by mike | Jun 20, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
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, fresh off a run of critical and box office successes that included Signs, Unbreakable, and his...
by mike | Jun 16, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
For whatever reason, lots of people have viewed this 2012 post about a film depicting a deadly giant snake. Not sure why, but what the hey… I gotta say, when it comes to guilty-pleasure horror movies I’m a sucker for anything BIG. Give me giant arachnids, rats, bugs...
by mike | May 26, 2016 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
I first ran this post about one of my favorite movies back in 2012. There is still talk about a Conan reboot, also starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the horizon. They’d better hurry; dude is turning seventy next year! The thundering drums from Basil Poledouris’s...
by mike | Mar 28, 2016 | Books, Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
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 story. But The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Sean Connery as Allan Quatermain in his last screen role...
by mike | Feb 25, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
As a fan of what some consider “bad” movies, I’ve written about many of these “Guilty Pleasures” over the past few years. Here is the first post in the series—about one of my favorite films—from back in 2012. Let’s talk about guilty pleasures. The term itself relates...
by mike | Dec 14, 2015 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I should feel quite guilty about enjoying Nightwing, the 1979 horror film based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel of the same name—a movie reviled by both critics and viewers alike. But, as usual, I don’t give a rat’s (bat’s?) butthole about what anyone thinks. For sure,...
