Emilio Corsetti III's Blog, page 3

Review of the Hulu Docuseries Devil in the Family

Too much of anything is never good. There are plenty of examples of families torn apart by excess exposure through social media or reality TV. For Ruby Franke, it all started with an interest in creating a YouTube channel for family Vlogging.

My Pick for Oscars 2025 Best Picture

The author reviews ten best picture nominated films, sharing opinions on each. Favorites include "I'm Still Here" and "A Complete Unknown," praised for their powerful storytelling and performances. Other films are critiqued for pacing issues or unclear plots. The author invites readers to comment on their own favorites within the discussion.

Review of The House of Da Vinci VR

Rating **** If you like puzzle games, you’ll enjoy The House of Da Vinci VR. You’ll have to solve a series of puzzles to advance through each of the seven levels. My first thought when purchasing this title was that it would contain a lot of Da Vinci-specific content. I had read the book on […]

Review of Metro Awakening VR

Review of Metro Awakening VR Rating ***** A few of the early reviews for this title were negative. There were complaints about everything: It’s too dark, there is not enough gunplay, It’s not as good as Half-Life Alyx. I enjoyed every minute of this game. It’s a showcase of what VR immersion can accomplish. While […]

Review of The Art Thief

Review of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel rating ***** I was immediately attracted by the premise behind Michael Finkel’s book The Art Thief. Not only was Stephane Breitwieser the most prolific art thief in history, but he didn’t sell his stolen artwork. He proudly […]

Review of Tsunami: Race Against Time

This week, twenty years ago, an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia caused a tsunami that killed an estimated 225,000 people. This four-part National Geographic series examines the event almost minute-by-minute, using video from survivors. The earthquake that started it all was an 8.9 on the Richter scale. It was, at the time, the strongest […]

Best of EverythingNonfiction 2024

This site is dedicated to bringing attention to nonfiction books, films, documentaries, and VR gaming. Why VR gaming? Virtual Reality is the only medium that puts you in the story. Fighting creatures on an alien planet may not be nonfiction, but it certainly counts toward total immersion, which is what the best true stories try […]

Review of MSFS 2024

From a marketing standpoint, Asobo, the developer behind MSFS, made several mistakes with the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch. The first mistake was calling it MSFS 2024. Knowing that the program would not be released until late in the year, they should have called it MSFS 2025. They could have then released a pre-release version […]

Review of Trevor Noah: Born a Crime

Review of Trevor Noah Born a Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood Rating ***** I remember the first time I saw Trevor Noah sitting behind the desk of the Daily Show. He was replacing Jon Stewart. Where did they get this guy from? I thought. It wasn’t long before I became a fan of […]

Review of the book Adrift

Review of the book Adrift: A True Story on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About it by Brian Murphy Rating **** Having just read The Graves Are Walking about the Irish potato famine, I was intrigued by this survival story set ten years later. Many of the people described in […]