by mike | Jan 20, 2020 | Blowing Shit Up, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
They titled the 2019 film Rambo: Last Blood, an obvious reference to the initial 1982 version, First Blood. I loved that film, based on the 1972 novel by David Morrell, and I was fine with the three sequels, the last of them in 2008, simply titled Rambo. Sylvester...
by mike | Dec 9, 2019 | Blowing Shit Up, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As I’ve said before, we guys have it in our DNA to enjoy movies where they’re blowing shit up, whether it’s Mother Nature doing the blowing, or via the good old American way with lots of bombs and other ordnance. The three “Fallen” films, all starring Gerard Butler,...
by mike | Sep 26, 2019 | Blowing Shit Up, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Natural disasters account for plenty of shit blowing up on the silver screen. This post first ran in 2015. Yes, in case you didn’t know, tornadoes are responsible for blowing lots of shit up. Mother Nature does get pissed upon occasion. And nowhere is this better...
by mike | May 30, 2019 | Aging, Blowing Shit Up, Humor, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
My first “Blowing Shit Up” post, from 2015. I love films like this! If you’re an aficionado of all things explosive, you probably know that the three Expendables movies, featuring just about every action film hero of yore, constitute a “Blowing-Shit-Up-Fest” of the...
by mike | Mar 14, 2019 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This post, first presented in 2015, was the first in my ongoing “Blowing Shit Up” series. 😊 Being a guy, it’s in my DNA—like most guys everywhere—to love movies in which they’re blowing shit up. Lots of shit; the more the better. In this new occasional series I’ll be...
by mike | Aug 20, 2018 | Blowing Shit Up, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized, War Movies |
When bestselling author David Morrell wrote First Blood in 1972 I’ll bet he didn’t imagine the film series, starring Sylvester Stallone as decorated Vietnam vet John Rambo, extending into 2019. Wait, what?! They’re making a new Rambo film? That’s the word, with...
