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Review of Nuremberg

Review of Nuremberg written by James Vanderbilt and Jack El-Hai and directed by James Vanderbilt Rating **** This film starts slow but gains momentum thanks to great performances by Russell Crowe and Rami Malek. There were some things about this story I knew beforehand and a few things I picked up after watching the film. […]

Review of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Review of Caste: The origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Rating ***** I first became aware of our nation’s systemic racism after the election of Barak Obama. I always believed that racism was an issue with a small population of extremists. I know now that the problem is much larger than that. I’ve since […]

Review of Arizona Sunshine Remake

Review of Arizona Sunshine Remake Rating ***** Having first played Arizona Sunshine 2, I was looking forward to this remake. I found this one to be as much fun as AS2, but I did miss Buddy the German Shepard. I’ve never been a fan of Zombie stories, but there is an immense satisfaction in seeing […]

Review of The Truth About Jussie Smollett

The Truth About Jussie Smollett Rating **** 1/2 I hesitated to watch this documentary because I thought I knew the story. Actor stages a confrontation with two men who are supposed to be white MAGA supporters in order to gain publicity for himself. That’s not what this is. Instead, it is an investigation into the […]

Review of Save Our Souls

Review of Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder by Matthew Pearl Rating ***** A shipwreck. Survival on an uninhabited island in the Pacific. Then toss in some backstabbing and murder, and you have the story behind Save Our Souls. The island where the castaways find themselves is Midway, […]

Review of The Perfect Neighbor

I first became aware of this story from Court TV. This documentary distills a story that unfolds over months into a tight expose of hate and racism and the tragic consequences of one person’s twisted worldview. Susan Lorincz believed she was the perfect neighbor. All she wanted was to live her life and piece and […]

Review of The Seventh Guest VR

Review of The Seventh Guest VR Rating **** Although I enjoyed this puzzle game, I can only give it four stars due to some playability issues I encountered. So, let me start with that. The first issue I encountered was related to height adjustment. I play all VR games seated. When I first started The […]

Review of Wavewalker

Review of Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood Rating ***** The author sums up this story with a comment made in one of the final chapters, where she says she felt like she was trapped in someone else’s dream. That dream was her father’s, and it was to sail around the world. […]

Review of Wastelands

Review of Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corbin AddisonRating ***** Wastelands is a story about odor. It’s also a story about large corporations putting profits above doing the right thing. The book shares a similar theme with Toms River, which is about two large chemical companies that polluted the air […]

Review of Alien: Rogue Incursion VR

Review of Alien Rogue Incursion VR Rating ***** Before purchasing any VR title, I like to read reviews from actual users. When this title first came out, I saw numerous negative reviews from people calling it ‘woke’ or asking for their money back because the main character is a black female. WTF? What rock did […]