by mike | May 16, 2024 | Disaster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Why gripe about “bad science” when you can go on a two-hour thrill ride by watching THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW? This post first ran in 2021. Last week I wrote about “bad science” movies and mentioned The Day After Tomorrow, a 2004 “climate science fiction/disaster” film....
by mike | May 13, 2024 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Uncategorized |
The source material for the 2023 horror film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, is a chapter titled “The Captain’s Log” from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. That should be enough to keep you from boarding the vessel. I mean, who would want Transylvania’s most famous...
by mike | May 9, 2024 | Disaster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
What is it with film critics?!? I first presented this post in 2021. I strongly believe in science, especially when it comes to dealing with major issues such as global pandemics and climate change. But when I watch a movie, primarily in two of my favorite...
by mike | May 5, 2024 | Aging, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Jacqueline was my world, my everything. The bravest person I’d ever known, she battled and beat the demon cancer many times during our 3+ decades together. Two of those times she was “toe-tagged”—advised to get her affairs in order. Neither came to pass. But last...
by mike | May 2, 2024 | Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Thirteen seasons now for Death In Paradise, and still going strong. This post first ran in 2021. Over the past decade the British/French “mystery/comedy/suspense” series, Death in Paradise, has been one of the highest rated shows going, especially in England. My bride...