Reviews (Movies – Music – Books)

A middle class family flees the crime and poverty of Detroit for a fresh start in New York City. A fire leaves them homeless and they are forced into the nightmare of the homeless system. A determined woman saves her ...

State of Rage by Gary Beck For Immediate Release Murderous rampages prompt a young psychologist to decide to make a device that will detect disturbed individuals before they run amok. He starts a project that quickly grows and is funded ...

Transitions by Gary Beck For Immediate Release Transitions is a poetry collection that looks at the rapid and gradual changes taking place in our society. We love the poems from Transitions. - Tower Journal An exciting collection. - Carcinogenic Poetry ...

Just Talking About Science-Fiction By, Melissa R. Mendelson When I was a kid, I would curl up on the couch with my parents and watch “The Twilight Zone,” “Outer Limits,” and “Amazing Stories.” For a holiday gift, my father gave ...

Ten Years Is A Wonderful Life by, Melissa R. Mendelson If a television show makes it into its tenth year, then that show should re-enact the scene from “It’s A Wonderful Life,” where George goes running through the streets, wishing ...

A Jolt of Kola by, Melissa R. Mendelson Recently, I had a bad health scare.  I had found a lump.  The doctor said that I had to have a mammography done plus sonogram, which I did.  The results were not ...

Movie Review: The 9th Life of Louis Drax by, Melissa R. Mendelson They say that a mind is a terrible thing to waste.  Yet, we waste ours on mindless television, mediocre tasks at work, mind-numbing commutes, listening to endless babble ...

When I Listen To Music by, Melissa R. Mendelson When I listen to music, I want to disappear. I want to melt. I want to feel. I want to be alive. As far back as I can remember, I held ...

TV SHOW REVIEW: BEYOND by, Melissa R. Mendelson Trust No One.  Those words etched into skin, digging deep.  Why did she write that?  What was worse was that those words were not alone.  You’re in danger, but why would he ...

Comedy Review: What Is That Smell? by, Melissa R. Mendelson I love The Doors, and I have so many favorite songs by them.  One favorite is “People Are Strange” because they are.  We are so different, but yet, we are ...