Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 05/19/23

Book - Hornblower's Navy: Life at Sea in the Age of Nelson (1998) [/] This is a big softcover book with photographs and is an introductory level book detailing the British navy during the Napoleonic Era. The people, the ships, the life aboard, the combat tactics. There is very little tie-in to CS Forester's works other than the two-page intro and a few mentions here and there. It's a good general overview and even after reading all the Hornblower and Aubrey/Maturin novels there is a lot in Hornblower's Navy that I didn't know.

TV Movie - Backyard Wedding (2010) [/] Romantic tv movie. Kim (Alicia Witt) returns home for the wedding of her dreams. But her childhood friend and ex-husband Evan (Teddy Sears) is also around because his parents live next to her parents. Kim becomes more and more conflicted because her fiancée Jeffrey (Ryan Bittle) seems more concerned about his business deals than the wedding and Evan is being ever so helpful during her crisis... It's an ok movie.

Apple Arcade - Unleash the Light (2019) [/] An rpg-style adventure game set in the Steven Universe with cartoony graphics and voice acting from the cast. Steven and his friends must recover three crystals from two bad guys. Story and bad guys co-created by Rebecca Sugar who created Steven Universe... It has good theming and the battles are JRPG-style but without lots of random encounters so that's good.