by mike | Mar 28, 2019 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Here is an homage to the old horror films of years gone by. This post first ran in 2015. I guess the 2004 monster/horror film, Van Helsing, qualifies as a Guilty Pleasure because not a whole lot of folks liked it—especially the reviewers. (Fie on them!) It grossed...
by mike | Mar 11, 2019 | Baseball, California, Fantasy, Research, Uncategorized |
I’m old enough to have watched the original Twilight Zone series when it was new. It ran for five seasons, from 1959 to 1964, and was one of my favorite shows. Thanks to Netflix I’ve been watching it once again, and having just started the second season, I’ve got a...
by mike | Feb 21, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Fantasy, Nightmares, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post, which contains a heck of a book promotion, first ran in 2015. In last week’s post I discussed a movie, The Whole Wide World, which chronicled a brief period of time in the all-too-short life of writer Robert E. Howard. Best known for his stories about Conan...
by mike | Feb 14, 2019 | Fantasy, Films About Writers, Movies, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Robert E. Howard was one of my muses when I began my own writing career. This post ran four years ago. Who knew? While writing a post about Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan and the acknowledged “father” of Sword & Sorcery, I did research to make sure some of...
by mike | Feb 11, 2019 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
That’s a good question. Last week I mentioned that a Ghostbusters sequel was on the way in 2020. So I had to ask myself, is that what I really want? Assuming this actually gets off the ground—Hollywood’s development hell can be exactly that—I’m just not sure. ONE OF...
by mike | Dec 24, 2018 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
This timely post has proven to be quite popular since I first ran it last year, so here it is again. Enjoy! As a Jewish kid growing up in The Bronx—in a neighborhood of mostly other Jews—I had little exposure to Christmas, other than learning it wasn’t “our” holiday....
