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Book Review of Martha Wells’ “Exit Strategy” (2018), Book 4 in the Murderbot Series

I’m still enjoying Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries having just finished the fourth installment, Exit Strategy. I’ve already read and reviewed the first three, novellas rather than novels, really. Side Note: I’ve mentioned this before in one of the previous reviews, but even though the security unit/murderbot has no gender, even though partially organic, I can’t […]

Review of Quantum Leap Ep4: “A Decent Proposal”

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. Alert! Here be spoilers! Last night I watched Quantum Leap season 1, episode 4 A Decent Proposal guest starring Justin Hartley and Sofia Pernas. Since I knew Ben would be leaping into a bounty hunter, in preparation I watched the original […]

Review of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Last night I watched Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). I got the Blu-Ray from my local public library so it didn’t cost me a cent. I was concerned because the film has mixed reviews and I didn’t necessarily want to waste my time on a turkey (like just about every Marvel TV […]

Comparing the Original “Quantum Leap” to the Current Series, Part 2

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. Continuing to try and figure out the course of the current Quantum Leap TV show on NBC by looking at the past show, I ran across a few things such as the current show’s ratings. According to Comic Book News, the […]

Review of Quantum Leap Ep3 “Somebody Up There Likes Ben”

I just finished watching the current Quantum Leap show, episode 3, Somebody Up There Likes Ben. It’s October 2, 1977 in Las Vegas and Ben has leapt into a boxer named Danny Hill (Jermaine Alverez Martin). Danny’s got a complicated life. He’s been tried by the old brother who raised him Daryl (Bayardo De Murguia). […]

Review of 1993’s Quantum Leap Series Finale “Mirror Image” and What It Means for the Current Series

I’ve been watching the Quantum Leap revival and reviewed episodes 1 and 2. I’m particularly interested in the mystery around why Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) chose to make an unauthorized leap after receiving a text message from Janice (or Janis) Calavicci (Georgina Reilly), daughter of Al Calavicci (played by the late Dean Stockwell). However, […]

Review of Quantum Leap Ep2, “Atlantis”

Okay, I’ll admit it. The new Quantum Leap show is growing on me. I just watched the second episode Atlantis and it was pretty good. The leap itself was intriguing, but I’ll get to that. The real gem was the secrets everyone was keeping. Spoiler Alert: If you don’t want to know what’s in this […]

Review of Episode 1 of the New “Quantum Leap”

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I’ve been a long-time fan of the original Quantum Leap (1989-1993) starring Scott Bakula and the late Dean Stockwell so naturally when the series relaunch starring Raymond Lee and Caitlin Bassett was announced, I was curious. At first, I had no […]

Book Review of “Out of Time” (2022) by Dave Sinclair

I don’t remember what made me buy Dave Sinclair’s time travel/spy book Out Of Time: An Atticus Wolfe Novel. It’s the first of the three-part series (somehow, I think readers expect series these days rather than standalone books). I suppose it was the theme. An MI6 agent in 2024 is suddenly thrust backwards in time […]

Film Review of “DC League of Super-Pets” (2022)

Who knew the first movie I’d see in the theater since Rise of Skywalker (2019) would be DC League of Super-Pets (2022). Let me explain. My son and his wife went on a camping trip, so they dropped my seven-year-old granddaughter off at my wife’s and my house at 9:30 Saturday morning. My wife suggested […]