Jane the Virgin (season 2)

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of TV shows

{5/5} “We happen to be in a little bit of a feud. A big feud, actually!” — Rogelio, about Britney Spears Jane the Virgin season 2, aired in 2015-16 Jane has had her baby, a boy named Mateo. A fake nurse grabbed Mateo and took him to Rose, aka Sin Rostro. Rose calls Michael and […]

Only Murders in the Building (season 2)

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of TV shows

{5/5} “Bunny had a secret elevator? Where does it go, Hell?” Only Murders in the Building season 2, aired in 2022 When Bunny is murdered and Mabel is found leaning over the body with Bunny’s blood all over her, Mabel, Charles, and Oliver are all arrested. They’re interrogated, but the police haven’t found the murder […]

Knight and Day

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{5/5} “‘They’ll tell you I’m mentally unstable and violent and dangerous and it will all sound very convincing.’ ‘I’m already convinced.’” Knight and Day, released in 2010 June is going to her sister’s wedding. She runs into a handsome man named Roy at the airport a couple of times, and then ends up on the […]

The Innkeeper’s Song

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of books

{4.5/5} “Most people are wide awake only now and then — on special occasions, as you might say. But a magician is wide awake all the time, on call for everything, which is why post people call him a magician. And he is never more so than at the moment of his own death.” The […]

Predestination

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{5/5} “‘One night he sat me down, told me to wait for a moment. Told me he’d be right back.’ ‘And then?’ ‘And then nothing. I never saw him again.’” Predestination, released in 2014 An agent goes back in time to 1975 to prevent an attack by the Fizzle Bomber. He becomes a bartender so […]

The Foreigner

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4.5/5} “Should anyone find out that we’re talking to the Brits to go after one of our own, rogue or not, there’ll be the devil to pay.” The Foreigner, released in 2017 When a bomb goes off in London, a group calling themselves the Authentic IRA takes credit. Quan’s daughter was picking up a dress […]

Shadow of Ashland

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of books

{4.5/5} “He was ashamed. He saw what takin’ a man’s job could lead to, saw what he’d done. He’d ended up pitted against other fellows just like himself — guys tryin’ to get by, feed themselves and families. But he was just like them — needed the money.” Shadow of Ashland by Terence M. Green, […]

Jungle Cruise

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4.5/5} “You booked a river cruise and you can’t swim? The price just went up.” Jungle Cruise, released in 2021 In 1916 Lily Houghton and her brother MacGregor travel to South America in search of a flower that cures diseases. Centuries earlier the conquistadors in search of it were captured by the jungle itself and […]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Warchild

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of books

{4.5/5} “‘You are asking for a miracle, Vedek Torin,’ Sisko said. ‘The Federation will help as much as possible, but we can’t promise miracles.’ The Vedek inclined his head. ‘When you first came to Bajor, you promised us peace. Is this not the greatest miracle of all?’” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Warchild by […]

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of TV shows

{5/5} “I don’t want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the science.” Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World, aired in 2021 This 3-part documentary depicts the year that Greta Thunberg, a young climate activist, travelled to learn more about the changing climate from experts and to speak to […]