by mike | Jun 8, 2020 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
This Tom Cruise-fueled reboot, The Mummy, is a serious contender for the guiltiest of my Guilty Pleasures. It lost a chunk of change for the studio, and it has an anemic 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes due to its brutal reviews. And if that’s not enough, the film...
by mike | May 18, 2020 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Okay, I’m embellishing here. But in the 2009 creature feature, Wyvern, a mythical dragon chows down on the quirky residents of a small town in northern Alaska in order to feed itself, as well as to bring some tasty morsels to its soon-to-be-hatched young. I suppose...
by mike | Apr 9, 2020 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
What was the deal with what should have been a hit movie? I first presented this post in 2016. This psychological thriller had movie critics at one another’s throats and close to figurative blows. But why? The Village was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan,...
by mike | Apr 6, 2020 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Western Movies |
Well, not exactly, but we do have Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford co-starring in the 2011 sci-fi/western film, Cowboys & Aliens. With that kind of star power, and some decent reviews, you’d think this movie was a blockbuster hit, but not so fast. It did poorly at...
by mike | Jan 23, 2020 | Books, Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
Sean Connery’s final on-screen movie is one of my favorites. Doubtless, I stand alone…but when did that ever stop me? Actually, I could have launched a new series with this 2003 fantasy: “Films About Literary Characters.” There sure as heck are enough of them in the...
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...
