Time Machine (film)
The Time Machine is a 2002 film starring Guy Pearce. 10 out of 10 stars. There’s a reason this is a classic. The visuals are stunning and Pearce did a great job. In 1989 New York City, inventory Dr. Alexander … Continued
Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 film fictionalizing experiments conducted by the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. 7 out of 10 stars. It’s a bit outdated, but entertaining enough to make it through the entire film. The film is … Continued
Earthling (film)
Earthling is a 1980 film about a boy stranded in the Australian mountains after his parents are accidentally killed. 10 out of 10 stars. Few films can capture your heart the way this one does. Even forty years after it … Continued
Cheer (series)
Cheer is a 2020 Netflix documentary series on the cheer squad at a small junior college, Navarro College, in Corsicana, Texas. 8 out of 10 stars. The documentary series is terrifying, exhilarating, and frustrating all at the same time. This … Continued
American Factory (film)
American Factory is a 2019 documentary made by Netflix on the Fuyao Glass Company built by a corrupt Chinese corporation (actually run by the Communist Party) in Dayton, Ohio where the General Motors Factory used to be. 6 out of … Continued
Mimic (film)
Mimic is a 1997 creature feature horror film starring a seven-foot tall cockroach. 10 out of 10 stars. Still scary after all these years. It’s sometime in the near future and a disease called Strickler’s Disease has killed most of … Continued
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer is a time-travel novel and a boring one at that. 0 out of 10 stars. This was a truly boring novel. The author spent more time trying to describe the … Continued
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder is a 2008 sequel to Starship Troopers. 0 out of 10 stars. There are ridiculous nude shots with women with fake breasts and men on steroids. It’s more than just ridiculous; it’s moronic. The federation has … Continued
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is a 1997 film about an arachnid alien invasion of Earth taken from the novel of the same name by Robert A Heinlein. 7 out of 10 stars. When this was released it was the very first film … Continued
Flack (series)
Flack is a 2019 TV series made in the United Kingdom and now airing on SHOWTIME. 0 out of 10 stars. The very first episode has Anna Paquin snorting cocaine and exposing her five year old niece to a packet … Continued
Messiah (series)
Messiah is a 2019 series created by Netflix. 8 out of 10 stars. I didn’t love it, but I liked it and the writers went to a lot of trouble to make the messiah very much like Jesus. He talks … Continued
Little Women (film)
Little Women is a 1994 of the famous novel by Louisa May Alcott of the same name. 10 out of 10 stars. If you’ve read the novel this film adaption follows the novel perfectly. No bizarre plot adjustments. The acting … Continued
Stand By Me (film)
Stand By Me is the 1986 film inspired by Stephen King’s novella The Body. 6 out of 10 stars. The film is set in 1959 Castle Rock, Maine and stars some of the best child actors. This is a coming … Continued
Dracula (series)
Dracula is a 2019 series of three episodes made by Netflix. 3 out of 10 stars. This was certainly over-hyped and under-delivered. The series is three 90-minute episodes. In the first episode, Count Dracula of Transylvania hires barrister Jonathan Harker … Continued
Murder in the Bayou (series)
Murder in the Bayou is a 2019 series about the murder of eight women in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. 5 out of 10 stars. The first episode was fact-based and informative. The rest was sloppy. Victim #1 Loretta Chaisson Lewis … Continued
2:22 (film)
2:22 is a 2017 film about reincarnation and changing your fate. 8 out of 10 stars. A cool plot and a happy ending. 🙂 Dylan is an air traffic controller and Sarah works in an art gallery. The day … Continued
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie is a romance about a dog named Fred. The author even has a foreword all about how the book is referred to as “Fred’s Book” in Crusie circles. Is there such a thing as … Continued
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a 2008 film based on the novel of the same name. 10 out of 10 stars. This is one of the most beautifully written films I’ve ever seen. I haven’t read the novel, … Continued
Angels Burning by Tawni O’Dell
Angels Burning by Tawni O’Dell is several stories in one, told through the eyes of a 50 year-old small town Chief of Police, Dove Carnahan. The setting is a small town in Pennsylvania. 4 out of 10 stars. I have … Continued
A Fine Dark Line by Joe Lansdale
A Fine Dark Line by Joe Lansdale is a trip back in time to 1958 (or 1955 depending on which page you’re on) when thirteen year-old Stanley Mitchel and 74 year-old Buster Abbot Lighthorse Smith set out to solve two … Continued