I have no recollection of this 2004 version of Salem’s Lot existing. I think I would have paid attention to it somewhat because of Rob Lowe, but I didn’t. In some ways I enjoyed watching this version of the story better than the 1979 original, but I did not...

Amazing Race: Season 28 Episode 03 Bros Being Jocks In the prior episode, the brothers slowly wandered around the airport which led to them getting on the latest possible flight to the destination, had a hard time finding the detour clue, and only avoided elimination because of the mistake of...

The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls Pages: 267 Genre: Literary Fiction Published: 2013 Purchase: Amazon 3/5 Stars I found The Silver Star to be disappointing. It was an okay, easy read but not one I would necessarily recommend....

The Revenant is brutal. It is not a fun movie to watch, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy watching it. I could almost feel all the pain that Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Hugh Glass, was experiencing in the American wilderness–from the horrendous bear attack to the bitter cold...

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Pages: 152 Genre: Memoir Published: July 15, 2015 Purchase: Amazon But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones,...

The 1979 television miniseries of Salem’s Lot does a decent job of translating the spirit and most of the plot points of the Stephen King novel into three hours of spooky vampire shenanigans. Any unintentional laughter I had from it mostly came from the limited special effects due to the...

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon Pages: 752 Genre: Historical Romance Published: 1992 Link to purchase: Amazon | Powell’s “D’ye think I don’t know?” he asked softly. “It’s me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do for you–then I’m asking you to tear out your heart...

Amazing Race: Season 28 Episode 02 You Look Like Gollum Let’s talk about the older dad/daughter team. The episode started with a very weird conversation where Phil was telling them that they weren’t eliminated from the race. He asked them what they planned to do to catch up and the daughter...

I am a fan of Quentin Tarantino movies. I love the very wordy dialogue and the extreme violence. I find it very entertaining. Before The Hateful Eight, I had never seen a movie in 70mm before in the theater and it was quite an experience. There was an overture...

Amazing Race: Season 28 Episode 01 I Should’ve Been a Boy Scout This season of The Amazing Race is probably not going to go well. Phil called it a special season and I said it was a Special Stupid Season since every contestant has people that are popular on...