by mike | Mar 25, 2021 | Blowing Shit Up, Books, California, Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Rapper/actor Ice Cube is the bad guy/good guy in this sci-fi/horror “clunker” (according to the critics). This post first ran in 2017. Renowned director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) has had his share of hits and misses during a long career. Among the latter...
by mike | Feb 10, 2021 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This virus came from a lot farther away than China. I first presented the post in 2017. Jamie Lee Curtis once called Virus, a 1999 sci-fi/horror flick, a “piece of shit.” Why is that significant? Because the renowned scream queen was one of its stars—along with Donald...
by mike | Nov 30, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The much-maligned 2017 film, Geostorm, is a disaster movie. And a sci-fi movie. And a political thriller. Guess what: I enjoy disaster movies; and sci-fi movies; and political thrillers. So despite its poor box office and terrible reviews, I love this film. (And as a...
by mike | Nov 19, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
A huge money-making film, despite its terrible reviews. This post first ran in 2017. The 1998 sci-fi/disaster flick, Armageddon, grossed well over half a billion dollars—so why is it a Guilty Pleasure? Doubtless because its reviews were uniformly awful. I mean, here...
by mike | Oct 1, 2020 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This post, which first ran in 2016, contains a remarkable, chilling observation at the end by Ray Bradbury regarding the U.S. Presidency. It is hard to imagine a story written by the great Ray Bradbury NOT translating well to the big screen. But such was the case with...
by mike | Aug 20, 2020 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Hollywood films tend to run in cycles…yes, even lunar cycles. 😊 This post first ran in 2016. Who knows, maybe there were a few extra full moons in 1981. Whatever the case, Hollywood appeared to wax lycanthropic with three wolf-themed films, including today’s subject,...
