by mike | Jul 14, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Over the past couple of weeks I watched (yet again) the five films featuring superspy/assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in four of them, and superspy/assassin Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) in one. I absolutely love this series, and since the door was left open at the...
by mike | Jul 10, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This is definitely a guilty pleasure, but I get a hoot out of its improbable plot. I first presented this post in 2022. A gorilla, a wolf, and an alligator walk into a bar. Wait, let me rephrase that. A giant gorilla, a giant wolf, and a giant alligator walk...
by mike | Jun 23, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last Friday, in addition to it being the Summer Solstice, Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, Jaws, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its 1975 release. Naturally, I had to watch the awesome movie for the…let’s see, 783rd time, give or take. I never get tired of what...
by mike | Jun 16, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Uncategorized |
With rare exceptions, a sequel to a popular movie seldom lives up to the original. There is one main reason why sequels are even made: money. It is true these days, and it was true back in 1933, when Son of Kong was released barely nine months after the insanely...
by mike | Jun 9, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Adventure fantasy, Creature Features, Fantasy, Movies, Uncategorized |
In my misspent youth, when I wasn’t outside playing with the dinosaurs, I would watch these newfangled things called movies. One of my absolute favorites was the 1949 fantasy-adventure, Mighty Joe Young, a story about a ginormous gorilla taken from its habitat to be...
by mike | Jun 2, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Death, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I finally figured it out. I finally understood why, given my fear of heights and an even greater phobia about falling, I watched just about every mountain-climbing movie out there. It was because—from the safety of my couch or the theater seat—I wanted to understand...
