by mike | Nov 9, 2026 | Creature Features, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I grew up with the 1954 “Big Bug” monster movie, Them! (Their exclamation point.) It is one of my all-time favorites in any genre, and I have long since run out of fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve watched it. There have been other movies featuring giant...
by mike | Nov 2, 2026 | Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Movies, Uncategorized |
In another week or so, Ebenezer, a new version of Charles Dickens’ classic novella, A Christmas Carol, will hit the movie theaters. Johnny Depp, if you can believe it, will portray the main character, the curmudgeonly, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. I, for one, have no...
by mike | Oct 26, 2026 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As an old guy living in a gated senior community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door, since no one here does trick or treating. In addition to eating the last two Reese’s peanut butter cups, I get all the ones that come before them! Pretty...
by mike | Oct 19, 2026 | Baseball, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Movies, Magical realism, Movies, Mystery Films, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As I’ve mentioned one or two—or fifty—times since I started this blog, Field of Dreams (1989) is my all-time favorite movie. By extension, so are its stars, in particular Amy Madigan, who played Annie Kinsella, the upbeat, feisty wife of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner)....
by mike | Oct 12, 2026 | Books, California, Comedy/sci-fi, Life, Mysteries, Uncategorized, Writing |
Well, things were going just dandy into September as I continued writing my latest opus, Mysteries of the Bike Path (A Jack Miller Senior Moment: Book Seven). I had surpassed the halfway point and was on a roll. Then—unfortunately—the last three weeks happened....
