by mike | Feb 14, 2022 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The long wait is almost over! (Drum roll here.) Jurassic World Dominion is scheduled to open in theaters on June 10th. I haven’t seen a film inside a movie theater in years, but I will make an exception for this one. I mean, it’s dinosaurs, right? Even better: it...
by mike | Feb 7, 2022 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
When the pandemic drove us indoors in early 2020 (and wiped out the NCAA basketball tournament; I’m still not over that one…), I found a number of ways to keep busy. At that point I hadn’t written a new book in years, but circumstances being what they were, I decided...
by mike | Jan 31, 2022 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
It is about time to announce (trumpets, here) that I am hard at work on a new book! The Horrors of Harrmel, a Sword & Planet spoof, is a sequel to my 2016 novel, The Wizard from Harrmel, sub-titled The Weird Adventures of Bernie Smith on the Distant and Deadly...
by mike | Jan 27, 2022 | California, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, War Movies |
Will we ever see another Planet of the Apes film? Hollywood says that one is in the works…but you know Hollywood. This post first ran in 2018. If you read this blog, you may recall that Part Four in this series appeared a little over a year ago. At that time War for...
by mike | Jan 13, 2022 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Four years ago I revised and reissued the second book in my comedy/sci-fi series, The Ultimate Bike Path. (A Retro Ride: Book Two.) Along with all his strange adventures on the other side of the numerous gates along the Path, cosmic cyclist Jack Miller encounters some...
by mike | Dec 30, 2021 | Adventure fantasy, Death, Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
Watching this film proves that I’m easily entertained. I first presented this post in 2018. The first time I watched the 2011 historical fantasy/adventure film, Season of the Witch—starring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman—I did so with no preconceived notions. The...
