Movie Review – Terminator Genisys (2015)
Released to theaters this weekend is Terminator Genisys, the latest film in the Terminator franchise and (hopefully) the beginning of a new Terminator series of films. Terminator Genisys returns to the...
View ArticleMovie Review – The Towering Inferno (1974)
During the early 1970s era of “shake and bake” disaster films, one of the biggest and best was 1974’s The Towering Inferno. Set in San Francisco, California, The Towering Inferno tells a story of the...
View ArticleMovie Review – A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Today we’re taking a look at the 1964 western film, A Fistful of Dollars. Released in Italy in 1964 and the United States in 1967, A Fistful of Dollars has been credited for launching the movie career...
View ArticleMovie Review – The Producers (1968)
What if it paid to be a failure? What if you could get away with it, too? That’s the premise behind today’s movie review, the 1968 classic comedy film, The Producers. Written and directed by comedic...
View ArticleMovie Review – Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
In honor of tomorrow night’s premier of Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! on Syfy, today we’re taking a look at the second film in the series, Sharknado 2: The Second One. Back in 2013, the made for television...
View ArticleHow Much Money Does It Cost These Days To Watch Sports on Television?
Last weekend I had the desire to watch the NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday. I knew that it was that time in the season for NBC to take over coverage of the races. Okay. No problem. I’ll just check...
View ArticleMovie Review – Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
How far would you go to find something that you have loved and lost? That’s basically the premise for 1985’s classic film, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. In Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, somebody steals Pee-wee...
View ArticleMovie Review – The Country Bears (2002)
Today we’re taking a look at 2002’s The Country Bears, a Disney live-action film based on the popular Country Bear Jamboree animatronic show in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World and Tokyo...
View ArticleBook Review – James Rollins’“The Judas Strain”
Today we’re taking a look at The Judas Strain, the fourth book in James Rollins‘ thrilling SIGMA Series novels. Released in 2007, The Judas Strain takes readers on an adventure as a team of specialized...
View ArticleMovie Review – Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Imagine if medical science advanced to the point where surgeons could operate on a person from *inside* of their body. That’s basically the premise behind 1966’s hit science-fiction film, Fantastic...
View ArticleThe Dawn of a New Day
2017 is here and we’re witnessing the transition towards a better tomorrow. It’s inspirational. It’s motivational. And it’s time to finally do something to take advantage of this awareness and...
View ArticleThe Death of Retail Shopping
Recently, an article discussed how Amazon (and other online companies) are going to basically destroy a large percentage of jobs in retail stores. Sadly, shopping in retail brick and mortar stores (a...
View ArticleWhat would you do if an Asteroid was about to hit Earth?
Recently there have been some conspiracy theory news stories about how asteroid 2016 WF9 (or possibly a comet, astrologists are still trying to determine exactly *what* is flying through the solar...
View ArticleMandela Effect – False Memory or Shift in the Multiverse?
Have you ever come to realize that something you’ve always believed to have been true is actually false, like a verse in a song or the spelling of a name or product? There’s a popular theory going...
View ArticleBook Review – Stephen Baxter’s “Ark”
Recently I finished reading Ark, an interesting science-fiction / space travel book written by Stephen Baxter. The book is a direct sequel to Flood. In Flood, readers were introduced to a frightening...
View ArticleBlaming Others for Your Poor Life Choices
Today’s case of mind-boggling stupidity (and a blatant socialist agenda) comes from an opinion post courtesy of the Washington Post. In her ranting, JoAnn Wise is heavily against Andrew Puzder (the CEO...
View ArticleUnderstanding the 2017 Oroville Dam Crisis
Chances are likely that unless you’ve lived in or visited northern California, you’ve never heard of the Oroville Dam. I’m one of those people. I’ve never been to that part of the country, and that...
View ArticleBook Review – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child’s “Dance of Death”
A while back (so long ago that I cannot remember) I read Dance of Death, the sixth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series of novels written by authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The...
View ArticleBook Review – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child’s “The Book of the Dead”
Following the previous posting, another book that I read within the past year was The Book of the Dead, the next novel in the Special Agent Pendergast series of thrillers written by Douglas Preston and...
View ArticleBook Review – Michael Crichton’s “Timeline”
Around a month ago I finished reading Timeline, a thrilling time-travel adventure story written by Michael Crichton. This was my second time reading this book as I once read it about ten years ago. I...
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