling adult products under the brand names of kids’ products. My kids were looking for lawn gnomes, a category I thought would be safe, until … Continued
Green Card is a 1990 film about a fake marriage that eventually becomes real. 7 out of 10 stars. It’s hard to find a real romance film these days, so I find myself going back to the older films. This … Continued
The Marriage Lottery #14 The Reluctant Husband by Caty Callahan is a romance set in a future post-apocalyptic world where men greatly outnumber women. If you’ve been on Amazon lately there are about a dozen copycat series in the erotica … Continued
Them That Follow is a 2019 thriller about an Appalachian community who worships snakes. 7 out of 10. There’s a lot of garbage films out there now that Amazon and Netflix are streaming home videos, but this is pretty good. … Continued
White Oleander is a 2002 film adopted from the novel of the same name by Janet Fitch. 8 out of 10 stars. Casting really does make a difference when it comes to films like this. Michelle Pfeiffer and Alison Lohman … Continued
Something Borrowed is both a 2005 novel by Emily Giffin and a 2011 film starring Kate Hudson. 0 out of 10 stars. This has some famous actors in it, but they can only do so much with the writing they … Continued
Ray Donovan is a SHOWTIME series that began back in 2013 and had seven seasons. That’s a long ride for one series. 4 out of 10 stars. Seasons 1 and 2 were watchable. Seasons 3 and 4 were not. After … Continued
Interrogation is a 2020 CBS television series. 2 out of 10 stars. I love Vincent D’Onofrio, but I hated this series. I have no idea why it’s called Interrogation when only about 10 minutes of the 10 hours of the … Continued
Star Trek: Picard is a 2020 television series on CBS. 4 out of 10 stars. I’m a diehard Trek fan. This series, unfortunately, was a huge disappointment. Plot. My major complaint with this series is the writing, especially the dialogue, … Continued
Silent Fall is a 1994 film about the murder of a couple and their autistic son who witnessed the murders. 7 out of 10 stars. This was actually a pretty good film. It’s looking a little dated, but there were … Continued
Starfish is a 2016 British film about the true story of Tom Ray who developed a sepsis infection from eating expired pork. His arms were amputated below the elbow, his feet were amputated, his lips and part of his nose … Continued
The Forgiven is a 2018 film about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission created by Nelson Mandela following his election as President of South Africa. 6 out of 10 stars. This is not easy to watch and there are some slow … Continued
6 Souls is a 2010 film that was originally entitled Shelter. But calling it that gives away a key element of the plot. 10 out of 10 stars. This is one of my all-time favorite scary movies. The film begins … Continued
Active Shooter: America Under Fire is a 2017 SHOWTIME series of eight one-hour episodes covering the most serious and disturbing mass shootings in the United States. 10 out of 10 stars. Well done. Episode 1. Aurora, Colorado. Jul 20, 2012. … Continued
Poison Rose is a 2019 film about a Galveston, Texas football player who is murdered and the private detective trying to prove his daughter, the player’s wife, is innocent. 6 out of 10 stars. This is very watchable with a … Continued
No Country for Old Men is a 2007 Coen brothers film taken from the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. 7 out of 10 stars. I would’ve given this 10 stars, but Javier Bardem as the killer is really … Continued
Light of My Life is a 2019 film written, directed, and starring Casey Affleck. 0 out of 10 stars. This one’s pretty bad. I wouldn’t call it science fiction. There’s absolutely no science in it at all. I can see … Continued
Edge of Darkness is a 2010 film starring Mel Gibson. 10 out of 10 stars. This one grabs you from the very beginning and keeps you until the very sad ending. Tommy Craven is a well-respected Boston police detective. His … Continued
Homeland is a SHOWTIME series now in its 8th season. 4 out of 10 for Season 4. Episodes 1 through 9 were great. Episodes 10 through 12 were awful and ruined the entire season. The first season of Homeland was … Continued
Homeland is a SHOWTIME series now in its 8th season. 0 out of 10 for Season 3. There are just too many things wrong with this season. The first season of Homeland was about an American POW named Nicholas Brody … Continued