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Treasure Planet: review

04/11/2025

2002, PG on Disney+, G on IMdB Here’s a movie to charm kids and adults alike. It deserves sincere appreciation for its beautiful adaptation of the 1883 book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, famous for “buccaneers and buried gold.”  Perhaps Treasure…

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Moonfall: movie review

02/16/2025

Moonfall, 2022 (PG-13 on IMDb, 16+ on Amazon Prime)  We love natural disasters with half-decent happy endings, 5/10 ratings and all. “A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course toward Earth.” So…

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Oblivion: movie review

01/16/2025

2015. 13+ on Amazon, PG on IMDb Fans of Top Gun: Maverick will love this movie.  It’s basically that  . . . in the future . . . complete with Tom Cruise as lead, Joseph Kosinski as director (who also did Tron: Legacy), Top…

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The dinosaur evolves.

01/02/2025

I used to spend hours searching for words I guessed were overly used in my manuscript. No more. Now I have AutoCrit. Yes, the dinosaur bought a writing app!  I’m only just discovering AutoCrit’s multiple features. So far, one of its beauties…

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How to be a dinosaur. 3

12/30/2024

When your characters grow unwieldy.  For book 1, I carefully chose names for the major characters that weren’t similar, so as to not confuse readers. Then I realized that some minor characters would become major ones in 2, and many…

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Ready Player One: Movie Review

12/16/2024

2018. 13+ on Amazon, PG on IMDb Eat your heart out, sci-fi fans. This movie is busy with cult classic references from beginning to end. So much so that it both contributed to and hindered my enjoyment.  This film has…

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How to be a dinosaur. 2

12/02/2024

Every now and then, after a new draft, some of your chapters will out of whack, meaning way too long or short. You are welcome to do it my way, called The Way of the Dinosaur. [See image, chapter #s…

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Iwájú: Miniseries Review

11/16/2024

2024. TV-PG on Disney+ and IMDB Set in the future of Nigeria’s Lagos, Iwájú brings a refreshing take on sci-fi with a story immersed in Nigerian culture.  A ten-year-old girl who lives on “The Island”, an affluent part of Lagos…

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How to be a dinosaur

11/02/2024

I’m an analog girl in a digital world. (Just to mix metaphors.) First: that great idea I’ll never ever forget—will be forgotten within seconds. So do I slot the idea into my phone like everyone else? No. I keep blank…

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Terminator, Salvation: Movie Review

10/16/2024

2009. 13+ Amazon, 14A on IMDb This movie is for the regular Terminator fan as well as older teen to adult action and sci-fi fans able to handle the intensity. The original Terminator was too much for me to handle: I agree with its…

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