Month: June 2015

Jurassic World

I saw the original Jurassic Park in the theater. It was a visceral experience where I was as terrified as those kids being chased by a T-Rex and velociraptors. I wanted to experience that with this movie and the trailer made me believe it could happen, but it failed...

Ex Machina

I have a thing for robot movies, especially ones dealing with artificial intelligence. Even if most of them end up with the same general plot line that artificial intelligence is bad and should not be developed, I still want to watch it. That may bias my opinion of Ex...

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Rachel rides the train into work each day and during one section of the ride, the train slows down slightly and she stares at a row of houses that line the tracks. She stares at a happy couple that she has named...

All the Light We Cannot See

  All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr I normally would not have read this book. It did win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but I am not a fan of books about war so it would not have been something I would have chosen for myself. The...