The Right Stuff Blu-Ray
Recently we celebrated the 66th anniversary of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. I was surprised to learn that my wife had never seen the movie The Right Stuff. And…
Review: Fool Moon
A few years back I read Stormfront, the first book in Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files. Although I liked the story, I didn’t like the main character harry Dresden, nor…
Review: On Basilisk Station
On Basilisk Station by David Weber is the first book in the Honor Harrington series. Weber chose the name to have the initials H.H. for the main character knowing that…
Review – The Ghost in the INvisible Bikini
My daughter had requested we watch The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Sadly, I don’t have this in our video collection, but, as luck would have it, Amazon Prime did…
Review: How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
One of the joys of parenthood is introducing your children to the things you loved growing up, and hoping they love them too. So it was the past Saturday night…
Who’s The Doctor?
Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who, and the “Net is abuzz with speculations and thoughts on who will become the 12th Doctor. Not wanting to be outdone, I thought I…
71ST Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid
Today marks the 71st Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the famous raid on the Japanese homelands in the opening months of the U.S. involvement in World War 2. Only four…
Starship Troopers Revamp
Over on io9, they have an article on upcoming SF movie reboots (and “why they might not suck”, their words, not mine). There are a couple of films listed that…
Review: The Avengers
Well, I finally got around to seeing Marvel’s The Avengers. I am, unfortunately, sadly disappointed by it. If you love violence, destruction, special effects, and little character development and story,…
Review: Brave
Having a six year old daughter means being able to go to see animated movies and not feeling out of place. This time we went to see Pixar’s latest film,…