Review: Stranger Things (Season 1)
I’m coming to this one a little late. I had it on my list of things to review or write about and kept putting it off. I had sort of decided it was too late […]
2016
Check Out Michael Phelps Doing Eminem on Lip Sync Battle
So, what do you do for fun after raking in the medals at the Summer Olympics and raising the bar even higher as the most decorated athlete in history? Apparently you go on Lip Sync […]
Science Fiction? Nat Geo ‘Mars’ Is Science Factual
Nat Geo will air a six-part series in November called ‘Mars’. It’s an ambitious project in that it attempts to mesh actual documentary footage and interviews with experts with a fictional story of a crew […]
Review: ‘Morgan’ Has Potential but Misses the Mark
Morgan starts with a simple premise of the moral and ethical implications of genetically crafting a biological being from scratch. Even if such a being looks and acts human, is it? Is the being a […]
Review: Captivology – The Science of Capturing People’s Attention
As the subtitle implies, Captivology is a book about capturing attention. It is a guide to understanding and implementing tips and practices that will attract and keep the attention of your desired audience.Parr starts out […]
War Dogs Proves Life Is Often Stranger than Fiction
Holy crap.That is my summary of War Dogs. The movie was produced by Todd Phillips–director of the Hangover movies–and Bradley Cooper. The truly crazy part, though, is that War Dogs is real-life. It’s a story […]
‘Sausage Party’ – Finally an Animated Feature for Adults
As a parent, I see more than my fair share of animated features. To be honest, I love movies so I don’t really mind. Still, ‘Sausage Party’ is a refreshing–and long overdue–change of pace. Finally there’s an […]
‘The Principle’ Uses Pseudo-Science to Challenge Understanding of Universe
Let me start by saying that I like ‘The Principle’–it’s just that I don’t like it for the reasons the writer and producer would prefer. In a nutshell, the movie is supposed to be an […]
Alice In Chains Still Rocking Strong
I remember Alice In Chains from the halcyon days of Grunge Rock in the 90’s. While the band never achieved the level of fame and notoriety of acts like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains […]
‘Bad Moms’ Will Make You Laugh
My wife and I went to see ‘Bad Moms’ on Friday. The movie came in third in the weekend box office–only slightly behind Star Trek Beyond, but a distant third to the new Jason Bourne […]