Movie #4: The Monkey When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths follow. This one gets off to a tremendous gloriously gruesome and darkly humorous start before running out of gas and sputtering to its not wholly surprising conclusion. My rating: 3.5/5 Movie…
October 6, 2025: Catching up on my 2025 Crime Read recommendations!
Including the titles I'm giving a shout out to in today's blog entry, I've recommended 25 crime books (released in 2025) - which may seem like a lot, but not when you realize I've checked out roughly 240 books (and counting). Thus, I am recommending a rate of roughly 1 in 10 which should give…
October 5, 2025: Sharky Sunday!
Coffee with dad... Out and About - Three Dots Coffee Lab... Ticklish... Begging for treats... Goat and pear treat... Unboxing... Sharky vs shark...
October 4, 2025: Choose your ride (and crew) and tell me why – Rounds 8 and 9 [Aliens and Villains]
Round 7 - I'm going to have to go with the two ships NOT from a show I worked on. As much as I love the wraith hive ship and the Galactic Authority destroyer, I love the design of both the Romulan Warbird and Shadow Vessel. In the end, the Shadow Vessel wins for its…
October 3, 2025: The October Horrorfest Begins with 3 movies – Weapons, Final Destination: Bloodlines, and 28 Years Later!
Movie #1: Weapons When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. My rating: 4.5/5! Halfway through this movie I had no idea where it was headed but it eventually came together…
October 2, 2025: Choose your ride (and crew) and tell me why – 5 and 6 (Aliens and Villains)!
Round 5 - Round 6 (Aliens and Villains) Group 5, I've got to go with the Daedalus because I'm very familiar with the ship. The others not so much. Group 6, I'm going Vorlon. Love that squid design.
October 1, 2025: Amazing Covers!
A few that caught my eye this week... Absolute Evil #1 - cover art by Dustin Nguyen Absolute Green Lantern #7 - cover art by Jahnoy Lindsay Absolute Green Lantern #7 - cover art by Taurin Clarke Birds of Prey #26 - cover art by Kyuyong Eom Poison Ivy #37 - cover art by Nathan…
September 30, 2025:Choose your ride (and crew) and tell me why – Parts 3 and 4!
Round 3 - Tough one for me. Didn't watch BSG or Enterprise, but did watch Firefly and have a passing familiarity with SGU. As much as I love both ships, Serenity and Destiny, I do love the fact that Destiny offers so many secrets yet to be revealed and the fact that it has an…
September 29, 2025: Choose your ride (and crew) and tell me why – Part 2!
Over on the X platform, I've asked this same question and have been surprised by all of the love Andromeda Ascendant has received. It's a show that is totally off my radar. As is Lexx but, damn, gotta love that dragonfly design. I know, I know, there are those that will argue it's actually phallic…
September 28, 2025: Sharky Sunday!
Visiting Grandma, going out for Korean, and shopping at Pitout Minou... Hittin' the road - Out and About: Victor Rose Cafe and Salon Toutou Pumpkin treat - Sharky wants a bite... Twitchy nose - Yet another outing... Out and About: La Meunerie, Comptoir St. Jo, Victor Rose Cafe 10th Anniversary!
September 27, 2025: Choose your ride (and crew) and tell me why – Part 1!
I have to go with the starship and crew that was my introduction to sci-fi television, the Enterprise NCC-1701. I actually know very little about the crew of the other ships. Who you got and why?
September 26, 2025: Choose your mode of Sci-Fi travel!
Choose one and tell me why: - Time Travel - Multiverse Travel - Dimensional Travel - Interstellar Travel Interstellar Travel is the stuff of classic sci-fi, like Star Trek and Stargate, and while this is a speculative exercise, the likelihood of encountering alien life over weeks, months, even years (if at all) is highly unlikely.…
September 25, 2025: Amazing Covers!
A few that caught my eye this week... Absolute Wonder Woman #12 - cover art by Mateus Manhanini Detective Comics #1101 - cover art by Stephanie Hans Detective Comics #1101 - cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto Green Arrow #28 - cover art by Taurin Clarke Green Lantern #27 - cover art by Aaron Bartling Superman…
September 24, 2025: 200 2025 Crime Reads Rated and (some) Annotated!
4.5/5 Blood Ties by Jo Nesbø (Immersive, grounded character-driven story) Coram House by Bailey Seybolt (The ending genuinely surprised me) Friends Helping Friends by Patrick Hoffman (Great character work) Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson (Told in reverse but it bookends with a nice little twist) Leo by Deon Meyer (A pulse-pounding ride - 2025…
September 23, 2025: Quick! Before I run out of battery!
Dennit! I was going to post my rundown and ratings for 200 crime books (mystery, suspense, thrillers) of 2025 only to discover two of the titles (Liv Constatine's on my list were released prior to this year. Going to have to read two more books and delay my post to tomorrow - or, since tomorrow…