by mike | Sep 7, 2020 | Creature Features, Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2019 creature feature/disaster flick, Crawl, is an anomaly. It did well at the box office, which is not that odd for the genre. But it also garnered its share of excellent reviews, compiling 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, and that doesn’t usually happen for creature...
by mike | Jul 30, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Actors write books, athletes get into acting, and on it goes. This post first ran in 2016. The bestselling author in question here is none other than Stephen King. His directorial effort, singular, is the 1986 “science fiction action horror comedy” film, Maximum...
by mike | Jul 6, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I don’t usually write about multiple Guilty Pleasures in one post. But the sci-fi/action films, Battle: Los Angeles (2011) and Battleship (2012) have much in common, so this seemed to make perfect sense. First, and probably least, the two films have stood next to each...
by mike | Apr 27, 2020 | Death, Disaster Movies, Medical Thrillers, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Given the current state of affairs, you’d think people would be avoiding pandemic films like the plague. Curiously, my research revealed the opposite to be true. Folks just can’t seem to get enough of them, even though most are sheltering at home (we hope) while...
by mike | Dec 16, 2019 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Negative reviews? Crummy box office? Oh yes, the 2018 action/disaster film, The Hurricane Heist, is definitely a world-class Guilty Pleasure. Some critics even agreed that it was the “Best/Worst” movie of the year—which likely makes it a Guilty Pleasure even for them....
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...
