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I’d never seen this one before, and from the title I always thought it was a thriller about police corruption. I guess I had only seen the tough guy poster on the DVD and blu-ray, and not the theatrical one that looks like SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE or something. I think there is some subtle commentary about policing early in the movie, which I will go into, but for the most part it’s not about that. Instead this movie – which was only the fifth release from Disney’s not-for-kids label Hollywood Pictures – really is a fusion of the type of...

REVIEW – Who doesn’t like to sit around a cozy fire pit on a chilly evening outside?  How about a fire pit that you can pack up and take with you?  How about one that will also let you cook on it and is designed to radiate heat out to the sides and create less smoke?  That is what the BioLite FirePit+ promises so let’s see if it can make good on its promises. What is it? The BioLite FirePit+ is the second iteration of a portable firepit created by the BioLite company.  This new fire pit is portable and...

REVIEW – I have owned just about every kind of wired/wireless earbuds you can imagine.  And I have discarded more than I can possibly remember.  There seem to be 2 main camps of earbud products these days:  the kind that have a wire of some kind, and those that are ‘true wireless’.  There are of course benefits to both kinds of configurations and drawbacks. But I tend to like the true wireless earbuds the most.  I just don’t like the wires. I have tried the kind where the wire connects directly to my phone, and those are just a plain...

The CleanKey can be your antimicrobial replacement fingers. What Is CleanKey? From the clever folks at KeySmart (see our review), CleanKey is a tool for opening doors, pushing buttons, and otherwise interacting with public surfaces without touching them directly. CleanKey is made of an anti-microbial alloy that helps “slow or kill the spread of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi.” You use CleanKey as a hook or button-pushing extension of your hand, reducing the chances you’ll pick up unwanted contamination. CleanKey – What’s in the Box? If you purchase from the SmartKey website, you get one CleanKey and a...

During the COVID-19 crisis, our team has temporarily ceased taking review trips and we are not publishing new flight or hotel reviews. While bringing our readers unbiased, detailed reviews of travel experiences is one of our core missions, now is not the time. We all love to travel and know you do too. So, to help keep you entertained — and maybe inspire you — we are republishing a selection of our most popular reviews from 2019 and 2020, including the one below. Hopefully, this will help you once we’re all ready to start booking trips again. TPG Rating 84...