Details from IMDB: The Wild Robot After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose. Initial Thoughts: I thought about going to Venom: The Last Dance last weekend but the reviews were…
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Book Review: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? By Dr. Julie Smith
Details from Audible: Publisher’s summary “Smart, insightful, and warm. Dr. Julie is both the expert and wise friend we all need.” –Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of the “Dear Therapists” podcast? Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills…
Movie Review: Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Details from IMDB: Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos. Initial Thoughts: For me I was introduced to Lovecraft not from his writing (short stories or novels) but from the role-playing game “Call of Cthulhu” which I’ve been playing (and more recently running) since…
Movie Review: Transformers One
Details from IMDB: Transformers One The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but who once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Initial Thoughts: Transformers takes me back to my childhood. I watched the cartoon, had lots of the toys and read the…
Movie Review: Beetlejuice
Details from IMDB: Beetlejuice IMDb RATING 7.5/10 The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. Initial Thoughts: As I made a mistake and didn’t post my Batman movie review last week, this will be 3 posts…
Movie Review: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Details from IMDB: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Initial Thoughts: Doing this in reverse order! I’ll explain, I never put a review for the first movie before and as my wife hadn’t seen it I watched it again last night. When I thought about the review, though, I decided to do this one while it’s still fresh as…
Movie Review: Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Details From IMDB: In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman. Initial Thoughts: It’s a good time to be a Batman fan. Battison will soon (next few years anyway) have a new movie, The Caped Crusader is…
Book Review: Rated X by Maitland Ward
Details from Audible: Publisher’s summary A celebrity memoir unlike any other, this is an empowering, sex-positive, behind-the-scenes look at both Hollywood and the porn industry. Perfect for fans of Pleasure Activism and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star. Maitland Ward got her start in acting as a teenager when she was cast in The Bold and the…
Movie Review: Batman: The Doom that came to Gotham
Details from IMDB: Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham An ancient evil awakens and only Bruce Wayne can save 1920s Gotham City. Initial Thoughts: Batman is my favorite comic book character, always has been for me. He’s the reason I started to read more serious/adult comics (compared to Archie I mean, I was reading…
Movie Review: Ricky Stanicky
Details from IMDB: When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. Initial Thoughts: It’s really something how John Cena has come into his…